Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-27
THE MARKET BASKET.
Fish and Flowers Give Evidence of
Midsummer's Dizziness.
SHORTAGE OF HOME GROWN STUFF.
New Potatoes Plenty, Tomatoes, Cucumbers
Scarce, Firm.
BUTTER STEADY, POULTRY SCARCE
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OFFICE OF PITTsBURa DISPATCH
FRIDAY. July 26. 1889. :
Midsummer's dullness is here in the lines
of fish and flowers. Home gardens are now
at their best, and florists report quiet time.
AT the fish stalls little is doing, as is the
case always at this season of the year. The
best customers are away to the mountains or
seashore seeking recreation and rest In fruit
and vegetable lines scarcity Of homegrown
stuff is reported by dealers. Said one of our
leading Diamond market dealers: For some
unaccOuntable reason there has been a great
Sreat Rains have been n,eStS IN this S section
but gardens have not come up to expectations.
Tomatoes, cucumbers peas and beans from
near-b gardens have been very scarce for a
few days back, and we would have a sorry time
supplying our customers if We had to depend
on homegrown stuff. A week or two ago Gu
Now they are 81 to 81 25 A shipper upon whom
depend for tomatoes was able to send me 4 to
bushels at time week two ago. This
morning he could only send me three quarts.
There seems to be a blight on the gardens Of
this vicinity of late" On the other hand new
potatoes are coming in freely and ought to sell
from near Clinton says he never remembers
potatoes as low in his sneighborhOod as now. A
choice article is to be had for 50c bushel.
Country butter is in better demand than a
week ago. Poultry is scarce and firm.
Following are latest prices of market basket
supplies, as furnished by leading retail dealers:
Meats.
The prices called for at the Diamond Markets
remain unchanged. The best cuts of tender
loin steak range from 20 to 25c, with last figure
for very fancy which are very often no better
than the 20c article; sirloln, best cuts, from l6
to 20c; standing RIB roast, from 10 to 2Oc; chuck
Toast. 10 to l2c; best rouEd steaks J5c; boiling
beef, to SC; sweet breads 20 to SOC per pair;
beef kidneys. l0c apiece; beef liver, sc pound;
calf livers, 20c apiece; corned beef from to l0c
per pound. Veal for stewing commands lOc;
IS Toast l a. 70 Ioc cq'et M S per & p9una sPrln b
to 25c. A leg of mutton, hind quarter, of
prime quality. brings l21zc; fore quarter, Sc;
loin of mutton, l5c; giblets, &c per pound.
Vegetables and Fruit.
New white potatoes. Is to 2Oc per half peck;
egg plants, 10 to Csc; hothouse grapes, 81 90 per
pound; tomatoes, zoe, homegrown, SOC per
quart box: new cabbage, to 15c; bananas. 20 to
S5c a dozen: new homegrown carrots, &c a
bunch; California peaches, SOC per dozen;
lemons, 2to 30c per dozen; oranges, Soc; lettuce,
&c per bunch, 6 for 25c: radishes, sc per bunch;
cucumbers. &C apiece: new beets, &c a bunch:
caulihowers, Is to 25c a head; homegrown
string beans, 2Oc a half peck; homegrown golden
onions, 25c half peck: homegrown
squashes. TO S5c; homegrown potatoes, 16c
half peck; homegrown peas, 2c per half peck;
quart; watermelons. 35 to SOC; cantaloups. Is to
Soc; red raspberries, 10 to l5c quart; black
raspberries, lOc; huckleberries, l5c quart.
Butter, Eggs and Poultry.
Choice creamery butter, 25c Good country
butter. 20c Fancy pound rolls, 30c.
The ruling retail price for eggs is 20c.
The range for dressed chickens is 90c to
81 % per pair. Turkeys, l5c per pound Spring
chickens, 80 to 75c per pair; ducks, 81 to 81 Is
per pair; geese, 50 to 75c each.
Fish in Season.
Following are the articles in this line on
the stalls, with prices: Lake salmon, 1218c; Cali
fornia salmon. 40c pound white fish, 1215c; her.
ring, pounds for 25c; Spanish mackerel. 3Oc
TO 35c a pound; salmon, 40c a pound;
blue fish, Is to SOC; perch. l0c; halibut 2oc;
rock bass SOC; black bass zoe: lake trout, l21dc:
HOLSTERS. 25c; green sea turtle, 2Sc; mackerel,
zoe small, 40c large Oysters: n. Y. counts,
81 75 per gallon; clans, 81 % per gallon; scol-
lops 50c quart; frogs, 81 90 to 81 90 per dozen;
soft shell crabs 75c per dozen; devil crabs, S5c
per dozen.
La France roses, 81 00@l so per dozen; Bride
roses, 81 90 per dozen; Perles, 81 90 per dozen;
Niphetos, 81 90 per dozen; BENEFITS, 81 90
per dozen; American Beauty, 25c apiece; Mer-
nets, 81 90 per Qozen; carnations, 35c a dozen;
Maiden Hair fern, SOC per doz fronds Bermuda
Easter lilies. So 90 per dozen; Jacquemi1ot
roses. I5c TO 81 so dozen; peonies, 81 00a doZer;
moss roses, 81 90 a dozen; June roses 81 90 a
dozen; forgetmenots. Csc a dozen; water lilies,
60c dozen.