The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-23

The average 1914 Christmas dinner
promises to be superior in quality and
cheaper in price than the average family
spread of December %, 1918. The great
American meleagridoid bird, the centre
piece OF every we'll regulated CHRISTMAS
dinner. * responsible for this happy con-
ditlon Of affairs. as he is far more plent-
ful than were his ancestors of year
ago. The word scarcity therefore
doesn't appear this year in the New
York marketmans dictionary Nature 100
was extremely generous TO the Vese-
table kingdom during 1914. which means
that there is Il bountful supply OF cram
berries. celery and other things that go
with the white meat and drumstick.
Down in Washington Market yes
,erday the turkey was on eNhinllloh
i'm ali his glory. He was plump
and fat ard looked apparently as II
he had dined mighty well to make
a holiday. The poultry dealers saiu ne
couldn't lie beat" and they ought to know
He was A far superior looking specimen
than some of his for"bears when were
brought forth from cold storage during
the turkey famine Of 1913 TO retaii al 'o
and 80 cents pound. 49,.
You could buy dry picked ana ury
hacked turkeys in Washington Marhe'
at - cents a pOunu, anu pIluS '"'.' '"
inerIor to tnem were quoted AT 20 Genus
n hound II is not believed that the price
will he any higher to-day.
The wholesale market was depressed
Yesterday by heavy arrivals Oh
dressed poultry. particularly Ness.
Tho highest wholesale price LOT
Western dry picked stock was Il cents,
The lowest was IL cents n,ocN ,a'.u 80
from poor to good" ranged from IL To -
cents. The fanciest Maryland, Delaware
and PENNSYLVANIA stock sold wholesale AT
from 81 to 90 The arrival or I'VE tur-
KEYS In goodly numbers caused drop m
the wholesale price and the best grade OF
birds was obtanable at 10 cents
Large luscious cranherrieS sold NJ
Wa shington Market and in the neighbor-
hood at 10 cents a quart, and celery fresh
and crisp. was equally cheap.
lJp in the open markets established by
Borough President Marks, where the
SHAREHOLDERS pay no rent ana competition
is keen. poultry dealers have laid in very
heavy supplies of turkeys and the prices
of fresh killed fancy" birds Will range
to-day from 20 to "a cents pound.
Max Greenebaum. who has "A poultry
stand at the greensboro Bridge. said that
the dealers found their Thanksgiving husl-
ness so satisfactory that some or them
have been buying In generous quantities
i'm order not to be caught short around
y
pounds of turkeys on hand to-day. Albert
McMulkin, who has stands In the Fort Lee
ferry, greensboro Bridge and Harlem
Bridge markets, said he would have 3o'0oo
pounds on sale to-day. \ beef company
AZ the Greensboro Bridge will have $4,000
pounds OF turkeys alone.
Geese were quoted at IN" open markets
at 90 cents pound, an advance OF and
2 cents over the wholesale price. Geese
were quoted in Washington Market AT the
same retail figure.
In the open markets other supplies that
enter into Christmas dinner were on
sale yesterday at the following prices
Celery, 10 cents a bunch cranberries, D
cents quart sweet potatoes, cents a
quart Spitzenberg apples. hve for 10
cents; Malaga grapes. cents pound ,
onions, three and a half quarts for 10
cents carrots. three quarts for 10 cents
Florida oranges, 90 cents n dozen po-
tatoes, $3.50 barrel. So cents a busheL