New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-18
PRICES ~ THE MARKETS.

LONG ISLAND BROOK TROUT AND NORTH RIVER
sHAD AMONG THE GOOD THINGS FOR SALE.
The proyision markets this week have had the
novelty of trout and North River shad.
The first shipment OF Long Island brook trout
arrived at Fulton Market on Wednesday, This
much sought-for fish is selling at 50 cents a
pound: live trout costs 81 % pound; California
trout. 81: Canadian trout 40 cents. and wild noun
tain trout 80 cents a pound The first lot OF North
River roe shad sold in the market cost rs cents
EACH Delaware roe shad sell for s to IS cents
each bucks IS to Is cents each; shad roe Is cents
a pair; South Carolina roe shad, 10 cents each. and
South Carolina bucks. Is cents each.
Large striped boiling bass sell for Is cents a
pound pan bass 10 green blueish, 1914 cents;
live cod. cents market Goldfish cents; large
dressed eels Is cents; sheepshead, IS centS weak
fish. IS cents; founders 10 cents iukes. cents;
paddock cents; halibut IS cents: kingfsh. II
cents large live lobsters II cents; fresh mackerel
60 cents each; Spanish mackerel Is cents a pound:
pompano, 20 cents: salmon. 2 cents; white perch
l2ls cents: smelts. IA cents sole. IL cents green
turtle. 20 cents whiteish, Is cents; whitehall. 20
cents German carp IL cents; chicken halibut, Is
cents: plckerel. Is cents; yellow perch. 10 cents;
pike 10 cents; crab meat 10 cents; Goldfish tongues.
20 cents; crayhsh and hard crabs. 50 30 hundred;
soft crabs Il a dozen; frogs legs " cents pound;
prawns. 81 50 a gallon. and scailops 81 Is gallon.
In the poultry market Philadelphia capons sell for
IS cents POUND; Western cdpons. ~ CENTS Phila-
delpha ROASTING chickens Is cents; State roasting
chickens, Il cents; Philadelphia fowl. IL cents; State
fowl IA carts; salad fowl. IL cents; frozen ducks,
% cents ceeryed ducklings % cents; frozen geese.
20 cents; Boston gosings. . cents: Wild monGrei
geese 10 cents Rhode Island turkeys 80 cents boil
Ing turkeys 10 cents; roasting turkeys 20 cents; wild
turkeys, Is cents; venlson 40 cents roasting pigs,
s, 50 EACH end Philadelphia spring broIling chickens.
81 to 81 70 q pair
Prairie chickens cost 81 rs pair; State broilng
chickens. 81 2o II pair blackjack 81 rs a pair; par
fridge 81 50 a pair; Brazilian pheasants 81 . pair;
German pheasants. 81 80 a pair English pneasants.
81 80 pair: brant pair bue-wngsd h ,eai "a
Philadelphia white squads. 50 % dozen, ana ds:S
squads s. 80; tame pigeons rs dozen quail. IS %
a dozen; Egyptian quail, 81 80 a DOZEN English snipe
cents a dozen and snowbirds. 65 cents dozen.
Asparagus Is worth 80 cents a bundle: Jerusalem
aruchokes. Is cents quart; French articnokes, %
Is cents quart; wax beans q cents quart; cram
berries IS cents a quart Bermuda onions, 10 cents
and white onions. 10 cents quart; saulinower, S ~
cucumbers Is cents each; eggplant. 10 to . cents
each; Spanish onions. cents each: carrots cents
bunch: oyster plant, 10 cents each parsley. s
cents a bunch radishes. cents a bunch; rhubarb.
10 cents bunch dandelion salad 10 TO . cents "a
cents fictitious. Is cents quart watercress cents
a bunch green and brown kale. 70 cents a peck;
Bermuda potatoes 81 peck: Long Island potatoes s
green peas. 81 80 a peck: spinach. 90 cents peck;
turn!ps. 10 cents quart; hothouse tomatoes. ~
summer squash, 12i. cents each; Boston and Hub
bard squash, 10 to 20 cents each; parsnps cents
dozen: okra. 70 cents a hundred; mushrooms. 80
lion Long island fresh-laid eggs sell for cents q
dosen and Western eggs 16 cents q dosen. The best
Elgin creamery butter 10 Is cents pound