New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-12
PRICES ~ THE MdRhETS.
rCGs AND BUrTFR-soUTHERY VEGETABLES
CHEAPER Fl >H

| EGGS AND BUTTFR-sOUTHERN VEiETAbLfS-
CHEAPER FISH.
Attention was called in yesterdays Tribune to the
extraordinary excellence and abundance 81 eggs I"'
now Usually at this season Of the year theie i I"
vast number of Canadian icchou,e and Hieu es-'
dumped the publlc With shells blachehed I'o' ~
and OnefOuith lighter i'll weight than J'e "c7'' ~
stock. Mainly through the benenciaI eHe't VI "0
present Tariff law all this poor and uhhri'y Ioou M
been kept out Of tie American markets. supplies nave
Just about equalled the demand and the eggs oheeu U
the city consumers have been fresh ana whOcsoihe
one sikng fact about eggs illustrates Inc uHe'V"'o
in the cost OF living different parts OF TINS great CITY
and its big sister, Brooklyn ON the Untshr's o
Brooklyn hOusekeepers are getting tel esss Ju'' Nv"
for 20 cents downtown In this city ti~y eet t"eN o
% cents and uptown fourteen for p cents is the pre-
vang price This wide difference in the prices III inc
different parts Of the city is observed III butter as Wen
as In eggs In outer Brooklyn the best quality cl table
butter Elg1n creamery, what Is called EIs cream
cry costs 35 and 81 cents pound Near the D'uN
entrance it can be had cents pound cheaper ana
uptown in this city it costs 30 cents pound re"
dealers, however, who display placards ahhouD'ihS
Elgin creamery for sale really keep IN STOCK the
genuine article OF that What Is made ana s'c'S
falls under that term IS almost entirely consumed by
restaurants and hotels. The alleged Elgn creamery
sold In grocery stores throughout tis city ana h'ooA
lyn Is really what Is casscd il the trade as western
extra creamery and costs about 80 cents n pouhu
wholesale. The retail grocer has little dlicuiV III
efacng the proper brand and substituting the "oru
Egin on his stock a fair average retail price TOT
this alleged EIgin this week is SO cents pound or
. cents cheaper than last week. GrOceryInen geher-
ally strive b make from to cents pound proht Oh
butter Philadelphia print butter sells this week at 81
cents pound.
supplies Of southern strawberries are becoming more
regular and heavier a quart OF Flordas, not par
ticuarly attractive fruit, however, brings - cents
pint boxes fetch 40 aDd 90 cents.
other thing, besides Strawberries are coming In good
suppy now from Florida string beans from the Ever
gades state can be had for 80 cents quart ana green
peas for 20 cents Il quart New cabbage from floilu"
1, selling for 10 cents head; new potatoes from
Florida Havana and Bermuda, 80 cents peek ne"
beets from Florida and Bermuda, II cents quart :
Charleston asparagus 81 30 bunch whilc 'i''HI
punches Of dollhouse asparagus cost 70 cents Georgia
lettuce ; cents head and Boston dollhouse lettuce
cents southern egaplants are 10 cents clch' ne"
rhubarb 10 cents bunch. new sweet potatoes from
Florida go cents peck. southern celery ~ GEMS d"
root dandelOn greens from Long Island hotbeds 81
peck and trimmed dandcllOh roots 81 dozen b"'"c'
southern tomatoes can be had for % cents quart and
dollhouse tomatoes for 80 cents pound parsley costs
: cents a bunch new onions 10 cents quart and large
spanish onions to 10 cents each, cucunbera from
Boston hothOuses are 80 cents each, ROmalhe lettuce
10 cents bunch, watercress 10 cents quart siiHl
squash 10 cents each turnps and new carrots 10
cents quart dollhouse breakfast fadishcS ana cents
a bunch new escarol 10 cents head and new chcofN
D cents head.
Ben Davis apples sell for SO and - 30 barrel
Badwins from - 80 TO 81 Northern spies from - -
TO 20 and greetings - 80 to %. Havana pincappc'
of the new crop cost 80 cents each. Florida haVeI
oranges are worth II and 81 % a dozen y nv"
pound basket Catawba GRAPES suIl be got Tor 80
cents Mandarin oranges yet In market ana sell
for 50 cents q dozen. Fancy Catana oranges nave
lust appeared 100 Of these cell for 81 Io they arc
known the blood oranges. Mediterranean oranges
are also In market and % cents for % OF them t
| is tart fruit. Guava jelly costs 80 cents pound
| Turkish figs come at 20 cents pound. Maple sugar
| costs Is cents a pound. Maple syrup comes at 90
cents a half gallon. Malaga grapes yet very nice
and are 20 cents pound
The fine weather has had its usual effect on tie fish
market EVERYTHING Is cheaper IN Fulton Market
than 1t was "a week ago. Live cod the great staple
that sold Tor IL cents pound last "eek' couiu De
bought 10. L. = cents yesterday. There Il cOsd"F
able bushes, being done In frozen ~h AT us bWc
Tons OF frozen herring from Nova Acoua are bought
by pedlers and rct:ed about the city Ia poor people
at and 10 cents pound. Frozen oregon Same" cuts
| cost 3j cents "A pound and the whole fish 80 cent.
Southern sheepshead worth 30 cents pound, SINAI
sea bass - cents and large Oncs 20 cents SOLE 10
trout 10 cents torIcOds, 10 cents weahi,h - cents
whitehall, 20 cents, small white perch, 10 ceniS ana
large perch cents. Large frozen mnckcrcl sell lr
80 cents each and small II cents; frozen bine-
cents haddock 10 cents spanish nackcrel 30 cehl
chicken iulihut 90 cents aud large habut l. cents.
ponpan0 cents and red shappers IL cents pound.
Small black bass cost IL cents pound ana large One
90 cents: live holsters are Il cents pound frozen
Nova Scotia smclts L. to 10 cents and Long Island
smells 80 cents a pound