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Show Price of Early Fruits. The New York Tribune of the fith gives the following fol-lowing prices of early fruits in that city, which will be interesting to many of our readers : These are some of the prices paid at the present time : Hale's early and Malacatuue hot-house peaches from $2 to 2 50 each, of the average size of Spitzenburg apples. Hot-house nectarines nec-tarines at the same prices. They are sent to this maiket from Massachu setts. Maryland strawberries, as large as a small-sized tomato, are selling at SO cents a small box, the season being well advanced. On the 1st of April, hot-house strawberries sold for $ Hi a box of the same size. California white ox-heart cherries, the first that have ever been sent to this market, are selling sell-ing at 40 cents a pound. California lemons, grown this year, as large as southern oranges, and equal in quality ( to the Mediterranean lemons, are sold;, at 25 cents each. Hot-house grapesj are selling now at f o a pound ; they have been sold earlier in the season at, JG a pound. Georgia and South Car-" olina peaches appear in this marketj about the latter part of June ; latern come Maryland, then Delaware, andt last the luscious New Jerse'. The. full tide of Jersey strawberries will be here during the coming week. , |