New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-23
PRICES ~ THE MARhETS.
VEGETABLES FROM THE tovTu-rHr DIFFUSION
ABOUT Pennsylvania BUTTER.

In recent years N,w-Orllans has become an active
ocnipettor with Charl sion. savannah and jackson
Vile In placing vegetable, ia this market IN MO
winter The lines Of fine ool,tug steamer, that run
to all these cities ba.lt0G mp and developing tns
frl.t md vegetable tra!e u narycyu, WAY. To- the
mutual advantage Of the southern prslucers ana ul7
Northern cou,umer~. Tie voyage fom New ORGANS
requires iyo or siX days. three DAYS to Charest"
and savannah and -four 10 jacksonville. The sen ar
heirs 70 keep the ems lnmeut> hcSh. and the r"'uce
l. In comparatively fine -hnI" "hen II ffa'heS "ls
mort The cheap pcaTo labor u tie south makes II
extremely profitable to raise winter veg tables Tor 's
city and there /, every prospcc; that in few wears
the trade will devel p lno proportions Mt drahed
Il few YEAR.
Among the vegetables coming North rom New
orleans i cecry which sis fpr - cents d"tNl
roots and egg plants, which tail al 10 TO 30 cen"
each Ripe tlmatoc, from Key West are 10 be- had
for 30 cents quart hothou>c tomatoes are 80 cents
"A pound Norfolk spinach greens cost 20 cents h'ui
peck Brussels sprouts from Chare-t n 20 cents q
quart new potatoes fom Florida. - cents duart
and new bermuda potatcc, the same price stnns
beans and butter beans from NirInia. 20 cents
quart ami the crop Of Bermuda onions - cefl'e
a quart Tie new crop OF onions from Cuba have
been I'm the market for coupl" f weeks. They "s'
the sumo rs the bermuda variety. Imported French
cnuiihoUcrs have taken the ace OF the Long l>and
rr,p and fetch 30 cents each. There u Few
Florida green peas TO b. had for - cents nlfpeck
,rq<, u.llers from Cuba est cents each. French
and English dollhouse cucumbers about foot long
and almost seedeSs. are for sale AT 80 cents each
More attention Is being paid by American market
gardener. 10 the f)rcug Ct cncumbers and tomatoes
than formerly as they find n ready sale In this city
md Boston. sill, up to tho present. the American
supply equal 81 the demand and foreigners reap
the benefit. New asparagus is I'm the market. small
bundles costing 81 50. French artichokes are worth
20 each. and dollhouse mushrooms. 30 cente ana
~ a pound. Rochester celery is worth - cents
bunch dollhouse dandenon green's, 20 cents quart.
and new sorrel leaves. ID cents quart. small
radishos suitable for bN;,l,s be- had for Genus
"A bunch. They come from nei .hborng ho;houses H1$
house rhubar In worth 20 cents bunch Of >ix saAS
The large. handsome navel oranges OF Florida ana
California sell at retail for III dozen Floildn rst"'
30 to 80 cento dozen. and mandarns and tangcrla''
Large crap rrqht cost - ceiN
and smaller ones 80 cents Il dozen. Me-sin" lemons
cents each. These rarely - cheap %, uhs'
In addition 10 the ESta Beurc and WINTER Nes T"'s
there are the Lincoln and the r. Parry h"th eNceheh'
varieties Of late irt They each cost nom - cen''
TO ~ 81 dozen. The price of apples ri,ns rpAt'
but there j. no that there Will not be an abhhu'
anoe Of this fuit ut reasonable figures. The price
nlways goes up after the Christmas HOLIDAYS. wfe'h'T
there hns been an Unprecedented crop W not. hinss
| bringing tho top price at - and - baT'i'
spitrenbergs Northern spies and Grecnings are worth
| from ~ to ~ n barrel The blnckencd skins wmeh
| M1usekeeperS notice on mucn or thtlr
| the fancy Greenngs. T. termed by the dealers aid'
Ing" while DISH cures the apple. II dos rot inure F."
| for cooking purposes 20 any marked extent
The first shipment ~ Florida Strawberries WAS
noted this week. There were about dozen auHr'
| boxes and they sold FIR ~ quart. strawberries hom
Long Island and NswJersey hothonscs still selling
| hy tho cupful at an average price of 81 30 II cup
| eros Colmaa grapes from English lighthouses e"a
| 10 a pound native dollhouse grapes. ~ ~ ana ~
| a POUND. Pink Malaals worth ID and 90 cents
pound white Mnlags 20 and 10 cents, aud ta;a" oas'
| 30 rcuts for u hive pound basket.
| Bricks OF Philadelphia butter weighing one pluua
sell a., n cents. other bricks 81 Philadelphia butter
of the same weight sell for 10 cents. aud the famous
Darlington brand fetches 70 cent? M this. Walk tus
best Elgin creamery the highest class butter uuo''a
In the commercial statistics. only fetches VS. cehs
| retail. why l. thsi l. II that Slmo Phii"heipuis
luermakeTs can turn out "A product worth more t,,.
double what the bsst butter - the cpmmertlai "vt,h
| is worth Or i II only I'm imagination tNN ", !,
Quaker city product SURPRISES that Of other peru ~
| th, ILt.-i states. II this question were asks-l ".
rhindelphians would il was due a. the supes
uunfty ~ Chester County grHsS's. another W"lW
| Schuylkin River winter the reason. ana ',."
woud doubtless assert that N was because ufpr ar
| nl methods used by the dar, men 0 irclns,,y
vsnIa Nine men oNt N ten outside NJ chester 'o"ns
and Philadelphia. would maintain fiht no sIe,cI 80
can be- bestowed butter that = gwen o. the
| by manufacturers OF Elcin. Ill, ana the hrt ~
| these phiiadelphiars can sell Their bu.ter Nv SUI.
| cessve hguns l. due 10 the incurable fnhdhess T" H.
| kind, including womankind, 10 be humpusxs9s