New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-11-16
NEWS OF THE MARKETS.
Egyptian Cantaloupes and California Water
melons Are Good Just Now.

T,ezpt is a most useful and obliging country.
When New York needed an obelisk for Central
Park Egypt supplied Il, and to-day, when New YORK
cries aloud for cantaIoupes and neither America
nor Europe can furnish them, Egypt comes forward
with the desired fruit. Egyptian cantaloupes are
pretty high IS cents apiece buy theY are sood,
California watermeons high also, being 81 30
each Besides watermelons, California Is sending
the only tomatoes in market. One can get small
basket for 20 cents.
pears are 81 a dozen. Hothouse grapes are IS
cents a pound. but Malagas only 90 and a
fairly large basket of Concord grapes, which are
not only good TO eat but the juice of which makes
of the most delicious drinks imaginable, may
be had for % cents.
Those good old standbys. potatoes, not very
plentiful this year. and barrel Of them costs 81 40
French artichokes 90 cents each, and asparagus
from 50 to IS cents. Fine large heads of cauli-
flower 25 cents, and the same price Will buy
a pumpkin containing the foundation of innumera-
bic pies A bunch of celery containing three whole
stalks costs 20 cents. Mushrooms remain fairly
plentiful and are from 90 20 20 cents.
Il is difficult learn the exact state of the case
in regard that lion Of the hour, the turkey Ru-
mors nave been rife that turkeys scarce this
year. but yesterday poultryman of strict rectl-
tude said that turkeys were not scarce--any more
than they last year any year" he declared.
You always hear that talk about the scarcity of
turkeys along before Thanksgiving time. but there's
nothing in it" Washington Market seems 10 bear
his assertion. Banks Of turkeys are piled up
in all the poultry stalls awaiting the consumer at
% cents a pound And # turkeys do give out there
are rows upon of infant porkers which stuffed
and roasted make a very good show and not an
empty one, either. the Thanksgiving table.
The very best eggs. warm Il were from the
parent hennery-or said to be-are so cents a
dozen. Less superfine eggs may be bought Tor 40
a cents They are not likely TO pc lower very
soon Eggs is scarce said melancholy egg
and butter
Goldfish and haddock, tha two principal kinds of
fish at this season. also scarce. and trie ad
Vancod IN price. the former selling at Is cents and
the latter at Il cents pound. Smells. another
standby of the cold months are coming in quite
regularly, though and then they skip a day.
But there's ching about fish, observed one
cheerful dealer at Fulton Market. while the
weather may interfere some days with the fishing,
and make The arrivals irregular, and while cold
and storms may out some kinds of fish when
they ought 10 be plenty, that product can never be
controlled by a trust. Trusts may grasp the land
the railroads and the air, but they can't grasp
the fishing grounds. At least ne added, thought
fully. Il don't how they can. fish being caught
out in the ocean. and good many off the coast
of Canada"
Beef and lamb prices remain Rt the altitude 10
which they climbed weeks ago. Lamb is
even a trife higher at wholesale. but the butchers
whether from discretion philanthropy, are re-
framing from charging any more for their cuts
A hopeful meat dealer in Washington Market said
yesterday that the product would be more plenti-
full in the marl1ets-%hen the banks got
rency-'if they ever do" he added. with a relapse
into pessimism The Western prairies shrink
ing and there's space for raising cattle; but
there are cattle for sale, only the packers haven't
money 10 buy them. The packers take their paper
10 the banks and the banks cannot discount f.:
they have not the currency. And cattle must be
paid for the day they are delivered"