metropolitan markets 
n, BBtBP PAttAOKAPUS Poll TIIOSH Oom'm., 
inounmo). 
»<'>'Vowm6c,- jnth. 
-A^]SriCAm G-ARDBN . 
Ca^lmacs bring from $1 to $ 1 ,60 do;=, 
307 
j review of the mon th preninna 
Puuri's. 
ApiUoa Imvo brouL'ht o . 
pvloo until lUo laat wook. whoii Snlfro 
tiUcon the load, mill aim soiling lo', 
^a kbl. Kings avo 92.60 a bbl; Noun^' 
IJ. 60 . Gvoonlugs cost from sa to S3 no and n 
pins 91.26 to 92. lAUlyApiUos have ,1 
peavanoo.brlnglngaootsa,f,tand ivCn® os'!rn'' 
bbl. Tablo Apples rolall iPr oo u. m oul .loz 
Boamms.-Roa Bananas cost 91.25 a bnnob and 
,bo yellow ones, wblob arc usually l„wov l„ nd'o 
tluvn 1-0(1 ones, arc 91.50 a bunch, for a prime a,‘n 
olo. Tlioy cost 30 to 50 els a doz rolall. 
Barberries avo 50 ols 'J pk. 
Cocoanuts cost $1.50 per lOO; lo cts each, rolall. 
Cranberries avo 10 to 15 els a qt; 90 to $8 a bbl. 
Crapes.—bltth\gn» vary so in ciualily Unit bbls of 
70 10 90 lbs cost 93 to 91. a-lioy cost 20 to ,35 els a 
lb. Black Hambuvgs avo 75 els to 92 a lb, accord- 
lug to quality and the locality wboro purebasod. 
All ft-uits bought on Broadway bring 25 per cent 
more. Niagara Grapes bring 75 els per S-lb bas¬ 
kets; DelawarosareGOclsforSlbs; Catawbas, 60 
ots for 5 lbs; Tokays 91.50 for 5 lbs. Concords 8 cts 
a pound. 
ienioiis.—Sorrento Lemons are .just out of mar¬ 
ket. Messinas bring 95 and 90 a box. JIalagas 92 
a box. At retail Lemons range from 20 to 30o doz. 
Oranges.—Florida Oranges appeared the last 
week in October, but have been very poor and 
sour until within a few days, when an invoice 
arrived much improved in quality. They cost 
$ 2.50 to $2.75 a box. .Jamaicas cost 97 to 93 a bbl. 
Messina Oranges are about done. A few Florida 
blood Oranges bring $1 a doz in Broadway fruit- 
eries. The retail price of Oranges is from 10 to 60 
cts a doz. 
/■cac/ies.—A late variety of California Pcacbcs 
called “BUlenius” wore in market from October 
20 to November 3. They were a flesh color with 
very rosy cheeks. They cost $1 a box of (5, and 
sold for fancy prices on Broadway. There are a 
few Peaches from cold houses on the Hudson 
river bringing $1 and $1.50 a doz. 
Pineapples.—There is a limited supply of Havana 
Pineapples at 40 cts each, and a few Porto Kicos 
25 ots each. The Introduction of fresh Pineapples 
into mince-pie recipes keeps up a moderate de- 
mand for them. 
Persimmons are 20 cts a (it. 
Pomegranates cost $4 a case of 100, 01 0 and 10 cts 
each at retail. 
Peors—Seckels are 50 cts a qt in fruit storey 
Virgalieres are 30 and 40 cts doz. , 
a doz. Sheldons 40 cts doz. Duchess 50 c 
guinces-Only a few large, sound ones are semi; 
$1.50 bush. Inferior Quinces are /6 cts . 
Tamarinds are 15 cts a lb. 
Wmiergreen Berries sell at 20 cts a qt. 
.4riic/toAes.—French Articboivcs aio 30 c 
Jerusalem Artichokes 35 cts a qt. 
Peans.-Uma Beans have pod for 
ity, and are scarce. Thcyaieso .j-g^joctsa 
10 cents a small “arc GOctsKPk- 
qt. String Beans from Floi g Bcarcc 
Long Island String and Butter Beans 
at $3 a bag, 25 cts a small mcasui • - 
« ...in naslcet, 30 ots a qt. 
Brussel’s Sprouts brmg a b 
Beets are 30 cts doz bunches, 5 cts a i 
Celery costs $1.25 a doz bunches an( 
" liugerABut is 
.ggotsado^oars^ 
ots each. ■^"f('"oaoz,andl 0 andl 6 
namUiUna aro 10 clsaql. 
