New-York tribune., 1906-11-25
Ou Barry.
NEWS OF THE MARKETS.
Thanksgiving Turkeys May Be 40 Cents a
Pound-Other Foods Are Also High.

Thanksgiving is going to be expensive feast
this year. almost everything but cranberries being
higher than last year. To begin with the turkey
its price will depend somewhat the place of pur-
chase. Uptown dealers are already charging 90 m
So cents pound. and it is quite likely that they will
be charging 40 cents pound by Wednesday AZ
Washington Market yesterday, however the best
turkeys were only 25 cents pound. and IT is not
expected that they will higher than IS cents for
Thanksgiving. Good turkeys which come mainly
from nearby places, are scarce. but larger GUAM
titles of inferior ones are coming from the West
and selling at from IS to % cents pound. The
for the unsatisfactory condition of the tur-
keys is simply the warm weather. and the stories
about their being attacked by diseases OF various
kinds TO be mostly fabrications. The tur-
key ia cold weather bird.
Geese cannot be used q substitute for turkey
because they are scarcer cost just much at
present and are not good. Ducks are good how
ever. % cents pound and roasting chickens are
fairly so the price, but both may be higher
before Thanksgiving.
The best game IN the market is partridge and
quail the az s. so pair and the latter IS
q dozen There are very few wild ducks at s.
TO IS a pair canvasbacks being S. Venison. which
began to come In only week ago. as the weather
had not been cold enough previously TO ship it. Is
now In fits last week. at so cents pound for
roasts and 70 cents for steaks. It is no, particu-
larly good
Those who want pumpkin pie for their Thanks
giving dinner get the pumpkins for from Is
cents cents q piece ana the Indispensable
cranberry IS still 15 cents quart. Celery is 90
cents bunch, and lettuce is 10 cents a head
California tomatoes % cents u pound and hot
house ones 30 cents. HothouSe cucumbers are Is
cents apiece, and Florida 10 cents Mnsh-
rooms have gone down from 81 % TO so cents a
pound Peppers are very high a 10 cents each
and Brussels sprouts are 20 cents a box New no.
tatoes are Is cents for two quarts.
Oranges are much cheaper than for some time
Tho best ones are 40 cents dozen Table anniSS
40 10 80 cents a dozen. Spanish Malaga rrsnes
are 20 cents pound, and California Emperors a rs
70 cents q basket. Niagaras and Concords are a
basket Strawberries find a ready sale at 81 ~
Meat prices remain unchanged. Roast bsaS
which some people use for the piece 9e reS,stsDrS,
or the Ihanksgiving dinner, relegatng the more
cents pound Saddle OF mutton oftan a,orlo9 ~ ~
In the same way, is 70 cents pound SweerhreSGs
and lamb fries, which come as entrees ara y yars
high; the former being 20 cents TO 81 a nair ana
the latter l2le cents a pair " = pan anu
1t is pity that fish Is not In demand CO.. -r,..,,
giving because II happens TO be very plentiful inst
now. rms Is partly due TO the decreasing dauSnd
pu also 10 an increasing supply. Spanish rnackereI
VIM Miiich vas oo cents pound, Wholesale a week AGO
Mas Mas, ato.eu at - cents pound retail at Fulton
Market yesterday, and four or five carloads are
eNpecteo III IN day or two when IL will probably
~ to"eI' II is great season for live cod and ali
au knus pl ground nsh. and the boats return laden
t wi m me spoils OF the sea after absence OF only
10 cents pound. Smelts ara more plentiful a,5
ta sue GOWN from 50 cents pound wholesale
:" -, letalL Inc supply of salmon and halibut Is
mon ana S az 80 10 40 cents pound for the sal
very high ana sells right off the boat in England
.. 90 cents pound wholesale. Here il retails ror
from s 20 cents To 81 a pound Frogs legs from Car
~ ''"'S pound lot os turtles came In