Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-22
THE MARKET BASKET.
Strawberries and Raspberries in
Bountiful Supply.
NEW POTATOES DRIFTING LOWER.
A Scarcity of Lake Fish, Charged Up to
Ohio Prohibition.
THE OCCUPATION OF FLORISTS GONE
-EW POTATOES DRIFTING LOWER.
THE OCCUPATION OF FLORISTS GONE
OFFICE OF PIrTsBURG DISPATCH, [
FRIDAY June q 1879. 1

FRIDAY. June q, 1889
Vegetables and fruit are in good supply,
but below standard as 10 quality on account
of rainy weather. Strawberries are not COM
ing in in the best shape, and for the best,
prices are firmer than for few days past
Raspberries. both red and black, are coming
freely, and the time for the strawberry for this
season approaches its end Ripe currants are
found on the stalls for the first time the past
week. New potatoes are drifting downward.
Cabbage should sell at low prices, as produce
jobbers report that the buyer can name his
own figures.
A Diamond market vender of fruits and veg
etables reports trade this week as an improve
ment on last week. Said he: "Stutf is coming in
in rather bad shape on account of the continu-
Gus rains, but demand is good, and our Gus
TONERS want the goods all the same.
In the line of butter, eggs and poultry dealers
report 4 quiet trade.
The supply of country butter has been in ex-
cess of the demand all the week. Creamery
feels the effect and the situation of the butter
market is at this date IN the buyer favor.
Fish are not in supply suf1c3ent for demand
The laws of Ohio forbid the use OF the net after
the 18th of June, and hence there has been
dearth of lake salmon, white fish and trout the
past week. Eastern fish are in good supply.
Wholesale rates have advanced, but retail
prices are unchanged. A leading dealer SAID
to-day ''our profits are about wiped out IN
Western fish by express charges. From Erie
and Sandusky the express charges are s. per
barrel and from Port Huron and Detroit 81
The Ohio laws against fishing after June 10 are
not in operation in Michigan, but as our chief
source of supply is from the former state we
have been short of stock for the past week"
Florists are doing little at this season, be-
cause all who have gardens are able TO raise
their own flowers. Said one of the leading
florists: Trade is poor, and VIII remain SO Tor
a couple OF months. AT this time of the year
people in general raise their own flowers, and
make few demands on our trade. Even The fu-
neral trade is slack for some unacconntable
reason. People here have spent their spare
money to help Johnstown sufferers, and have
little left for floral display"
Following are the latest retail prices of mar
ket basket filling, as furnished by leading
dealers:
The prices called for at the Diamond Markets
remain unchanged. The hest 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; sirlsin, 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, 20 to SOC per
pair: beef kidneys, l0c apiece; beef liver, sc
pound: calf livers 25c apiece; corned beef
from to lOc per pound. Veal for stewing
commands lOc: roast, l21S to l5c: outlets, 2Oc
per pound; spring lambs, fore quarter, Is 10
2Oc; hind quarters, 20 20 Csc. A leg of NUT
ton, hind quarter, of prime quality, brings
l212c; fore quarter, SC; loin Of mutton, l5c;
giblets, SC per pound.
Vegetables and Fruit.
New white potatoes. 25 to 9Oc per 4 peck; egg
plants, 10 to 25c: new Bermuda onions, 10c per
quart; tomatoes, S5c per quart box; new cab
Oage. 5 TO l5c; bananas, 20 to S5c dozen: new
homegrown carrots, &C bunch: California
peaches S5c per quart box; lemons. 25 to 3Oc per
dozen; oranges, Soc; spinach, l5c per half pecki
lettuce, SC per bunch, for 25c; radishes, sc per
bunch; cucumbers, for 25c: asparagus,
punches for 25c; new beets sc apiece; strawber-
hf,rfa mil IN
50c head; golden wax beans, SOC quarter peck:
green beans, 20c quarter peck; peas, 10 TO 25c
quarter peck; homegrown peas, Csc per half
peck: sweet and sour cherries l5c per quart.
for 25c; gooseberries, II to l5c per quart; cur
rants, l5c per quart
Butter, Eggs and Poultry.
Choice creamery butter, 25c. Good country
butter, zoe Fancy pound rolls, Soc.
The ruling retail price for eggs is 2Oc.
The range for dressed chickens is 90c to
81 Is per pair. Turkeys. l5c per pound. Spring
chickens, 81 to 81 25 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, l215c; Cali
fornia salmon. 40c pound; white fish, 121%c; her
ring, pounds for 25c; Spanish maCkerel, 45c
to soc pound; shad, 6Oc apiece; sea salmon,
40c a pound; blue fish, 20c; perch. l0c;
halibut 20c; rock bass, 30c; black bass, 20c lake
trout, l21lc: HOLSTERS, 25c; green sea turtle 2Sc
nlaCAerel, sue apieCe. oysters. N. L. counts,
81 % per gallon; clams 81 - per gallon; scol-
lops, Soc quart; frogs, 81 80 to 81 so per dozen.
Flowers.
La France roses 81 0O@l 50 per dozen; Bride
roses, 81 90 per dozen; Perles, 81 90 per dozen;
Niphetos 81 90 per dozen; Bennetts, 81 90
per dozen; American Beauty, 25c apiece; Mer-
NETS. 81 90 per dozen; carnations, 35c dozen;
Maiden Hair fern, SOC per doz. fronds. Bermuda
Easter lilies. So 90 per dozen: Jacquemilot
roses, 75c 10 81 50 dozen; peonies 81 00a uozen;
moss roses, 81 90 a dozen; June roses. 81 90
dozen, forgetmenots. 25c dozen; water lilies,
Soc dozen.