New-York tribune., 1894-04-28
CLOSE or THE GAME sEAsoN-MoRE ADo'
TINKER" NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
AND FRUIT

AND FRUIT
with the expiration OF this month the game
season Is practically over All the deaers u"''e
in saving that It has been the worst of their eN-
nerience Game IL a luxury. and the bulk OF the
demand for II has come from rich people ana
for banquets and dinners. Never before nave 'ne
dealers had so few dinner orders to NIL MOST
kinds Of game have been out OF season LOT
months Beyond snlpe and clover ana importer
English game. there have been none for sale dur
ing April. Now snipe and clover come uhder the
laws protection with the arrival of May. To-day
however it will be possible TO get EhsHsh S''Pc
(Which come from New-JerseD for dozen
and golden plover for the same. FROM May !
10 August - about the only thing 10 pe hap III
the game line will be English partridges, when
sell for 81 a dozen. There squab to be had Tor
s. a Dozen or forty-1ve cents each. but these are
cassed as poultry. not game. by the dealers.
Among the new things in market are Rhode Island
ducklings which cost 30 cents Il pound. Brolers
fetch from 81 - to s. a pair. and Rhode ISlahd
roeso % cents a pound. Capons cost 81 cents a
pound in Fulton Market
There have been no further arrivals Of smacks
from the mackerel fleet since the seven vessels
that got I'm days ago with 20eD "lnkerS
aboard. 1t is said that OF this sreSt a., "g'o'i rho
remarks of The Tribune last SATURDAY, on tne
manifest evil OF catcninE M and & s,i''ns m Elton Mar
kei whore the hsh are sold. one tshermah SAG
nor 90 oui affer the little "tinkcrs' others would.
So he was forced TO DO what he believed was
wrong For five years there was close season
on ma rkercl and vessels did not 80 lar on 70 thr
Gulf Stream 10 catch them when they were ho'
more than one-third grown. The nVe years ''N-
pred last year. Now the fishing heet Is paying
havoc again ana threatening 10 eNtermindte tne
mackerel tribe The Govornm"nt Is sali 70 De
making observations and collecting Iath =. a
TO the results OF the late close season ne fIsh
Commission vessel Grampus cruises IN thc wax"
Of the feet 1t follows the FISH northward from
the Guf Stream. and AGENTS of the , Doii'imsS.Dn %
are stationed at ports where the cargoes ar, are
brought for sale. The COMMISSIONS agent az Fui,
ton Market is Mr. Harding. lie VIII remain unuI
June studying the Wackerel brought mere. Slh''
the arrivals II ton days ago, Win thc eN''p'lvh
Of two smackloads taken into l'huadepha,. thr
only mackerel received on me NNanuc 80. -.
have been caught in w"irs along the .sh9I"- l.n'y
arc well grown ana have sold as hlgh as u d"
each. Medium size machrrc are quoteI no" III
- cents each IN Fulton Market -
Connecticut River roe shad can be haI i!r p"
cents each and the bucks for 80 cents North
River roes are worth only - cents anf thf DUCKS DUCKS
81 a pound. bluensh. 10 cents, 1--we cod lO cents;
chicken halihut Is cents, pompano. 80 cents,
southern spanish inhck"r'l - 'rhtS "lll I'p@l.','
T. and j. cents A pound. These hgurfS are ~
trcmciy iow
Long Island asparagus from Oyster Pay is
in market AMI cost - cents bundle. Hotn'u-e
tomatoes are worth 0 cents pound. ana Hputh-
crn tomatoes - cents a ba -k"i or q" cents Il
quartz Boston cucumh'rs az" j. cents "ac D, cauN-
fowers - 90 30 c.nts each; eggp'ants - cents;
lettuce three heads FOR - cents. mushrooms. ~
cents a pound. string beans. ~ cents "a quart.
cents 4 bunch. chiye4. l0 cents bunch, new po-
tat0,s. 81 peck. ami parsley 10 cents quart
berries II IS said by f"alers mat th'r" VIII n"t
Doe any cheap strawberries until thc crop nortn ",
Mtt, land and virginia ripens. The price a.N"l
now - q a. cents quart for ~" ordinary PN'l,
lty whllr as high as - cents quart Is demanded
rh.laIc'pAa print butter sells for 30 cents
pound. Eig.n creamery ior - cents and state
dairy butter Ior ~ cents. Twtuty-0ue fresh state
eggs cost only - cents.