New-York tribune., 1909-10-09

VEGETABLES.
This has been grape week at Washington
Market for the quantity and excellence of the
grapes both domestic and imported. have been
unprecedented. The finest Coman black grapes
ever imported 81 20 pound; hothouse Muscats.
81 D pound; Concords. p cents basket; Mag
aras. 25 to 30 cents; Tokays 50 to % cents, and
Delawares, % cents a basket.
FRUITS.
The fruit and vegetable stalls are looking their
best, and more suggestive of summer than
fall. Preserving fruits plentiful. and include
Delaware peaches at 81 50 basket; Bartlett pears
at the same price; German prunes, Il cents bas-
ket; English greengage plums, 10 cents a basket,
and the first Of the ounces 20 cents basket.
Persimmons and japanese persimmUns are 81
dozen. Valencia oranges are 90 cents and navel
oranges 70 cents dozen crab apples 81 p a
large basket, fresh green figs French) are 81
dozen, and green walnuts are 30 cents and flberts
% cents a pound. Alligator pears So 40
cents each, D'Ore mangoes 10 apiece.
grapefruit 10 and 20 cents each. Florida and
strawberry pines % cents each, sugar pines
50 30 cents each, and watermelons are 10
and 81; seckeI pears 50 a tiIl Bart
lett pears 81 dozen. FoTrcll pears are 81 a
Dozen and cactus pears 60 cents a dozen
Gravenstein apples 70 cents dozen, and up
state strawberry reds also - cents dozen.
Iothouse nectariues are 81 a till. EnricO pums
81 till, Japanese plums are - cents and 81 a tilL
English damson plums 80 cents till. Morris white
peaches 70 cents a small basket, and New Jersey
peaches 80 cents till
Mushrooms have dropped to 35 pound.
good domestic caulihowers 10 to 10 cents head.
cggplants 10 cents each French artichokes 20
cents Rocky Ford canteloupes 10 cents. cucumbers
cents hothouse cucumbers 10 cents, and Florida
pumpkins 10 to 20 each. Cooking apples and
cranberries are both l. cents quart. and the
Brussels sprouts 10 cents quart. Corn IS 40
cents a dozen ears. spinach % cents half peck.
and rhubarb : cents a bunch Finger peppers
"a is
horseradish 10 cents a pound. and knob celery 10
cents bunch. Yellow plum tomatoes are 30 cents
a till red tomatoes 10 cents quart, white
turnips ) cents quart. parsnips % cents dozen,
king onions 10 cents a pound. Bermudas the
same price. yellow turnips cents each, Spanish
onions . cents each, and beets cents bunch.
White and savoy cabbage is 10 cents head, red
cabbage 10 cents head Florida lettuce 10 cents.
summer squash cents. and celery 20 to 60 cents
a bunch Florida sweet potatoes 10 cents a
quart, New Jersey and Long Island potatoes .
cents quart: wax beans and string beans 10 cents
a quart, green peas and lima beans l5 cents a
quart shelled beans and shelled peas 80 cents
quart.
The fan fish are gradually making their appear
ance Striped bass. which are just in ~ cents
a pound blackfsh 10 cents and frost fish, TOM
cod. l. cents Soft shell crabs. at 81 dozen
nearly 'out." Scallops 80 cents quart for
the mediums and 90 cents for the large Lob
Il
still 80 cents, California salmon y cents. blue
FISH are 10 20 cents. butterfsh 10 cents weakfsh
J. cents halibut 20 and porsies 10 cents. Bo-
nito mackereI 10 cents pound. haddock 70
cents, cod 10 cents and founders y cents. The
fresh water fish whitetsh at 20 cents a pound,
yellow pike % cents yellow perch 10 cents. carp 10
cents and eels 10 to 20 cents.
EGGS AND MEAT.
Eggs at - cents a dozen. butter 3j cents a
pound and butter at 80 have not changed
In price Fowl is 70 cents pound, roasting chickens
and broers o cents. ducks % cents and capons 20
cents. Squads 81 80 a dozen and guinea hens So
a pair
Hindquarters of lamb are Is cents pound fore
quarters cents, racks q cents legs 10 cents and
shoulders L cents. HEADQUARTERS of veal are Is
cents pound forequarters Is cents, shoulders "a
cents legs ~ cents. chops - and outlets p
cents Oxtails Il cents each sWeetbreads are .
IL 50 cents pair and calves livers are p cents a
pound. Porterhouse steak is 20 and 2s cents a
pound.