The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-10-15
MARKET,KITCHEN, AND TABLE
PRICES or MARKETMEN's WARES TO.
SATISFY THE RICH AND POOR.


| AImnnnch de. G ourmauds' Quaint Details
October may DO called the eliminating month
| OF the year Ia all that relates to epicureaI
pleasures. With the exception of few varie
ties OF game not yet In season. viands. fruits
and vegetables have attained to the apoRee Of
| perfection. A visit to the great markets at this
time will we'll repay tho effort TO the amateur
With the exception OF brook trout. now out oil
season. all OF the fishes are exceedingly album
dant and remarkably cheap. kennebec salmon
sells for II cents per pound. while for the
Oregon sort which is usually the cheaper ~
cents must be paid. Black bass are Is cents
per pound: sea bass. II cents. and striped
bass only 20 cents. Blacklist are 8 cents
per pound: bluelsh. L. cents: butterilsh,
| 10 cents: goldfish. alive. 8 cents: market
| do q cents and cod steak. 10 cents. Carp arc
| Is cents per pound: ciscoes. = cents. eels. 10
| cents: founders. 10 cents: lukes, 8 cents:
| fresh mackere large. 3 cents per pound. while
the small sell for 20 cents each. Frostflsh. y
cents per pound: haddock. cents: halibut. 10
cents: chicken do. IL cents: herring. cents:
kingfish. 40 cents: assorted pannsh. 8 cents:
white porch. Is cents: yellow do. 8 cents I:
pickerel 10 cents; pompano. % cents: pol
lock. q cents; porGies. II cents: red snappers.
II cents; sheepshead, 10 cents: skate. cents:
smelts. IL cents. A very remarkable and
exceptional catch OF Spanish mackerel has
recently been made in Chesapeake Bay. They
are very large. at a weight OF six or
seven pounds. and are in splendid condi-
ton: the price IL 40 cents per pound Will
eyed pike. 10 cents: weakfish. 10 cents: white
bait. % cents. and whitefsh. 10 cents per
pound. Cod tongues are 20 cents per pound:
crab meat, 35 cents: crawflsh per 100. 81 80:
dsviled crabs. rer dozen. ST.. Frogs legs. 40
cents per pound green turtle. 10 cents hard
crabs per 100. $3.50. Lobsters. alive. II
cents: oyster crabs. per quart. $3.50: rrawn.
$l.50 per gallon; scallops. per gallon. $3.50:
soft crabs. ST per dozen: terrapin. 500 per
dozen. Hard CLAIMS. open. - cents per 100:
Little Neck clans. in she'll 80 cents per 100:
soft CLANS. open. 10 cents per 100. Oysters.
Blue Points. 72 cents per 100; Trying 81 per
In shell. Is cents per 100: box oysters. ST. 80.
and extra oysters, 81. 81 for the same quantity.
beef. II to l6 cents per pound: porterhouse
steak. - cents: sirloin steak. il cents: leg
lamb, IA cents; Leg mutton. II cents. and
"A fact is noted By deaSrs il p0nl
mens There is little change in the price Of
Is to IS cents per pound; capons. 50 cents;
spring chickens. from ~ to 80 cents; dry pick
sq ,Sw Geese the q G samS
In season: Woodoock are SL50 per pair;
r pef paa Sos BIRDS. s5f ps dslsa Dp s.
dozen dozen white ssgushs; $3.50 per doIcn; reed
dozen. buddy ducks. the very best OF the
wild fowl family. 81 to sl.25 per pair; teal
d bInn 80 cent? per pair plover 50 per dozon
Fruits and vegetables are most plentiful and
Of very fine quality: Galif9rnia grapes may be
Delawares and Niagaras OF the native va
rieties are from to cents per pound The
dozen: carrots, new. IS cents per dozen: Sab;
b bag o2s SCENTS G hs per Te ss5
SnTiety Is n NSv on sns
radish roots. 81 to 81. IS Der dozen: Ieeks. 50
pound; Onions are from 81 to ,s125 per
100. Parsnps. Is cents per dozen ; bune e p
peppers. 10 cents per dozen, potatoss. $3.50
to
20 cents per dozen: chives so cents per dozen
tomatoes. 10 to 80 cents per crate: turnips.
eschalots. 25 cents per pound. Butter sells
for 81 cents per pound. and eggs from 70 to 80
cents per dozen.
A comparison OF the prices Of fresh food
products OF ten years since and those Of to-
day reveals the fact that the change in values
10 very slight. with the advantage in favor OF
those OF the present period. Fish is much
cheaper. Striped bass. for example in Octo.
Der. 1888. commanded so cents per pound. rs
with 20 cents per pound at this mo- |
ment Soft and hard clans are nearly 80 per |
cent dearer now than in 1888. while oysters |
have not varied in price. Tnutog. or black |
Ash. on the other hand. are 100 per cent. |
cheaper than in 1888. Salmon is 200 pc cent. |
cheaper now than then. Terrapin are cheaper |
at $40 per dozen now. rs against $50 per dozen |
in 1855 Hard crabs are now 20 per cent |
cheaper. and 80 on throughout almost the en-
tire list. The reason for this resides in the
TACT that perfected refrigerating processes
have developed far more extensive
field available for piscine supplies Fishes
taken in the extreme western portion OF the
Gull OF Mexico are now received in q perfectly
svaiabie Meats are slightly vi" Cheaper than Vim IN
stances. sells at less price than in SS3, This
e due to the same cause which has cheapened
far WIDER
he lIrst rank. me demand for it is now con.
supply Is more than sufficient to meet their
rants Mopd &c ere ceiling 70 per cent
he, h. same price o poe birds are 80 per cent
EOIo cOstly, I6eu DlFub cent, WllIle Wllu |
lucks are 20 per cent. cheaper. The most
,enarka5le advance has been in tho
b2en In 1888 to 81 per dozen in 1888 Wild |
pigeons which commanded $3.50 per dozen ten
oars since are now no longer in market. or at
east they are not obtainable at this moment.
although they are in season. buddy ducks,
which are now quoted at Sl.25 per pair In 1883
'ould be bought for d cents each. Taken as a
whole the average price for game is about tho
ame. In fruits. the m ost remark BILE decline
n cost IS found In the California prod ucts,
ioticeably in grapes. which are now 800 per
ent. cheaper than in 1883. The average price
II vegetables is the same. Butter OF tie same
luality has declined 40 per cent. in cost since
SS3. To this tho public 10 inde bted to the
more extended use OF oleomargarine. We're 1t
lot for this product. butter to-day. would be a
'rice to people OF moderate means.
1t Is the proud boast Of the bon WANTS OF
that there alone has human in
diligence devised the proper cooking Of the
eed bird. This supreme prominence was
lot attained without bitter controversies. In