Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-27
THE MARKET BASKET.
New Vegetables Approaching the
Average PocketbOOk.
OYSTERS PRACTICALLY AT AN END
Brook Trout, Shad and Frogs Are in Full
Supply and Demand.
FLOWERS LOWER AND VERY ACTIVE
OFFICE OF PITTsBURG DISPATCH,
FRIDAY. April 26. 1880

FRIDAY. April 70 looS.
Market basket materials vary very little
in price this week from last New garden
stuff. which is coming in freely from the
South. is a shade nearer the average con.
sumer's pocketbook capacity, but all else
remains very much as it has been for weeks
past
There has been no change for six months
past in the price of tenderloins and fine
rib rossts, though the price of cattle is
fully &c below rates of last fall
The choice cuts hold up to old rates, but
other parts Of the beef are sold at concessions
At the Diamond market butcher stalls the ex
pected boom following the Lenten fast has not
thus far materialized.
The fish trade continues extra good, not
withstanding the fact that Easter is past.
Said leading dealer in this line: "Our trade
has been first class all the week, in fact, much
better than we expected Immediately after
Lent" Brook trout Spanish mackerel and
frogs are now in full supply on fish stalls Shad
from the Potomac, Delaware and Hudson also
begin to come in freely, and demand so far
keeps pace with supply. The oyster season is
about at an end. After Saturday no oysters
ing to law. New York counts will be on mar
ket all the season. Our frog supplies are in the
main from Charleston. s. c., at this time of the
year.
In the line of vegetables the only new thing
on the stalls this week is cauihower. There is
drift toward lower level of prices as new
garden stuff comes in more freely from the
Sunny South.
One of our leading florists thus puts the situ-
alton of his industry: Last week we had a
boom as we always do in Easter times Trade
still keeps up remarkably well. We never did
as large business in the week following Eas-
ter as we have done this week. Our trade at
this time year ago was not nearly as good as
it is now" Floral prices are on the downward
drift, as will be seen by our quotations.
In the line of market basket filling 1t has
proved this week, as last, that the greatest activ
itv has been in the lines of fish and flowers. In
other lines trade has been quiet
Following are the latest retail prices as fur
nished by leading dealers of materials for Sun
day dinner tables:
The prices called for at the Diamond Markets
remain unchanged. The best cuts of tenderloin
steak range from 20 to 25c with the last figure
for very fancy, which are very often no bet
ter than the 2Oc article; sirloin best cuts
from Is to 2Oc; standing rib roast Is to Zoe;
chuck roast, 10 to l2c; best round steaks, l5c;
boiling beef, to SC; sweet breads 25c per
pair: beef kidneys 10c apiece; beef liver, sc a
pound: calf livers. 25c apiece; corned beef
from to l0c per pound, Veal for steWinng ing
per pound; spring lambs, fore quarter, l215 TO
15c; hind quarters, Is to 20c A leg of NUT
tor, hind quarter, of prime quality, brings
l21<c; fore quarter, Sc; loin of mutton, 15c.
Ne&eIaDleB uuQ FTults
Jersey sweet potatoes, 25c a half peck;
potatoes, l5c half peck; celery, 10 to l5c a
bunch; new Bermuda potatoes, 25c per x
peck; new Bermuda onions, l5c per quart;
tomatoes, 40c per quart box; new cabbage, B
to Csc; apples, 15c to 2Oc per half peck;
bananas, Is to 25c dozen: lemons, 20 to
25c per dozen; oranges, 25940c; onions l5c a
half peck: spinach, 20c per half peck; lettuce, &c
per bunch, for 25c; radishes, to i0c per bunch;
cranberries, l5c per quart; cucumbers 10 to 20c a
piece; mushrooms, 75c pound; asparagus, l0c a
bunch, 3 for 25c; new beets, l5c bunch; straw
berries, 35c to Soc; caulifowers, Is to SOC head
Butter, Eggs and Poultry.
Choice creamery butter, 35c. Good country
butter, 25c. Fancy pound rolls, 40c.
The ruling retail price for eggs is l5c, or 2
dozen for 25c; goose eggs, 4 for 25c.
The range for dressed chickens is 81 Is to
81 SO per pair. Turkeys, 25c per pound Spring
chickens s. per pair.
Fish and Oysters.
Following are the articles in this line on
the stalls, with prices: Lake salmon, I21Sc; Cali
fornia salmon. 4oc pound; white fish, 121zc; her.
ring, pounds for 25c; Spanish mackerel, 45c
to Soc a pound; shad, SOC apiece; sea salmon,
40c a pound; blue fish, 2Oc; perch. 10c;
halibut 25c; rock bass SOC: black bass 2Oc: lake
trout, l275c; HOLSTERS 25c; green sea turtle, 2Sc
Oysters: standard, 81 per gallon; select, 81 so
to 81 IS; n. Y. counts, 81 20 per gallon; snaps,
eOc; shell oysters. 25c dozen; smelts, 20 to 25c
poundi clans, 81 25 gallon; scollops, Soc a
quart.
Flowers.
La France roses 81 so per dozen; Bride
roses, 81 50 per dozen; Perles, 81 90 per dozen;
Niphetos, 81 90 per dozen; Benefits 81 50
per dozen; Magma Charta roses Soc; American
Beauty, 25G50c apiece; Mermets, 81 GOAL so per
dozen; DE Wattville, 81 so; carnations, 35c a
dozen; Lily Of the Valley, 75c per dozen; Maiden
Hair fern, Soc per doz fronds. Bermuda
Easter lilies. IS % per dozen; tulips, 75c per
dozen; mignonette, 75c per dozen; lilacs 25c
spray; dahodils, 75c per dozen; Dutch hya-
cinths, 2Oc apiece: pansies, 25c dozen; Jacque-
Tni1ot roees 81 m a dozen