Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-05
AS TO TABLE VIANDS.
Dairy Products Are Climbing Up, and
Fruits on the Wane.
POTATOES AND TOMATOES EASIER.
The Fish and Oyster Supply Still Falls Be-
low the Demand.
IMPROVED TRADE IN FLORAL LINES
OFFICE OF PITTsBURG DISPATCH,
FRTpAY. October 4. 1853.

OFFICE OF PITTsBURG DISPATCH,
, FRIDAY, October 4, 1853.
The marked features of the past week
trade in market basket materials were tne
advance in all dairy products, ano the
falling off of fruits. Peaches and melons
are practically at their end for the season.
The few peaches still on the market are
anything but choice. The only frult In iuii
supply is the fruit of the vine.
Tomatoes and potatoes, in jobbing way,
are lower than they were week ago; but
the reduction has not materially affected
the priee to the consumer. There has been
no frost, 90 far, which has affected tomato
vines in this vicinity, and the result is that
prices are shade lower than a week ago.
Shortage in Fish and Oysters.
The supply of fish and oysters is still
short of the demand, but is better than it
was a week ago. White fish aud large
salmon are particularly short, owing to the
light catch on Eastern shores. The catch OF
small salmon and herring has improved in the
past few days, and stalls are fairly well sup
piled in these lines. One of our leading dealers
reports that he finds it exceedingly difficult the
past few weeks to meet the demands of trade,
and, while the supply is better than it was
week ago, there is still difficulty in meeting the
wants of customers
Oysters can hardly fail to advance within
few days as it has become next to Impossible
TO meet the restaurant demand for choice
grades.
Poultry of all kinds is scarce and firm;
Peddlers who traverse the section within 50
miles of Pittsburg report that they nave not
known the time when poultry was SO scarce IN
this region. Choice butter keeps moving up
ward, and the prospects are that prices VIII
soon reach the old-time standard, in spite OF the
drop through the summer months
Meats Like Ancient Laws.
Staple meats are like the laws of the Medes
and Persians; they change not. though prime
steers are fully per cent. below the price Of
year ago.
In floral lines trade is steadily improving A
number of prominent weddings this week have
brought special demands on the trade, and the
prospects are that next week will still be better.
Prices are advancing, and now that the season
is fairly opened with good prospects, there is
little doubt that society events the coming
months will make heavy demands on this i'm
portant department of trade.
Following are the retain prices of market
basket materials as furnished by leading
dealers:
The best cuts of tenderloin steak range
from % to &c. with last figure for very
fancy. which are very often no better
than the 20c article; sirloln, best cuts, from ~
to Oc; standing RIB roast, from l5 to 2Oc; chuck
Toast 10 to l2c; best round steaks, l5c; boiling
beef, 5 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 l0c
per pound. Veal for stewing commands 10c;
roast, l24 to 15c; cuSlets, 2Oc per pound; spring
lambs, fore quarter, 10 TO 12c; hind quarters,
15c. A leg of mutton, hind quarter, of prime
quality, brings l215c; fore quarter, Sc; loin of
mutton, l5c; giblets, SC per pound.
Vegetables and Fruit.
Potatoes. 15c per half peck; Jersey sweet pota-
toes 5c per half peck; egg plants 10 25c; toma-
toes 25c per half peck; cabbage to l0c; bananas,
20 to 25c dozen: carrots, sc a bunch; lemons, 25
to S5c per dozen; oranges, Soc; lettuce, &c per
bunch, 6 for 25c; radishes, &c per bunch; cucum-
bers SC apiece; beets for l0c; caulifowers,
Is to 35c head; string beans, 20c q half peck;
golden wax beans, 25c half peck; onions, 20
60 S5c half peck; new Spanish onions. to
size; peas, 2Oc per quarter peck; Catawbas to
7ci Delaware grapes, 8 to l0c; Concord grapes,
to &c per pound: peaches. 25 to soc per quarter
peck; pineapples 20 to S5c: turnips, z5c per half
peck; spinach. 20c per half peck; cranberries,
15c quart; Lima beans, zoe quart
Butter, Eggs and Poultry.
Choice creamery butter, 35c. Good country
butter. S2c. Fancy pound rolls, 35c.
The ruling retail price for eggs is 22c.
The range for dressed chickens is 75c to
81 Is per pair. Turkeys, 2Oc per pound. Prairie
chickens, 81 90 a pair: ducks, 81 90 to 81 25 per
pair: reed birds, 81 90 per dozen; jacksnipes,
$2 SO per dozen.
Fish in Season.
Following are the articles in this line on
the stalls, with prices: Lake salmon, 121Sc; Cali
fornia salmon, 4Oc pound white fish, l21Sc; her
ring, pounds for sc; Spanish mackerel. 30c
to S5c a pound; sea salmon, 40c pound;
blue fish, 25 to 30c; perch. l0c; halibut, 25c;
rock bass SOC; black bass, 2Oc: lake trout 121zc;
Holsters, 25c; green sea turtle, 2Sc; mackerel,
zoe small, 4Oc large. Oysters: n. Y. counts,
81 70 per gallon; clans, 81 Is per gallon; scol-
lops. Soc a quart; frogs. 81 90 per dozen;
soft shell crabs, 75c per dozen; devil crabs, S5c
per dozen.
Flowers.
La France roses 81 25Gl so per dozen; Bride
roses, 81 Is per dozen; Perles, 81 90 per dozen;
Niphetos, 81 90 per dozen; Benefits 81 50
per dozen; American Beauty, 35c apiece; Mer-
NETS, 81 . per uozen; carnauons, SOC dozen;
Maiden Hair fern, Soc per doz. fronds; gadiolus,
tOc per dozen; lily of the valley s. per dozen.