New-York tribune., 1908-06-27
NEWS OF THE MARKETS.
Plentiful Supply of Sea Food Lends Variety
to Hot Weather Dishes.

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plentiful supply of food. but nothing new has
come in Buefsh are Is cents. butter fish cents.
porgies cents, founders cents, weakfsh cents
habut 10 cents. cod cents sea bass 10 cents and
haddock cents a pound Large fresh mackecei
sell at % cents apiece, and medium at 10 cents;
Kennebec salmon has declined 10 cents in price.
being now % cents pound; California salmon
is still 20 cents pound. The fresh water fish
include whitefsh at 20 cents, yellow perch at 10
cents pike a 10 cents and salmon trout at Is
cents a pound. Eels 10 cents a pound Boiled
Holsters keep 25 cents pound Soft shell crabs
have dropped to 10 cents dozen for the large
ones and 80 cents for the smaller variety.
FRUITS.
The novelty of the week the fruit stalls is
small consignment of green figs which selling
six for 25 cents Dark German plums look delecta-
bic and seem a better value Sor 80 cents a basket
than do aprcots at the same price Rocky Ford
melon are % cents apiece; the pineapples at ID
cents each are not good Grape fruit is 20 and -
cents apiece. Oranges 81 10 so cents dozen.
Another new arrival in the markets is red currants.
which are u cents basket Peaches are % to 50
cents large basket, the white stone Delawares in
particular being very fine. Gooseberries are II
cents a quart, strawberries 10 cents box and
are better in quality and prevalent than ever.
Raspberries IA cents blackberries 10 cents.
huckleberries IA cents and blueberries Is cents
quart. Messina lemons of good quality only
penny apiece
The dealers still assert that the present season
is phenomenal for fruit. both I'm quality and guam
tity. The eonsignments from the Southern states
gradually dropping out. but the local grow
sending much good stuff that the short
! age from the South is not noticeable
VEGETABLES
Vegetable prices very erratic just now Lima
beans 10 cents string beans 10 cents and peas
10 and 10 cents a quart Summer squash sell for
10 apiece; caulihOwers 20 TO p cents each.
Long Island white asparagus is 10 to - cents
bunch, while the New Jersey green asparagus is
( On tOCg 1pptS kat
Beets s to 10 cents. turnips 10 cents and car
and 10 cents bupch. Rhubarb. at 3 cents
a bunch. looks we'll. but the supply will not last
much longer. Texas onions 10 to is cents a
quart. Sweet from New Orleans and Florida
is from 70 cents to 81 dozen ears but IL is DOOR
and i'll fact has not been Up TO the usual standard
this year Old cabbages are .. and 10 cents; new
Long Island cabbases Is cents a head but are
well worth the difference II price Spinach is -
cents a half peck; potatoes are Il cents old
potatoes cents and SWEET potatoes 15 cents u
quart Eggpiants are 10 and Is cents each. cucum-
bers TO 10 cents each and cantaloupes 10 and n
cents each. okra sells for 10 cents Dozen celery
is So cents bunch. artichokes are 20 cents each.
mushrooms are still 81 a pound. Peppers are 50
+ dozen.
POULTRY
Poultry prices remain about the same Roast
s .,''0NeiS are = cents a pound. the finer Phlla-
delphia ones being % cents a pound Old fowl for
Soup are 10 cents a pound. Turkeys are % to es
/ cents pound. but though called fresh killed are
,e'e' iieless the storage kind. turkeys have
oeeh killed for some time Spring duckIings are ~
Genus pound and broilers 81 o5 pair The most
u' oiiu III the poultry market is without doubt
''0 Sduap' "hlch is never OF the nest White
SQUAD are selling az "a a dozen the birds Weighing
aOout seven pounds to- the dozen White Jumbo
SQUAD are - a dozen; dark squab. 81 80 a dozen
me od birds. which are called pigeon sell Cor 81
! and 81 25 dozen
! Meat still continues high in price especialb,
beef. The slight rise in lamb, has been caused.
oudly enough. by the rise in beef which makes
people turn to lamb and naturally tends to keep