New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-21
NEWS OF THE MARKETS.
Storm Sends Up the Prices of Fish-French
Melons Here.

The stormy weather this week has sent the price
Of fish up with bound. IN most cases from 70
cents pound. Halibut. buehsh. porsies and but
terAsh are Is cents pound. weakhsh and haddock
rs cents. bass % cents. cod and founders i2
cents Fresh mackerel are ~ cents each Spanish
mackerel % cents pound, and California salmon
also o cents pound. Kenneoec salmon have
risen 81 pound. SoftshelI crabs 81
for large and Is cents dozen for medium sizes.
Holsters 20 pound. Even the fresh
water hsh bringing high figures Just now
Whitehsh 81 cents. yellow pike Is cents yellow
perch 10 cents and carp 10 cents pound.
EGGS AND POULTRY.
Guinea hens be again at the poultry
stalls and 50 a pair: stall fed pigeons 70
a pair. and squads are 81 a dozen. DuckIings
% cents pound hroilers % cents. capons
30 cents and roasting chickens . cents a pound.
Fowl Is - cents pound.
EsEs are still 30 cents a dozen Fresh butter IS
20 cents pound and sweet butter - cents. Swiss
. imported cheese is 20 cents pound domestic IS
cents and sharp cheese - cents
MEATS
Racks Of lamb are % to "a cents pound. fore
quarters 10 cents hind quarters Is cents legs rs
cents and Chucks Y cents a pound The best
porterhouse steak is p cents pound. sIroln q 10
- cents and prime rib roast - 10 q cents Hind
quarters OF veal are Il cents a round fore quar-
ters IL cents. legs Is 20 cents and shoulders "a
cents Veal outlets are D cents veal chops % cents
pound. Brains 10 cents A pair swe4tbresds
> to % cents pair. calves uvers ~ cents pound
and hearts cents each
FRUITS
The first shipment Of this seasons French melons
has reached the markets: each one weighs from,
two 20 four pounds and sells at q cents nound
Green cocoanuts are - cents each: watermeions ~
70 IS cents each. Florida pines q cents and sugar
pines. - 10 30 cents each. California seedess
srapes are - cents basket. peIawares 30 cents:
NoncoTds - cents a basket OF three pounds and
n lima
$ cents basket; blue plums. . cents basket:
Enrico plums, y cents. and greengsse plurns =
cents basket. Blackherries o cents a basket
huckleherries D. cents and raSpberries 70 cents a
basket Sickle pears are X cents basket and
Bartlett pears 81 10 70 a dozen Californi,
peaches are 80 cents and Georgias 50 cents a has
ket Domestic nectarines are $ 1olen. and i'm
ported nHctarines a dozen. Bombay nangoss are
g dozen Valencia oranges 30 cents a dozen and
navel oranges 20 to * cents dozen Florida ALI
gator pears are Is cents each. and grapefruit are
Is cents for two. Montreal canteloupes az e each
have come in again. Small melons called 'minia-
ture Montreals," are % cents each
VEGETABLES
Finger peppers are 10 cents a dozen and kohlrab
Is cents bunch. New cabbage Savoy and red
is 70 cents head: caullhower Is % cents and
French caufower IS cents head. Mushrooms
81 Is pound yellow squash cents a pound
and tomatoes rs cents pound Spinach is 2S cents
a half peck. sweet corn So cents a dozen oyster
plant 10 cents bunch. lettuce 10 cents head
celery q cents for three stalks. cents
a bunch. romaine 10 cents a head chevrtI 10 cents
a bunch, and okra 10 cents dozen. French arti-
chokes ~ cents each. eggplants 10 TO Is cents
each dollhouse cucumbers 10 cents each. and south
cucumbers two for cents Long Island pota-
toes are cents quart. New Jersey sweet pota-
toes 10 cents quart and F1oridz reds also is
cents quart. Picking onions Is cents a quart
bermuda onions the same price. white turnlps 10
cents quart. lima beans % cents n quart stringed
beans Is cents. beans 10 cents. green peas IS
cents and shelled peas ~ cents "A quart. Spanish
onions are . cents each. summer squash 10
and yellow tuTnips cents each. Cooking apples
Is cents quart. Mint Ia cents bunch tar
ragon 10 cents. chive cents. beets cents bunch
and eschaots q cents quart