New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-30
PRICES AND NOTES nv THE MdhhS1o
FRUIT SPOILED BY HOT wEATIER~FEAlohrS or
TIE FISH TRADE.

FRUIT SPOILED BY HOT WEATIlfi'-r ~ io'''' VI
THE FISH TRADE
This has been a trying week on the n'' "e =,
OF the city, What warm damp days III '"o "e" "
winter do to the poultry men. who then see p','o',
OF chickens turtey and ducks spoil and thousands vi
dollars lost thl, excessively lot weather does Io' 'e
fruit dealers The lines Of coastwise Ste'''er9 'o'
ing up to this city from the sou"i'' -,
savannah, Charleston, Fernandna ana Ho'Ao'" "
present time are bringing valuable cais"o " '
vegetables and melons. TO get these '"'e ,,,
have them unloaded and sold ut wlloieS"'e '''" 49,
before they ruined when the THERMOMETERS Is III ,no
ninetles, L. "A difcnt thing TO do As SOON do " 9'"P
L. Ted mp at her pier. rs biz force Of o"s''o''
can work ut her 20 TO work taking out INC ,,,
able cargo There i, no cessation OF toll til the snip
Is cleared. Night and day the work goes OIL 0,e'
thee>S fruit worth thousands of dolhrS "e'' ,
from the holds Of these steamers In an unh co" uo"
for sale this week and cast overDOaru. - u "'
a trying time for the fruit men, oi course, '"e
falls principally the shipper but 1t Is cit hea'N'
als0 by the commission men IN this city,
There is already perccpuble falling on IN the sup
ply OF Georgia peaches and the quality o tiosc re'
ing here. The crop Of GeOrgans, though lrbcr 'I''
year than before hardly carries beyoha '''o
present month, when the public has to fall BACK Oh
the California fruit. This has been coming IN In IN
crea scd quantities. but though the frut-llales Earl!
and Early Crawford-s exceptional aS TO puaNtv' me
price Is yet pretty stiff, with likelihood oi It's i'ii
ing this season. The CALIFORNIA; cost 10 cents ana
81 II basket retail and oeOrgians 30 ana % cents
There are plenty of green bell pears ana small sugar
pears I'm market just the former selling al 40
cents and ~ peach basketful, Or ~ 90 a barrel.
some people spice anu pickle them, others stew them
In moasses for preserving and again they are cut up
and preserved with ginger and lemons. TIE shi'hi
sugar pears cost 80 cents 4 basket. Grapes OF the
new crop are abundant. Moore Early n purple sour
grape from the south sells for 20 cents large basket
Green Niagara grapes in ive-pound baskets, cost %
cents, red Delaware grapes from south Carolina anu
small green grapeS somewhat like the DelawaIes, from
California can be had for 20 cents a pound. Peach
plums purple tragedy puHs, German prlnes, WIKI
goose plums and nectarineS from California cost -
cents pound. California apples are worth 10 TO %
cents Dozens and small Bartlett pears sell a. low rs
30 cents box.
Gooscbcrries are coming in from Canada in seven
teen pound baskets. which retail AT II - each BIRCH
berries from New Jersey are worth u cents quart
huckeberrcS, II = to - cents quart; rel ra'pocr
rics 10 cents cup, and black rspberries ID 70
20 cents quart. Cherry curIlnts cost anu !"
cents pound. and black currantS ana 10 cents
Mos: kinds Of fish ut present. ana prices
In Fulton Market higher than usual at this season
OF the year Weakiish form exception to the RUE
however a, they are both abundant and cheap They
are caught In large quantities OIL tn" shores OF ''ohE
Island and New-Jersey, ana sell a retail lor CENTS
a pound. IuelSh, also caught in nearby waters, are
plentiful and cheap selling FOR cents pound at re-
tail striped bass cheap. costing - 70 ~
cents a pound Black bass are worth 20 cents a
pound; sea bass 10 aud II > cents, fresh macHrei'
20 and - cents spanish mackerel. 10 cents pound
when canght In Northern water~, and 20 cents whel
brought In from the Chesapeake Bay large blackfish
are II Il cents pound and small ones cents
butt.rish cost 10 cents chicken mlibut. 20 cents
native MngfSh - cents. haddock, cents huhes,
and 10 cents ccls, - cent, ponpanO % cents r'u
snappers. u cents. and porsles 10 cents pound.
About the last OF the Canadian Re,tgouche salmon
have come market. They sold for - ana ~ GEMS
= pound oregon salmon are taking their place they
cost only - cent, a pound. Fresh caught salmon
trout sell for l. cents pound whitehall. - cents
and hcep>h.ad, - cents pound. Large >o'''"ei
crab, cost only - cents dozen, aud small ones can
be had for go cents, cheaper than they have been for
a long tl,u. Crab meat costs 40 cents pound fr"S'
leg. 60 cent, a pound; live HOLSTERS. II IL and -
cent. and green turtle Il and Is cent, pound.
There 1, not much Of Interest 10 b" recorded In the
game or poultry markets. People do not paronlze
poultry except probably spring hrol"rs. to any
great extent IN this mtorrably hot weather. ana rs
for game Their. I, almost no variety, on account OF
the ,cor. Of the new game laws. Philadelphia
broll.r, are worth - to % cents pound; PhadeI-
plia roasting chickens 80 cents. and Western ana
Philadelphia fowls u and 10 cents pound. Western
scald,d chicken, cost 20 to - cents pound, ana
| dry.pchcd Western bron"r~ ~ to - cents BOSTON
! ,r.,p c.,.. arr, I'm market selling for - cents IA
/ rnuud Long Island spring ducks cost - 10 :"
, cents pound Philadelphia capon from me irr'z.r
80 10 - c'nl> pound Ii"h'" nrr,"" ~ ID ~
| cents, ana fresh hllI'" 7''' '"'h'' 80 '
''T to rdGird. ..n for ~ % a dnlen and fresh
,rid,, Cost - cent, each. fresh Philadelphia white
| .puab =. - a dozen and dark sqmh - - To -