New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-05-16

The vegetable market offers no particular novel,
ties with the exception Of Carolina corn, which IL
selling for 10 cents ear The price or jersey
asparagus down again; this week it sells for %
and 20 cents a bunch The green variety IS the best
seller Of the two grades String beans are 10 cents
a quart. Lima beans still expensive bringing
25 cents a quart. Peas Is cents a quart Caii-
fornia artichokes, % cents each. New peets anu
carrots bring cents a bunch Potatoes are
trie higher the Pennsylvania variety Is quoted AZ
s. % barrel and sweet potatoes sell for s. half
barrel Elephants cost 20 cents; imported caul-
flowers. 20 cents each The markets all sno" an
abundance Of onions, a goodly supply OF winter
onions Is still on hand and the new varieties are
coming in in big quantities White turnips sell for
cents bunch: the large yellow ones are cents
apiece
New cabbage is 10 cents a head Spinach brings
. cents a half peck Lettuce is 10 cents a head
Chicory is unusually scarce and sells for 10 and
% cents a branch. Okra Is higher. al Ia cents
dozen Dandelion green's are plentiful and IN cents
a quart. Soup celery IS 80 cents DOZEN table cet-
cry, 80 cents Dozen Parsley is 3 cents bunch
or IS cents a dozen. Fresh mint brings 10 cents a
bunch Horseradish roots Is cents a pound.
Cuban canteIoupe are 81 . each About the latter
part Of the month California muskmelons will ap-
pear in the markets Eggs have gone up one cent.
selling for g cents dozen Butter, on the other
hand has dropped TO 90 from % cents a pound
There IS no change whatever in the prices q
meat. though when questioned yesterday several
dealers said that they were expecting an advance
Jersey lamb bring IS cents pound; headquarters.
90 cents a pound. Legs OF lamb are 20 cents TO =
cents a pound Porterhouse roasIs, % cents a
pound; porterhouse steaks, 80 cents Lamb racks
are 30 cents a pound: the trimmed loin chops. 3
TO Is cents Veal chops sell for 30 cents pound,
as do the veal iIIet ard veal outlets
The poultry markets continue about the same
Sauab are plentiful. selling for 81 dozen Celery
fed duckllng costs p cents pound One dealer
saws that during the summer roasting chickens
brfpS high
fore The spectators who usually buy uP the
pouItry during the early season when IL is plen-
ttfuI and unload 1T the market during the
summer have not had the money to invest this
wear and consequently the poultry which should
have gone to the spectators was shipped to for
eipn ports or sold where It could be paid for az
once So the summer poultry market cannot ne
depended upon
The brofler market is somewhat different. It
has comparatively speaking, Just begun The ma
iority OF broiIers sold now are from cold storage
the little ones weighing from one TO two pounds.
selling for 81 = a pair FOWL sell Ior 10 Ss-lS q
pound
At the fish market. among the summer fish which
are coming satisfactorily sea bass at 10 cents
a pound porgies for u cents a pound and butter
fish for Is cents Roe shad sell for 81 each. the roe
bringing 40 cents a pair. Kinghsh cost % cents
mound chicken haliDut . cents pound. fllet OF
sole On cents Brook trout keeps to fits price OF
= cents a pound Fresh caught salmon sell for
20 CENTS a pound. while the frozen variety is .
cents Mackerel very scarce, only few be-
ing brought 20 the market They sold readily COR
x cents each Eels bring IS cents pound. white
bait 80 cents
Iobsters are cheap. their price being . cents
Mound Softsheu crabs tri1e more plenti-
f,I than they have been, selling this week for IS
cents and 81 a dozen Crab meat costs IS cents a
nound Shrimp are 80 cents quart and seal
io,s are also 80 cents. Frogs legs 90 and IS
,s,ts a pound according 10 the size.