New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-22
PRICES ~ IHE MdRhETS.

POULTRY FOR THE HEBREW HOLTDAYs-GRAPES
FROM CAIIFoRNIA.
Poultry dealers ami fruit dealers are rejoicing over
the change from the hot foggy weather Of the first
part Of the week to the bracing atmosphere of the
last days. Simply as a preservat!ve OF their
stock in trade. the change means thousands OF do
lars 20 these two classes Of dealers Poultry men
are entering upon their busiest season, outside of
THANKSGIVING and Christmas holidays. The period
Of the Jewish New Year holidays is almost at hand.
when the SAFE and slaughter Of poultry on an I'M
mensa scale IS carried on. There is an enormous
Hebrew population in this city, massed particularly
on the East SIDE about Essex Market. and to pro-
vide for their wants during these holidays the store
houses Of this city and the West are drawn on
heavily for poultry. and prices firm and higher
These Hebrew holidays usually begin in september
and last about month This year they are twenty
days later than last year. Next week. from the Z7th
70 the nth dealers cxpec, the heaviest demand ana
the Kind II poultry which will be wanted Will be
fowls ducks turkeys and geese october 10 is the
Jewish Day Of Atonement. Al kinds Of poultry are
wanted for this occasion. but especially ROSTERS.
which used in the religious ceremonies Then
follow the Feast OF Tabernac.es. october 10; the
Feast OF Law. October o. etc Turkeys were
selling yesterday a, 1919 to 20 cents pound stewlng
chickens. i2is 70 Is cents; Philadelphia fow.s. 10
cents: spring ducks % cents: Philadelphia roasting
chickens q To- 70 cents Western chickens from
Michigan chiefly. Is cents and capons. . TO 80 cents
now N sac. t ng u g awio d.. Smocks, IRONS
and Mountain Roses. They bring from y cents 10 81
q basket. The California products VIII be here f0r
several weeks still. nearly hfy carloads a week
arriving I'm this city, AMI all being sold at auction
California peaches sell for 81 y to 81 30 box Gait
forna grapes are making something OF snow own IN
the retail fru.t-storc winiOws. IOkays are se,Iihs
for 20 cents a pound. and y and ~ cents n box;
Black AiDrOccus cost - cents pound and Musca-
tolls ~ cent. There is an abundance OF Eastern
grapes Concords selling Is and % cents for nve-
pound basket. NiaGaras and Deawares At p cents
4 basket. California piuTs. excellent for preserving,
are IN the market in plenty. Green cages cost 80
cents a fen-pouni basket. and German prune plums
ana % S.ckel pears sell for l. ana ~ cents
a qutrt: pears for stewIng. two quarts Tor 10 cents
Among the new things In thu vegetable market are
Engii.n broad beans which sell fJr % cents peck
unshellei They look Ike Lima beans. but they
~.,~ 1870
Mushrooms worth b cents a pound Water
m 1ns cos; 80 cents zach. Jenny Linz muskmelons,
- cents dozen. knob celery cents bunch: torna-
toes ~ cents crate and string beans. 80 cents
peck AMI 10 cents quart Green corn Is rap1Iy De-
coming unreasonable. but j. still sold at . cents
dozen ears
The first ergo Of Almera grapes Is now on the
ocean bound for this port Last year the nrst cargo
arrived In New-Yurk on October the crop las,
year was 10000 barrels. and 1t Is expected TO run
about the same this year.