Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-11
THE MARKET BASKET.
Loss of Saloon Trade Curtails Trade
in Staple Meats.
OYSTERS DONE, CLANS IN PLENTY.
A Dearth of Strawberries but a Suficiency
On the Way.
ACTIVE WEEKS TRADE In FLOWERS
DONE, CLANS IN PLENTY.
ACTIVE WEEKS TRADE In FLOWERS
OFFICE OF PITTsBURG DISPATCH, l
ERIDAY Nav 10 1890 I

FRIDAY, May 10, 1889
In the line of staple meats trade has fallen
off the past week. Local receipts of cattle
at East Liberty were the lightest this year,
and not more than one-third the weekly
average of last fall. A Diamond market
butcher reports that the License Court
rulings have knocked him out of trade which
amounted to 500 per week. Said he: MY
best customers were saloons. am sure that 1
put over SO pounds of meat into the bone bar
rel this week for which 1 would have found
ready sale at Sc pound if my customers
had not been knocked out"
The demand continues good in the lines of
FISH Shad are in better supply and down in
price. The retail oyster trade is practically
over. New York counts are still on the mar
ket for restaurants. CLANS are in good supply
and equally good demand. A leading dealer
reports that there is no better food for the
stomach that has been turned wrong side out
by booze than the clam Frogs are scarce and
higher.
Fruits and Dairy Products.
At the fruit and vegetable stalls business
was reported only fair for the week. Straw
berry supply has not been up TO demand for
few days past. A full supply is expected to-
morrow. Tomatoes and asparagus are drifting
to price which the average consumer can
afford to pay.
Butter should sell cheaper than at any time
this year. The buyer who pays more than y
cents for the best made will not get the worth
of his money. The best creamery is sdld IN JOB
lots at p cents. Eggs have advanced, and in re-
tail way are cents higher than last saturday.
Florists report improvement in their lines
over last week with PGiceS rcas foT satnT
days market basket material as furnished by
leading dealers:
The prices called for at the Diamond Markets
remain unchanged. The best cuts of tenderloin
g., x-Sfh 4ho last fuT1ro
for very fancy which are very often no bet
ter than the 20c article; sirloin, best cuts,
from Is to 2Oc; standing rib roast, 10 to 20c;
chuck roast, 10 to l2c; best round steaks, l6c;
boiling beef, to Sc; sweet breads, 20 to SOC per
pair; beef kidneys, l0c apiece; beef liver, SC
pound: calf livers. Csc apiece; corned beef
from to lOc per pound Veal for stewing
per pound; spring lambs, fore quarter, Is TO
2Oc; hind quarters, 20 to Csc. A leg of NUT
ton, hind quarter, of prime quality, brings
l21Sc; fore quarter, Sci loin OF mutton, l5c;
giblets, SC per pound.
Vegetables and Fruit.
Jersey sweet potatoes, 25c a half peck;
potatoes, l5c half peck; celery, 10 to 15c
bunch; new Bermuda potatoes, Csc per Il
peck; new Bermuda onions l5c per quart;
tomatoes, 35c per quart box; new cabbage, S
to 25c; apples, 15c to zoe per half peck;
bananas Is to Csc dozen: lemons. 20 to
25c per dozen; oranges, 25Q40c: onions, l5c
half peck; spinach, 2c per half peck; lettuce, &c
cranberries, l5c per quart; cucumbers, 10 to l5c
piece; mushrooms, 75c pound; asparagus
punches for 25c; new beets, l5c bunch; straw
berries l5c to 25c; caulifowers, 25 to SOC head;
golden wax beans 35c a quarter peck; green
beans, Csc quarter peck; peas, 25c a quarter
peck.
Butter, Eggs and Poultry.
Choice creamery butter, 25c. Good country
butter, Sc Fancy pound rolls, Soc.
The ruling retail price for eggs is zoe.
The range for dressed chickens is 75c to
s. 90 per pair. Turkeys, 2Oc per pound. Spring
chickens 81 per pair.
Fish In SeasOn.
Following are the articles in this line on
the stalls with prices: Lake salmon 121&c; Cali
fornia salmon. 4Oc pound; white fish, 121ze; her.
ring, pounds for sc; Spanish mackereI, 45c
TO SOC pound; shad, 60c apiece; sea salmon,
N4ea a pound; blue fish, zoe; perch. l0c;
halibut 25c; rock bass Soc; black bass, 2Oc: lake
trout, l218c: HOLSTERS 25c; green sea turtle, 2Sc
Oysters: n. Y. counts, 81 IS per gallon; clans,
81 25 per gallon; scollops, Soc quart. frogs
& so to 81 IS per dozen
Flowers.
La France roses, 81 so per dozen; Bride
roses 81 Is per dozen; Perles, 81 90 per dozen;
Niphetos, 81 90 per dozen; Bennetts, 81 25
per dozen: Magma Charta roses, S5c; American
Beauty, 25@50c apiece; Mermets, 81 00@1 so per
dozen; DE Wattville 81 50; carnations, 35e
dozen; Lily of the Valley, T5c per dozen; Maiden
Hair fern, Soc per doZ fronds. Bermuda
Easter lilies. So 90 per dozen; tulips. 75c per
dozen; mgnonette, 75c per dozen; daffodils,
T5c per dozen; pansies, Csc a dozen; JacQue-
mi1ot roses. 81 90 to 81 90 a dozen.