New-York tribune., 1908-06-13
NEWS OF THE MARKETS.

The feature of greatest interest in the markets
this week is the steadily advancing price of meat,
with a corresponding falling off of the number or
purchasers. Many reasons are put forward FOR the
increase in prices, but the concensus of opinion
among dealers seems TO be that the trouble Is
caused more by the West than by the meat trust.
Not only are families reducing their meat bills, but
even hotels and restaurants are ordering less thah
their usual quantities.
As consequence of the present high meat prices
vegetable dealers announce a surprising amount
of business. Vegetarian diet is the order of the
day at least a couple of times week in most
homes. and meals of this kind are easily prepared
when vegetables plentiful as at present Gel
cry is getting and more scarce, but everything
else seems to be in season. Even caufowers are
showing by degrees although being hothouse
specimens they are % to 35 cents head, and not
particularly good at that White asparagus Is
only 80 cents a bunch while the green variety Is
40 cents a bunch Ordinary tomatoes are selling for
20 cents a pound but the best quality are 40 cents
a basket. French artchokes are 20 cents each,
California cantaloupes 20 cents and Florida canta-
loupes 10 and 15 cents each. New Orleans sweet
corn fetches 40 10 90 cents a dozen. Peppers are
cents each; red onions. 10 cents a quart Texas
white onions, Is a quart, and new potatoes
the The sweet potatoes, at Is cents
quart, are nearly all from Florida. the Bermudas
just about done Mushrooms still dear.
being 81 so a pound. waldmeister, for making May
wine, is 10 cents bunch: yellow squash is cents
pound. and white squash sells at 10 cents apiece.
Long Island beets carrots turnips rhubarb. pars-
rabi is cents a bunch Outdoor cucumbers are
cents each. the hothouse variety 10 cents each.
Cabhages and lettuce each cents head. Man
apples are Is cents quart peas ard string beans
the same: lima beans and shaots % quart.
There is not the choice in fruits as In vege-
tables Strangely enough the fruit dealers say that
April May and June not their best months The
greatest quantities OF cheap fruit into the city
in July and August. when the casua. buyer might
expect 10 find shortage So far II has been a fine
aoba bjr7o a
ket. hut are rapidly improving in quality. There is
general demand vet for apricots. which being
used only of the high class restaurants
The pineapple season has been exceptiona! one
some of Indian pineapples in the market weigh
ing much as ten pounds each and being packed
two in a crate: the ordinary specimens are % to %
cents each. Grapefruit is scarce and high being
25 cents apiece Pums still so a ba sket.
Oxheart cherries are 80 black cherries 25
a pound Eggplants are 20 to % cents each.
Yellow bananas selling at 2S cents dozen and
red bananas 40 cents. The gooseberries small
and not worth than the 10 cents box they
bringing. Strawberries are very plentiful and
are 90 to 25 cents a basket. The blackberrfes are
already going off: although nominally IL cents A
box, many of the retail dealers glad let them
go at 10 cents a box in order dispose of them
The hueberries look fresh and nice and 20 cents
a quart.
Meat OF all kinds is up in price. including porter
house and sirioin at 20 and % cents pound prime
rib at 16 cents and lamb at 16 and IS cents
Boneess bacon is Is cents pound while
smoked ham and fresh ham each a shilling a
pound.
Eggs at % cents dozen and butter AT 2s cents
pound show no variation Quarter Swiss cheese IS
20 and domestic cheese 20 cents pound.
Roasting chickens % cents and ducklings % to
% cents a pound Squads So cents each
Fowl is Is Is cents pound and broiIers are 81 25
81 pair.
Soft shell crabs in demand at the fish coun-
ters. the large ones being So and the medium
81 cents a dozen. Live Holsters % cents pound
sea bass is Is cents. halbut Is cents founders
cents and haddock cents a pound. Large mack
erel 35 cents each and medium ones o cents
Cod is 12 cents weakfish 10 cents and hutterhsh 10
cents pound Eeis Is cents pound Poreies
are 10 cents pound California salmon are 20
cents pound and the choice Kennebec salmon 80
cents pound.