Ssohallots are 40 cts a qt. 
i-e^Tibout dl’’''''" cheap, but 
'c^about disappearing. Small ones aro id cts 
PetUcus Is 10 ols a qt. 
tor 10 CIS. 
‘"'-"''ary quality brings 50 cts a '(loz,3 ima'iVd 
tlic^lastoToT^i ^tusbrooms came 
ho last Of October; they sold from 16 cts to 25 cts 
. ci-s w, “"‘1 
,10 X 1 ^ "’ “alsaqt. There are now no 
$b 50 ‘a ’aarket. Cultivated ones cost 
Mint l8 f) els a buncli. 
Oira.--Grocn Okra from the Bermudas is 91 per 
100. Dried Okra brings 91 a lb. 
Oyster Plant U 91,25 and 9).50perdoz bunches, 
and 20 and -22 cts a bunch. 
On/oiM.—Spanish Oniousln60-lbcratcsco.stS12i0; 
5 lo 10 cts a Ib at retail. .Some from Valencia are 
o.xtiu largo and mild; 7 cts alb. Sllvcr-skinnccl 
bring 9-1 to 96 a bbl; 60 cts 'A pk. Bed Oulong are 
$2.50 bbl; 30 cts A pk. 
Polnioca.—About half the crop of Western Pota¬ 
toes have dry rot. Fine ones bring $2.25 a bbl. 
Very few arrive Irom New Jersey and these sell 
for 91.50 and 91.75 abbl. Long Islands coat $2.25 a 
bbl; Nova Scotia, Just arrived and considered the 
best, are $2.50 a bbl. 
S^oeet Potatoes.—"The Nancy llai-m” from Vlr- 
gmia rank Delawares and are 92.50 bbl. There 
was a glut the first of the month, when they sold 
for $2 bbl and -20 els A ijk. Tbej’ brlngnowSO and 
35 cts >4 pk. retaU. 
Parsnips cost 20 cts doz, and $3 a bbl. 
Peas.—New gi'ceu Peas from Florida cost $1 a pk 
retail. Long Island are poor and 30 cts A pk. 
Peppers.—Spanish Peppers cost 10 ots a lb. 
Radishes are 5 cts a bunch. 
.S?«as/i.—Hubbard S(iuasbes are 10 and -20 cts 
each. 
Turnips cost 91.50 bbl and 20 cts A pk. 
FLOWERS. 
Asparagus vine costs $1 a spray or garland. At 
retail, $1.50. 
Carnations cost 91 per 100 for all excepting fancy 
varieties, wblob bring $2 per 100. The latter re¬ 
tail for 5 cts each. 
Chrysanthemums cost 25 cts a bunch, wholesale, 
and sell for 30 ots a bunch. So little profit is made 
by retailers on tliis flower that they consider it 
time thrown away 111 bamlling them. Bloommg 
plants bring from 30 cts to $3. 
Daphne costs 10 ots a spray, wholesale, and 15 ots 
.not is 25 cts a doz sprays. It brings 
Trade Notes. 
ITKMfl OP GENKRAL INTEREST PROM THE SEED, 
NGIlSBRy AND PIX)WBR TRADES ARB SOLICITED. 
It Is cun-cntly stated that the seed crops ol 
Wrinkled Peas and of Beans and Onions are quite 
short. 
A. J. Cay wood & Sons, Marlboro, X.Y., have had 
a good trade this year. Their new varieties of 
Grapes and the Raspberry take well. 
Mrs. E. L. Grant Campbell, the energetic woman 
florist of Cleveland, Is arranging to add a whole¬ 
sale branch for florists* supplies to her growing 
business. 
Ilovcy & Co., 16 So. Market St., Boston, have not 
sold out to anybody, but keep up the old estab¬ 
lished business and have a large proportion of 
the vci*y cream of tlie seed trade at their old stand. 
E. Hlppard, Youngstown, 0., finds Tub Aaieeican 
Garden so good an advertising medium that 
though he starts in for a series of advertisements, 
yet his stocks are not equal to the demand and he 
lias to .stop almost as soon as he begins. 
A correspondent informs us that it was our 
old friend C. M. Hovey who first cultivated, ex¬ 
hibited and sold the Monarch Rhubarb in this 
country more tlian ten years ago, and was award- 
ed the first prize by the Massachusetts Hortlcul- 
tural Society for its size and excellence over all 
others. 
