The morning times., 1896-10-25
AUTUMN MARKET BASKETS
They May Be Filled From a
Bountiful Supply.
TAKING ON A WINTER HUE
City Markets Are Abundantly Sup
piled and Dealers Say the Season
Has Becn Exceiient-Game Is Com
Ing in ana the Fish supply Ii
Splendid.


Cornucopia appears To have been spilled
outright IN tie clty's Iail markets Things
never seemed more plentiful as a rule. OF
| course, II was an OFF season III Some respects,
| but the EXCEPTIONS were few, and nature
| seems 10 Lave attempted 10 make II Lcr
banner year
\ trap through the market right now
Is calculated To make the mouth weep.
The first thing one finds is Countless bar
one OF tie crops that was n
trfie shy this season. But one
| would never guess II. They are tncrc III
| almost every imaginable shade from the
| flushed northern spy To the greencst green
| ling. In crates and boxes beside them are
| pears ANA ounces many Of the latter. III
| was good season for these hairy fellows
ANA the preserves and ounce buffers and
| Ieiles that VIII be made this winter will
| be a thing on which the Imagination might
| lie turned loose without fear of its running
over bounds.
Vegetables were never finer and seldom
more plentiful. The season began early
| tins year and the frosts did not hurry III
| coming. The rains and sunshine altcrnated
| fairly well most of the time and tie farm
| ers show the results in the markets.
THE LATE VEGETABLES.
L
| Tomatoes still linger as though loath to
| give up their important place on the
| culinary grand Stand. The green ones are
| most plentiful and doubtless almost as
| good IN their way as the red. They are
the ones that have. been plucSed for
pickles and incidentally to save them from
| the froStS that Mould nave rendered them
good for no purpose whatever. Those
| that are intended To be red are in most
inctances OF sickly pink hue and show
plainly enough that tuey cuInideted their
| ripcning exercises Off the vine.
Tomatoes are u big item though, and
| the red ones are not the only members
of that family that are TO be taken into
| consideration. There are plenty OF little
| yellow tomatoes that are now at their
| prime. They are, rs everybody knows,
| especially adapted for pickles and When
properly served in this manner from q
| dish that most any king Would be willing
| 10 suspend court business in order 10
tackle.
OF course n market is never 4 market
| unless there are plenty of potatoes, " hitc
| and sweet. The latter are to be found IN
| the red and the yellow varieties, and SO
| large that many of them " ould singly form
| n fair potato repast for newly welded
| family.
There are SO many C;bbaEes in market
| tlat there is welgroundcd fear that there
| The farmers are assuring ON this subject,
however and say that they have only moved
out their samples. They come in all sizes
| and shapes. too. from the big round Flat
Dutch to the frizzly, Populistic cabbagcs,
that look like their only ambition in this
world is TO make good kraut.
SOME GREEN THINGS.
Tie fail lettuce is very dark green in
cuior, with here and there purple unge
To IL. The frostkissed spinach is invit-
ing, and when !, lot of the stuff is tucked
in basket with number Of vari-colored
| manages, as one often finds them, the whole
outfit is by no means bad autumn boquet.
A few watcrmelons are yet to be seen.
But they are relics, and marketers go along
and look at them as II they We're curiosi-
ties, and as much out of place now as
robin would be rOosting on the nose OF
snowman. Pumpkins take their place.
Great, round, golden pumpkins that have
the capacity Of half hundred pies. There
are almost aS many suuaShes pnrupk ins
The market basket can yet be filled
with the things OF early summer There
are cute little red radiShes with long
white roots that look like tails. There
are late green beans and string onions
tnat We're Sowed III the middle Of the sum
mer. Turnips and mushrooms rest III boxes
side by side. kale and Bcels are to be
found on every side.
Close 10 all OF these relics of spring and
summer are punches OF celery that seem
to be waiting to so with the turkeys hang
ing from the hooks overhead. There are
buncheS Of carrots, golden enough to he
fully eighteen cal---cr in strength. ParsnipS
waited until tte first frost and then they
came along with the rest, together with
satisfy, or oyster plant, and parsley.
PERsIAIMONs ARE HERE.
| That is not all One can, find persim-
mons, the treacherous little things that
made the Irishman uncertain whether he
was whistling or singing, in the market.
They go with a score OF other things that
can best be used as the individual whims
| of the purchaser dictate.
| Mixed in with all tine good things to eat
| from the country, the farmers have brought
| In flowers. There are enough chrysanthe-
! nuns TO suggest u whole barrclful of
| frigid slaw. The daisies and golden rod
| brought in are in unusual numbers. The
farmers say that there are great demands
| for II this campaign. While The Times
| man Went amarketing to learn these facts
he saw a pretty young lady walk up to
stand and purchase single spray of golden
| rod, around which she arranged sixteen
daisies. The effect was Us pretty as the
| intent was political.
In other things, too the outlook for
| bounteous fall market is excellent New
| and The fishmen say that the finny fellows
were never finer and fatter than they are
| right now. The fish in the market bear
out what the dealers say.
FISH ARE PLENTIF UL.
Snclts are new and plump. Red snap
| pers and black or striped bass are ,becom-
! ING plentiful. The first of the white perch
are coming in in small shoals. This is
| a fish that always lives well and the
l 10 of h.. A f,,,,,
| strawberry perch are also to be seen.
| This fish is a native of Southern waters
and is comparative rarity in Northern
| markets.
The black bass and salmon are fish that
grow especially for banquets and dinner
parties, and they are now to be found in
| abundance. Along with them come the
channel bass. or red fish, pretty member
of the fInny tribe from Southern waters.
| The hog fish is another Southerner that
| is not half bad.
Among the others that are still here
| are the white lake fish, Norfolk spots,
| catfish OF every variety, halibut and cod
| from the North. and king fish, swimmer
| that everyone likes because Of its sweet.
clear taste. Speckled trout and salt water
| taylors are bidding the markets adieu
| until another summer.
| There are plenty of eels in the market
and fishermen assert that Americans are
| each year raising greater demand for
such food. One enterprsing dealer in
| Center Market has on display a genuine
| Congo eel.
THE CONGO EEL.
| The fish is a yard in length and big
enough around to require an unusally large
! hydrant to accom- modate it in case it should
| desire to reach the city by that route
The eel halls from North Carolina and is
|