Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-26
AS TO TABLE VIANDS.
Varieties of Fruit and Vegetables
Curtailed by Frost.
POULTRY AND BUTTER 60 LOWER.
Supply of Ocean Products Better Than for
Months Past.
QUIET TRADE IN FLORAL OFFERINGS
OFFICE OF P1rrsBURe DISPATCH.

OFFICE OF PIrTsBURG DISPATCH, |
FRIDAY, October Is. 1889.
There are few features of interest In the
line of market basket materials different
from last Saturday. The first killing frosts
of the season put in their appearance this
week, and outdoor tomatoes are thing OF
the past. Grapes and California fruits have
the field in fruit lines. At the Diamond
Market stalls quiet weeks trade is re-
ported. The quietness is attributed to the
winding up of the Exposition. We are now
having the lull which naturally follows the
rush OF the past few weeks.
Dairy products, which for several weeks
past were moving upward, have turned the
other direction, but not enough to affect re-
tail prices.
A General Review.
Poultry comes in more freely and prices
are shade lower than they were week ago.
The supply of ish and oysters is now well
up to demand, but prices are firm, especially
for high grade stock. Weather the past week
has been favorable to fishermen along the
coast, and the result is seen in better supplies
of ocean fruits at this market
Florists are not jubilant over the trade of
this week. Last week brought unusual de-
mands in floral lines, on account of numerous
weddings and other society events.
THIS week We are having the calm
that follows the storm, and the effect
is seen IN a light demand for flowers
But the present lull is only temporary one,
and, according to all past experience, there
will be steady increase of demand In floral
lines from now till the holidays. Our florists
are better prepared to meet this demand than
last season, when they were forced In the
height OF the season to draw supplies from
Following are the retail prices of market bas-
ket filling as furnished by leading dealers:
Meats.
The best cuts of renderloin steak range
from % to sc, with last figure for very
fancy; sirloIn, best cuts from Is to lSc;
standing rib roast, from Is to 20c; chuck
loast. 10 to l2c; best round steaks, l5c; boiling
beef, 5 to Sc; sweet breads, 20 to Soc per pair;
beef kidneys, lOc apiece; beef liver, &c a pound;
calf livers, 25c apiece; corned beef from to l0c
per p3und. Veal for stewing commands 10c;
roast. l25 to l5c; cu.lets, 2Oc per pound; spring
lambs, fore quarter, 10 to l2c; hind quarters,
loc. A leg OF mutton, hind quarter, OF prime
quality. brings l2}5c; fore quarter, Sc; loin Of
mutton, l5c; giblets, &c per pound.
Vegetables and Fruit.
Potatoes. l5c per half peck; Jersey sweet
potatoes. 25c pei half peck; tomatoes, 25c
per half peck; cabbage, 5 to 10c; bananas,
70 to Csc dozen; carrots, sc bunch; lemons, 25
TO 35c per dozen; oranges. Soc; lettuce, SC per
bunch, for 25c; radishes, Sc per bunch; beets,
8 for l0c; caulifowers, Is to SOC head;
string beans, S5c a half peck; onions, 20
To 35c half peck; new Spanish onions to
lUc each; pie pumpkinS. 10 to 35c. according 10
size; Catawbas, to &c; Concord grapes, 5 to &c
per pound; California, Tokay and Muscat
grapes. 2Oc per pound; turnips, zOc per half
peck; spinach l5c per half peck; cranberries,
l5c quart; Lima beans, 25c aquart.
Butter, Eggs and Poultry.
Choice creamery butter, S5c. Good country
butter. 32c. Fancy pound rolls, S5c
The ruling ,retail price for eggs is 25c
The rangsafor dressed chickens is 75c to
81 25 per pair. Turkeys, 2Oc per pound. Prairie
chickens, 81 90 pair; ducks, 81 90 to 81 Is per
pair; reed birds. 81 0O per dozen; jacksnipes.
y % per dozen; partridges, Sc dozen; squir-
rels, SOC pair; plovers, 81 % dozen; rabbits,
SOC pair.
Fish in Season.
Following are the articles in this line on
the stalls with prices: Lake salmon, l21Sc; Cali
fornia salmon, 4Oc pound; white fish, 1215c; her.
Ilng, pounds for 25c; Spanish mackerel, SOC
to S5c pound: sea salmon, 4Oc pound:
blue fish, 25 to Soc; perch. l0c; halibut 25c;
rock bass, 30c; black bass 20c: lake trout l21$c;
lobsters, 25c; green sea turtle. 2Sc; mackerel,
s. 70 per gallon; CLANS. 81 Is per gallon; scol-
lops, Soc quart; frogs, 81 90 per dozen;
soft shell crabs, 16c per dozen; devil crabs, S5c
per dozen.
Flowers.
La France roses, 81 259l so per dozen; Bride
roses, 81 3 per dozen; Perles, 81 90 per dozen;
Niphetos 81 90 per dozen; Bennetts 81 so
per dozen; American Beauty, 35c apiece: Mer-
lnets, 81 25 per dozen; csrnauons, SOC a dozen;
Maiden Hair fern, Soc per doz fronds; gladiolus
6oc per dozen; lily of the valley, 81 per dozen;
chrySanthemums Soc to 81 a dozen.