Fi*om present appearances the horticultural 
trades will seek to push their business the coming 
season by even more vigorous newspaper adver¬ 
tising than last year. One seedsman we know of, 
who decreased the size of his advertisements last 
year and spent less money than before, yet in¬ 
creased bis business, will begin the next season 
early ^vith largo advertisements in only the best 
papers and magazines. 
Hard times seem to have met nurserymen 
and florists during the year, but so far we have 
heard of very few business failures among them. 
Xo w affairs are looking brighter for them. Stocks 
are in good condition, and tirade for the winter 
and spring promises to be fully up to the average 
of pi'evious seasons, and in some lines much 
greater. 
The nurserymen and seedsmen who are known 
for reliability, and who have acquired stocks of the 
best 01 the standard varieties which have been 
thoroughly tested, appear to be in fully as pros- 
perousconditionas those who spendmuch of their 
strength on so-called “novelties” that are little 
known. It is an interesting fact that the largest 
seed house in the world, the Vilmorins of Paris, 
refuse to offer a variety for sale until they have 
thoroughly tested it on their own grounds. The 
average quality of their seeds, too, is apparently 
not exceeded by those of any house in the trade. 
Forget-me-i 
ty , X V l4vAA 
(Roinau) is $10 per 100 and 15 cts a 
3 coats 25 ots a doz sprays and retails 
Hyacinth 
spray, retail- 
Heliotrope 
for35etsadoz^^_^^^ abnnoh of one doz sprays. 
J sold for 10 ots, retaU. 
Jasmine 
Com. —Green Corn stiB 
cellent; from 25 ots It is now 
at 75 ots to 
-AAVUl;, ALUUl iO rtlll^aD 
Cauliflowers are plentiful anc 
92 a bbl, and are 16 to 30 cts oac 
Carrots are 20 cts A pk. ”■ m mw'- 
Gi«(a«B5ers.—Hot-house Cuouinhers 
Itet, costing 40 cts each. ^ ijnnoh- 
Oherva from the hot-house Is 10 “ ® arefro"o 
Cresses are now sold hy the ^ qt. iVlren 
'•eds protected, they cost 20 c .^^g^tiber they 
Kkthered trom hrook-sides in m 
0*0 sold In small bunches. 
jAly of the Valley 
^^’;!^^;Jnr«“eoot95etsadoz. wholesale 4 sprays 
bring 10 ots, retail. ^re $5 per 100. as are 
noses.-Borle (Wo^. Tea Roses 
Nlphetos, and jaoriuominots straggle In, 
cost eo.po'-l''®- „ti oWn.ood; tuese bring $20 per 
blossoms loroed Rose sells for h'om 
100. Tl'O •^™®,‘’^®‘!;,tail Cm-nelia Cooks cost $10 
„er 100. Js ,,erl00. Mermots are $5 per 
Cnoo Roses are |^18 per l ^ is jnadoby 
m AS a -fi it is dmieulttoglve con-eet 
quota 
standata- string, ^tailing ots. 
They retail 
SOME COMPETITORS 
for the AMERICAN GARDEN PHIZES. 
The competitors entered to date lor The 
American Garden Prizes are the foUowing: 
(1) Crape.-Name not given, by D. S. Marvin ot 
Watertown, N. Y. 
(2) Straie5errp.-Jewell, by P. M. Augur of Mid- 
dlolield, Conn. 
Parker Earle, by Jno. T. Lovett of Little Silver, 
^'■So. 5 seedling, by J. G. Bubach of Princeton, m. 
Seedling, by J. A. Foote, Ten-e Haute, Ind. 
“Itasca,” sec(Blng from the Mimebester fertU- 
Izod with Jersey Queen. By J. H. Haynes, Del- 
phi, Ind. 
For the best new Vegetable* —^Pea, a cross be- 
tween Prince of Wales (female) and Poisnatovert 
de St. Michael of VUmorin, by B. S. Carman of Elver 
£dge> N. J. 
seedling. By M. A. Barber, Perry Center, N.T. 
(4) Gooseberru."Tnomph." By George Aehells, 
West Chester, Pa. 
(3) Rflsp5err!/.-Namenotglven, a wliltecap, by 
D. S.Marvln of Watertown, N. Y. 
“Earbart,” blaok-oap, produced three ^ crops 
a yeai By G. H. & J. H. Halo, So. Glastonbury, Ct. 
(6) For best Hew Fruit, Red Huokleherry. By 
J. M. Ogle, PuyaUup, Wash. Ter. 
