New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-24
PRICES IN THE MARKETS.
COMPARATIVE QUOTATIONS. on GAME IN THE BIG
DOWNTOWN MARKETS.

COMPARATIVE QUOTATIONS on GAME IN THE BIZ
DOWNTOWN MARKETS.
A,tboneh the game season hardly be called
omen before the LIST of September. when the laws
,nterdiction expires on wild ducks. there are not
few things that tempt the epicure In the reezers OF
,he gaue dealers As stated last week. venison
can now be had for about thirty to forty cents
Mound antelope for twenty-five cents pound ana
wild turkeys are quoted at twenty-five cents a
Mound The great difference in prices asked al ru'-
,on Marie, and those ask d at Washington Market
49, hoo, ooin,ed out before Both markets are
nown,own within a few blocks OF eacn o'her' anu
for that reason the following comparisons "'e ~
,eresting Tame pigeons sell TOT - ro" =. ~
Washington Market, In Fulton MaiNe' o ~
trair,e chickens and grouse cost 81 10 par III
u.A,.,or Market and 81 % in Fulton; partrldges
49, a,h 9, 20 a pair in Washington Market ana
20 in Fulton: ptarmigan are 81 anu -" "a >.
resnectjyely in the two markets. qua''' - o.
49,. u,oodcock 81 rs and 81 a pair; zoe pirus, 60
and e IN dozen: English snpe. - anu ',
-. les ,lover e and 81 20 a dozen; reen o-rus'
81 n and 90 a dozen; English pheasants' % anu -
nair English partridge 50 AMI 81 pair anu D'"0~
cock 81 70 and s. a pair bra%'i"" -. 49,. $50
sold for 81 Is a pair in each market '' ''e $3.50
IT,, ,ha higher price Is in every case 'he rui'o'
Market figure. . ,oro IN touch
"a 'r,oas rue about the same fhiaueii'"'a
capons are thirty cents pouhd r"''au' ornd.
roasting chickens twenty-five 0e" - .l.
PHILADELPHIA spring bronnS cH-Sh'"s ..ooL
State sprjng broilng chickens are ~ pa. $4,000,
fss, broiers are twenty cents pounu o :,
h,orars largo size are eighteen cents po""u'
snr,ny ducklings are twenty certs pou', $3.50.
fed drcklings are twenty-five cents Po"'' a.
srr,ny gosllnes are twenty-five GEM" 49,.
s,-,no ,urkevs are forty cents a pound' po'e w.
k.vs ORC af,een cents pound: extra Nei"'o 49,
ton ,urkevs are twenty cents pouno' s.a",
fowl are sixteen cents pound; state io"' d. -,
cents a Mound: salad fowl are zen ' ,arl,
PbladeIphia souabs white. are - ~ PEI "'"'"'
squads are 81 30 a Dozen - u the grea; bulk
Vegetables their pest NV, fresh from
az ths nrod,,ce consumed being receIsed re ON the
Long Islsnd and Jersey gardens IIcsS %eu, beets
ho,tom TOO which Is more TO the pom. twenty
are worth three cents a bunch: ne" Va' 80 cents
five cents a dozen punches; raii-nes' raGe retail:
bunch: tomatoes tbrty-hye Genus Zach. romaine
cau0ower ten 10 twenty-five cen' s,,ce ffty cents
lettuce nve cents a head: Boston letens. bunch:
q d"zs,r boods. oyster planls. ten cents a a. 70
parsnins i've cents a bunch egg pam, az s,r cents
fffeen cents each: white cabbage ioui a head:
a head. red cabbage eight 10 u rtseh any cents
okra thirty cents hundred; lima Deans ~ 1ars,ey
a peck: green peas sixty cents n p.entv.ive TO
three cents bunch: State ce.ei... -. lunch: white
fifty cents bunch mint I'VE cen nnuash fifteen to
turnips four cents bunch' sI n nfty cents
TWENTY-FIVE cents each: white oniohs, nack. yellow
peck: red ontons thirty-hve cents p.Sr. fnrty
onions forty cents a peck; green PeyPi 70 81 Is a
cents a dozen: Hackensack ueionS; =, csnts each,
dozen; watermelons. twenty 10 INN UNI "a barrel.
and new crop cooking apples 81 % 70 fnrsev peaches
Fruit is still abundant and oe-t LIZ are 81 a
bring Il * 70 20 a basket crab apples arc y
Eggs are worth twenty-five cents Dozen