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Show PORK PRODUCTS HIGH' i Bacon Goes to Thirty Cents a Pound. j NO PROSPECT OF REDUCTION Epicures No Longei Itegard Quail and Terrapin as Delicacies, but He-card He-card the Humblo Slice of Ham as the Acme of Luxury rorter-llouse Steaks Fade Into Insignificance Desplto Openlnfj of Oame Season, Ducks Are Very Scarce ln the Mai-kcts Mai-kcts Business Mews. Instead nf calling for quill on toist nnd like dellcuiles for bre.ikfist. epl-rures epl-rures lu tills vltlnliy nie ll'cely now to turn to lint dcplsel but wholesome article of food breakfast union when they are In search of something that Is tare an 1 likewise high priced This meat which has long been a stn ot the common peop'e Ins advumed lo Id cents n pound and Is none too plentiful nt Hint Ilk ore Ham Is held nt a llkn llhtire. vvhile the best porterhouse Bteaka may be obtained nt rrom 17H to jfl cents a pound spring lamb at from 17 to 5", cents mutton chops tji, to 11 cents calves' liver. SO icnts bialns IZ1! cenlj sweetbreads 4) cents, veul 1" to 2d rents polk r, to 17li cents sliced boiled ham, 30 tents, lard, IS cents A small shipment of Olympia oysters weio received on the mirket yesterday but the price named on them in ikes up both for the slxe of the shipment nnd the size nf the oyslcrs They are held at 80 cents n quart Just ordinal) oysters, oys-ters, six nr eight times their slxe uro to be had n.t CO cents a can, the selects nt to cents a quart lobsters letall at lri cents a pound, shrimps at SO cents n quirt, trout 40 cents a iiound. black bass 23 cents, slrtped bass anl fresh mackerel li'i icnts sslusin, 16 cents, fresh sen bass, tone iod rock cod, soles flounders and halibut, two pounds for a quartei Despite the accounts of hunters regarding re-garding the plentlfulness of dueks and the great numbers bagged by them, tho bird Is one of tho scarcest articles on the market Teals are held nt from to In fO cents n briee, nnd milliards nt 71 tents tirouse nre offered at iiO cents a pnlr Turkos arc rather high illi cents being the retail price Spring chickens have advanced to '0 cents, the figure which prevailed during a greater part of the summer Hens nie quoted nt IS cents n pound Best creamery cream-ery bntlei brings 30 cents u pound, fresh rnnch eggs, 13 cents a doicn Ihe finest lot nt ban mas seen here for n number of months hns Just been received They are quoted at .5 nnd 30 rents u dozen Peaches are about gone, but those In be hud telall nt from Jl to 12 n bushel, drapes nf several varieties are In be h id nt 10 cents n pound Apples Ap-ples range from 71 cents to II CO a bushel bush-el plums at from CO cents to 11, ripe tomatoes, 90 cents u bushel green tomatoes to-matoes r.0 emts n bushel, pears, from H to Jl V) u bushel, lemons, 30 cents n dozen, cranberries, two quarts for n quarter Haled timothy has been reduced from R0 rents to 71 eenls a hundredweight All other staples handled by the flour und grain imn hunts are held at the same pilica quoted last week, us follows fol-lows High pulout nnui. 12 53 a hundredweight, hun-dredweight, straight grade. 2 15. bakers grade- -': nuts, IC0 a hundredweight; whole "barley, ! Io. cracked Imrlc), 1131; whole orn, 1170. cracked corn, Jl 71. wheat. 90 cents a bushel, lucerne. 60 icnts a hurfdr.dwelght, tlmoth). SO cents n hundredwilght Hweet potatoes arc somewhat lower In pi Ice and may be had now at six pounds for a quarter. Irish potatoes nie retailing nt from CO to CO cents n bushel: wax beans three pounds for a nuartei. rnullflower. 10 rents n pound, stilnach. three pounds for a quarter: labbag' ' cents lc pound- green corn, 15 cents a dozen, celer). C cents a stock. |
