New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-08
A PEEP AT THE M4RKETS.

Vegetables are getting dear. The dealers claim
that the frost will add many pennies 10 their value
before the week Is Poultry Is a cent or two
dearer; white fruit vegetables and meats stay about
the same Some fine coffee be had for l6 cents
a pound at the uptown stores.
MEATS.
In the meat market one-haf OF mutton sells for
II cents a pound; hlndquarter Of mutton, IL cents;
forequarter OF mutton. 10 cents; English chops, y
cents: rack chops % cents mutton kidneys. cents
each: shoulder OF mutton. cents pound; rack
lamb chops 2S cents saddle lamb, % cents: side Of
lamb Il cents: breast Of lamb, 10 cents half of lamb
10 cents forequarter of lamb IA cents hndquarter OF
lamb IS cents shoulder of lamb 10 cents; loln chops
25 cents country sausages, 20 cents veal outlet
20 EACH oxtas. 10 cents each: sweetbreads. 81
q pair; calves feet, 10 cents each: beef kidneys "A
cents each: prime ribs of beef. % cents pound
breast and shoulder OF veal IA cents a pound.
GAME.
On the game stalls anvas-back ducks sell from 81
to Sc pair: redhead ducks. 50 a pair ruddy ducks
81 pair: teal ducks 90 cents; mallard ducks, 81 5O
blackhead ducks. 80 cents a pair: rabbits. 35 cents
pair: English pheasants 81 a pair; partridges
81 so pair; English snipe 50 50 dozen; yellow-les
snipe g 60 n dozen; Philadelphia white squads 81
dozen; Philadelphia dark squads, $50 n dozen
tame pigeons, 81 30 dozen; golden pl9yer 50 So
a dozen: Philadelphia capons, q cents a pound
Western capons 20 cents: Philadelphia spring roast
chickens l6 cents: wild monerel geese 30 cents and
Vermont duck. frozen. 70 cents
VEGETABLES
In the vegetable line. dollhouse asparagus sell for
81 bunch: cucumbers 10 TO % cents each: chives
10 cents bunch: string beans. 20 cents a quart
French artichOkes. % cents each; Jerusalem arti-
chokes. 10 cents quart; new beets, 10 cents
bunch; carrots. 10 cents a dozen; red, white and
savoy cabbage. 10 to % cents head; table celery
80 cents to 81 80 bunch; soup celery. cents a
bunch: fresh tarrigon. - cents "A bunch pumpkins
81 cents EACH dollhouse tomatoes. 10 cents a pound
Roman salad. 10 cents head: spinach. % cents "A
half peck sorrel. Is cents quart; peppers for
10 cents: sweet potatoes, 10 cents quart: kale
sprouts. 20 cents half peck and onions. 10 cents
quart.
FRUIT.
In the fruit line, Florida Strawberries. co cents
box: Florida and California oranges 20 to co cents
dozen: bananas. 20 cents dozen: Malaga grapes 30
cents n pound pineapples, 20 TO IS cach win
ter Ncllis pears 30 to co dozen grape fruits
20 to 30 cents each lemons. 20 cents dozen:
nuts 10 cents each dafes 10 cents "A po,Ind. figs IL
cents a pound; table apples ~ cents n quart: cook
ing apples. - a half-peck Easterbeurre pears
70 cents a dozen: dollhouse grapes 81 - a pound
mandarine oranges. 40 cents dozen: tangerinc
oranges. 20 cents dozen: oatawba grapes % cents
Il small basket and this years crop Of maple sugar,
IS cents pound.
In the fish market red wrappers sell for 70 cents
pound: salmon. % cents striped boiling bass 20
cents; striped pan bass, IS cents; black bass 10
cents: BASS IL cents: green bluefish, % cents
backnsh. y cents: market Goldfish. 3 cents: live
Goldfish. 10 cents halibut, 20 cents; kngish q cents
lobster. IL cents Spanish mackerel, - cents each:
white perch, u cents a pound pickerel, L. cents:
pompano. 20 cents; Florida roe shad, 81 % each;
bucks, 90 cents each extra smets Is cents pound;
In the butter and eggs market best butter % cents
a pound. and fresh-laid eggs Is cents dozen