New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-20
PRICES N THE MARKETS.
OYSTER CRABS AND OTHER SEA FooD-PRicEs
on THE EAST AND NORTH RIVERS


The epicurean Gellcacy from the fish Market
most sought after just now are oyster crabs They
retail i'm the market at g 80 quart. or l-'2 cents
an ounce. The process OF preparation for edo'e
purposes however. enormously increases 'he 'a""
., tbis pastrononic feast and PAGES them even
above the much talked OF diamond-bacH terrapih
In the matter OF expense. They are made into
souo or bisoue or are fried in butter and served
in paper cases at a charge something IKE
&, 30 a tables oonful. which. OF course i 'nat'
ter OF no moment TO the "iead-game" epicure.
The late hurricane in the Mexican Guf played
havoc with the red snapper fleet, destroying d
number OF vessels and drowning many fishermen
,dvices to = G Blackford from Pensacola, the
chief depot for these popular fish. say that IL Is
hoped to resume shipments OF them temporarily
shut off within few days AT present there
are no red snappers in market.
Live carp are to be had in Fulton Market Tor
% cents n pound They are sought after almost
entirely by the Germans. These fish come from a
pond on Long Island. which was the first pond
in this country stocked with carp by the STATE
Fish Commission The fish weigh from hve 10
twelve pounds
About OO0O pounds OF halibut have been received
In this city and Boston from Vancouver, on Puget
Sound The shipment Of these fish from the IA
cic is steadily growing in volume every year,
R.ueish retail at - cents pound. Their season
is nearly over. but the fish caught now are tho
latest and finest to be found throughout inc
,ear They feed on menhaden vOraciouSly, OFTEN
swallowing a big menhaden foot .ong at one
gup.
Applcs are a bit more expensive than they have
been as the harder varieties reach the market
and the winter draws near. Selected Kings cost
at retail s425 a barrel Jonathans cost the same;
Pound Sweets worth - 25 Sheepnoses or
Cillyfowers s. and Greetings. y 10 barrel
California peaches OF the Solway variety are
selling at the fruit stores for 30 cents dozen; pears
of many varieties can he had ranging from 80 cents
to 81 a dozen. Cornichon grapes cost IS cents for
G-pound box and tokays. 80 to 60 cents box. Ca
tawba grapes are sold at % cents basket; Deia-
wares 81 cents Nagaras 20 cents. and Concords, 10
Rhode Island geese cost % cents a pound; Boston
spring goslngs quoted AT Is cents pound Wild
nongrei geese 81 cents pound; broiling chickens
are 81 A pair: spring ducklings. % cents a pound;
hreal<fast broers Is cents pound: Vermont NUT
ton turkeys 20 cents pound and western turkeys
II and - cents 49,.
In the ,matier OF game there is marked diner
ence IN prices i'm the two big downtown markets.
q % pair In Fulton and 81 80 in Washington; mai.
aris are 81 70 a pair in Washington Marker ana -
in Fulton: rudy ducks sell for 81 20 on the Norm
River and 50 the East River; teal are 10 cents
pair in Washington Market and 81 . IN FUTON
cartridges cost 81 80 and 81 IS pair on the North
River and s. on the East River This proportion IL
maintained almost throughout the list OF game
Other prices in Washington Market are braziian
nheasants at 81 q a pair. English partridges y
dozen woodcock 81 30 a pair and doe Drds 70
dozen. - .... s,~.or ,ho,
last week Long Island potatoes cost 81 20 parrei
or 81 a bushel and so cents 4 peck Cucumoets are
) to IL cents each.