New-York tribune., 1907-10-05
NEWS OF THE MARKETS.
Vegetables, Unlike Meat, Sell at Moderate
Prices-Lttle Change in Fish Sales.

While the New York housekeeper is wringing her
hands the soaring Of meat prices it would
seem that the vegetable market is behaving in a
manner that may result in evolving vegetarian
city.
INQUIRIES at the stand of Joseph Beck. a Wash
ington Market dealer In poultry and game. as well
as vegetables anent the fear that vegetables would
keep pace with the meats and poultry, ELECTED a
surprised reply:
Vegetables gone UP? should say not They've
mostly taken drop this week, and perhaps it's TO
up things soJe, for If people eat more vege-
tables they won't need so much meat.
"Of course, vegetables were up during the sum-
rler on of the late spring. but when did
you vegetables at this time OF year as
cheap as now? Lima beans are 10 cents for two
quarts spinach is % cents hair peck fine egg
plants are 10 cents EACH sweet potatoes only
so cents half peck and the new crop Of water
melons in at so cents each. Then look at the
tomatoes They're fine, though IT'S late for them,
al % cents for basket holding three pounds" and
he enumerated long list of other vegetables TO
bear out his assertions Of moderate prices finishing
with: "Of course, Long Island potatoes will go up
in week (they're So cents peck now),
because Jersey potatoes will be about done next
week"
a new crop of peas is in at is cents a quart
cauliaower is 10 TO 20 cents white. red and Savoy
cabbages are each 10 cents. beets cents a bunch
white turnips cents quart, yellow ones 10 cents
a half peck Escarole and chicory are cents.
ronaine, lettuce and Boston cents, Boston
cucuTnbers cents each table celery Is Is a
bunch and soup celery cents.
Broiling turkeys have dropped from 81 so TO 81 so
and Philadelphia roasting chickens from % cents
TO 26 cents pound Aside from this the poultry.
game and meat prices remain quoted IN last
Saturdays Tribune
Legs OF lamb ara from 1s cents 10 20 cents legs
of fine Canada mutton 16 cents. Sirloin steak
Is % cents and porterhouse 2S cents Calves liver
is 25 cents corned beef from the rump is IS cents
and veal outlets are 2S cents
Partridges are 81 80 and $5 a pair. grouse So a
pair and woodcock 81 10 q pair. Guinea squab for
broiling. 81 IS pair; guinea hens for roasting
81 SQUAD turkeys sold at 81 each at some
stalls and at others by the pound 40 cents. Squab
are selling at SO so a dozen. Jumbo squad 81 a
dozen, and stau fed pigeons 81 dozen Celery
fed duck is p cents pound, and squad chickens
81 25 a pair: Philadelphia broilers the same
last week. 81 25 and 81 so pair; fowls for
fricasee, IS pound; Boston geese. 25 cents
a pound Boston spring ducks. % cents pound.
In the fish markets there were large frogs
legs yesterday and bluefsh and lobster remain as
scarce as last week, at 20 cents for the former
and 80 cents for the latter. But scallops
ing In more plentifully, and have dropped IS
cents. The given is that the Massachusetts
law prohibiting the gathering Of them until October
IS raised
Soft crabs hold at 81 a dozen. hard ones are
so cents a dozen, and shrimp so cents quart.
Maclferel are offered at four for 25 cents,
sHelt has dropped to 20 cents pound white and
yellow perch 15 cents pound, are Boston
mackerel. bass German carp and butterflsh.
Halibut IS IS cents white fish 25 cents and king
fish 45 cents
Philadelphia butter has gone up cent, and is
% cents in fve-pound packages, the prints being
81 cents. Strictly fresh eggs hold at 33 cents.
Concord grapes plentiful at 20 cents basket.
as are Delawares and Niagaras. Tokays Is
cents pound. plums Is 10 80 cents dozen, lemons
81 dozen. Ounces are 81 so for peach basket,
and those from California So. California grape
fruit are 20 cents piece. Red bananas so
cents a dozen, the yellow 20 cents.