New-York tribune., 1907-06-29
NEWS OF THE MARKETS.
Jersey Vegetables Coming In-"Pines"
and Waterme!ons Cheap.

The position of purveyor of groceries to the
multitude is not sinecure now that summer DAYS
have really come when perspiring but affable the
eehlaI merchant essays to answer several ques-
tons at once. y pair Of half Maltese kittens. at
the adorable blue eyed age Of utmost innocence
We're tumbling over each other In a sunny corner
when a kind faced woman. entering and seeing
them, exclaimed "Oh, aren't they sweet! al the
moment that busnesslike person demanded
the price of strawberries and expressed dismay
to learn that they had gone up again IS and 20
cents a quart Yes, they're sweet, all right, but
they've their best days replied the grocer
with a SMILE as he covered the answers to both
questions.
Blackbenies also are higher. at II and lS cents
but. fortunately, huckleberres and raspber
ries are beginning 10 in. tho former being
quoted at % cents and the latter ct 10 cents a
quart Although a price on raspberries cheer
fully quoted, the berries themselves not
actually in evidence.
Watermelons. however, are much 10 the front
IN their cool, dark green shapes. and range from
15 to 40 cents in some stands up TO as high as 70
cents. according 10 size, in Others
4 shipment of alligator pears-those large
pinply. green products-was just being unloaded
from Cuba stand, and the triumphant dealer
crisply announced tie price 10 be Is cents each.
California plums were 80 cents a basket. apricots
from the same place were the same price. while
peaches from the South 10 cents and 81 a
basket Cherries selling II IS cents q pound at
stalls and 80 cents at others Fine large pine
apples cost 80 cents each, and grapefruit 25 cents
apiece. Muskmelons range from almost anything
10 Z5 cents each. Al some stalls they may be had
a. low as four for % cents.
Long Island and Jersey at last awakening
IN peas, beans and other greens Peas, wax beans
and string beans each quoted at 10 cents a
quart hhubarb continues at o cents a bunch and
asparagus also remains where 1t beg2n-or nearly
20 cents for white and 10 cents for green. Green
corn IL 81 dozen, and does not look aluring even
at that price. Fresh mushrooms keep advancing.
and are now 81 % pound. Boston lettuce. looking
positively cabbage-like with robustness is cents
a head. Ronane, that moro delicate in apDear-
ance. is 10 cents. Potatoes quoted $3 % a
barrel this week, which is a slight advance
Poultry and game make q small showing the
& q fTQa NJ inrp 4
cents pound, capons from Philadelphia 80 cents
a pound and Boston ducks 22 cents. Jumbo squads
are quoted at 81 - = dozen.
",Iackerel." said the FISH dealer with an i'm
perturbabe Countenance, ARE going East-not COM
Ing TO this port-but We getting them neverthe-
less" The idea OF 1nackerel spending their sum
mers out OF New York, endeavoring to do so. did
not seem at all diverting 10 the digniied merchant.
Nackerel range from % TO 40 cents.
"Ehad al over and done" to quote the mar
ket mans words, and bluefsh still scarce and
selling at % cents Bass are q and 35 cents ac-
cording TO size Blacllsh. 10 cents; butterhsh. ls
cents. Baby cells. coiled in rows Of circles upon
white marble counter. seemed Ike repeated ex-
camations OF O, o! at the world in general and
the fate OF ees in particular. The stylish pckere
1ashionably clad in gray. with polka dots,
posing happily, these hot days, upon crystalline
particles Of ice, seems altogether an enviable OBJ
ject, and sell for is cents Kennebec salmon 80
cents. kugiish from the South are 25 cents; those
from Long Island 80 cents. Southern sheepshead
bass and fresh caught salmon trout are each
- cents. while small weakfsh are Is cents. Frogs
legs Of most prodlgious size, 50 cents
pound; smaller ones, G5 cents. Hard crabs are
s. 20 hundred. Soft crabs. 81 to 81 80 Dozen ac-
cording TO size. The best butter is 90 cents n
pound. and the freshest eggs are 90 cents dozen.
Meat has about reached normal figures again
after its recent furry, and when butchers are
questioned TO that sudden imitation of prices
they look knowingly and say very little. Lon
chcIs OF lamb now % cents a pound and legs
Of lamb for roasting 16 cents. Porterhouse
steak is % cents and round steak IS cents.
One butchers sta. proclaimed that the owner
possessed a soul by the presence of large bowl of
water titles. just opening.