New-York tribune., 1906-11-10
NEWS OF THE MARKETS.
Supplies More Plentiful than Last Week
Eggs Have Gone Up.

The markets ere more plentifully stocked this
week than they have been for some time. The
poultry and game seasons have fairly begun,
though not yet at their best, and fish is more
plentiful than IN some time. Eggs have gone up
hut lamb has come down cents on the pound. This
reduction is said 10 be due % the fact that the
public has tendency 10 eat roasts rather than
chops 81 cold weather, and this decreases the
demand for lamb the price comes down. 1t is
now Is cents TO Is cents pound for hindquar-
tiers. and l214 cents TO u cents for forequarters
The Improvement IN the supply OF fish is ac-
counted for by the cessation Of a northeast wind.
which blew steadily for three weeks. II scarce
ly noticeable land. but interfered seriously with
the movements Of fishing vessels. particularly
3n preventing those that had gone south for
biaehsh from getting back. Live cod, which is one
OF the staple winter fishes. is coming in regularly
now, and was quoted at from cents TO 10 cents q
pound wholesale at Fulton Market yesterday.
Founders, which are one OF the summer fishes,
holding on well et Z cents pound. Weak
fish is rather scarce at l2l2 cents TO Is cents
pound. Bluehsh is p cents and seabass 30 cents,
and Pacific salmon IS plentiful 20 cents. Ten
Ken1ebec salmon came in yesterday and sold at
% cents a pound Terrapin is plentiful at from
s. 10 $25 dozen, and there ia a good native sup
ply which is usually preferred 10 the Southern and
las the advantage Of reaching the market in a
fresher state. PoInpano IS coming IN from the
So1Jh 80 cents pound.
Poultry is coming in pentifully and is improv-
ing in quality as the season advances. Turkeys are
have NOT reached their prime. Al this time of the
year turkeys IN about the condition of a spring
chicken They VIII be little better at Thanks
giving and best at Christmas. The price yester-
day Washington Market was 20 cents pound.
Roasting chickens very good. at p a
pound. and hro1ers. which are getting scarce are
the same. The smaller ones are very high at 81 %.
Fowls as chickens over year old are called. are
&c cents pound. Jumbo squads which is the trade
for larger ones. are 20 cents apiece. little
less than last week.
Guinea hens have just come IN at 81 % a pair and
ars very good Woodcocks at 81 pair are also new.
rart1dges al s3 80 and "a pair 30 cents cheaper
than last week. QUal remains ABOUT the same, at
IS 70 s. q dozen Rabbits are in Al 50 cents pair,
but they not very good yet. Wild ducks OF all
kinds have been delayed by the prolonged mild
~e&ther. Nauards the only in. and they
YsQlson 4 not 70 be had except oUt Of storage for
herS Or money; though the season began three
weather. II takes from thirty-six TO forty-eight
hours for venison 10 reach New York from Canada,
and II has be partly frozen in order TO arrive
IN good condition, no attempt is made to ship il in
Vegetables now are coming chiefly from Cali
IoIlna ana ne soLll, or from hothouses. though
ccmes from Boston hothouses or from New Or
maine salad from New Orleans sells at IS cents a
bunch. Tomatoes come from California from
asparagus at 81 a half pound bunch. Mushrooms
Apples are stil very high but some nice ones
have come In 50 and So % box. II is said that
ida oranges have come in nj from 35 10 10 cents a
dozen, but they are Very poor. There are excellent
oranges IN the market however, at from IS cents
10 81 q dozen. Concord grapes are sti 25 cents a
basket TokaSs are 30 70 80 cents a basket.
Fresh eggE were quoted II 35 cents dozen AZ
Washington Market yesterday. advance of three
cents since lasI week Egg production has prac-
Ideally ceased for the last month. the summer
layers We're moultng and the winter ones had not
begun. The eggs sold fresh are said TO be
those that the farmers gathered IN August and
September, put down in the cellar because they
We're cheap and sold In October when the price
rose. They are very god eggs. but not as they
are represented This stock is almost exhausted
now, and the main dependence after this viii be
storage Eggs arc higher than they usually are at
this season. for one is that consunp-
ton has been tremendously increased by the beef
revelations, and the other that the dealers lost
thirty days OF the storage season. Usually one of
the best storage months is from March Is 10 April
ID but last spring for reason, the production
was so light that there little left for storage.