Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-07
THE MARKET BASKET.
Corn, Tomatoes and Grapes Plenty
and Lower, and Peaches Up.
BUTTER AND EGGS GROW FIRMER.
Oyster Season Opens Fair, and Fish Supply
Below Demand.
THE EXPOSITION FLORAL DISPLAY
OFFICE OF PITTsBURG DISPATCH, |
FRIDAY. September 6, 1889.

FRIDAY, September 6. 1889. !
Retailers of market basket materials re-
port no Improvement in trade over last
roasting ears and tomatoes are reported
cheaper. and peaches scarce and higher.
The supply of good peaches has not been up
to the demand for week past.
Very fine caulilowers are on the stalls,
and also, the first fruits of the new crop of
pineapples, which are unusually hne. Good
homegrown cantaloups have put In an ap-
pearance the past week.
Eggs are on the advance, and a choice
article is fully &c per dozen higher than last
week in jobblng way. Nearby poultry is
very scarce, scarcer than for years. The
bulk of stock in this line with which our
markets are supplied comes from Chicago.
Choice grades of creamery and country
butter are firm, and the drift of prices is
upward.
The Oyster Bobs Up.
The oyster season opened this week and
made fair start, though the weather was at
first too warm Tor any great activity in this
line. Advices from sources of supply indicate
a short oyster crop this season, and difficulty
in meeting demand is anticipated by packers.
The supply Of fish is not up 10 the demand,
particularly for salmon. A leading dealer says
fish are not worth as much here as at sources
of supply, and that the business is "only run
for glory at this time Herring are the only
fish in supply equal to demand
Staple meats at retail stalls do not change.
Prices vary very little for the past year, not
withstanding steady downward drift OF live
stock Prime beeves are &c per pound lower
than a wear ago but tenderlon steak and rib
roast of the best quality are the same. Tallow,
hides and rough meat are lower, but fine cuts
are unchanged the past year.
Beauty and Fragrance.
In floral lines there are no changes worthy
OF note. Trade is quiet, but there is a good
time coming and it is not far away. The first
frosts which nip the outdoor flowers bring good
cheer to those who are protected against such
influences by large conservatories. Two of our
leading florists have taken all the space in
floral hall of the Exposition building, and did
credit TO themselves and the city by the fine
display on opening night. This display will
improve for a week to come. Whatever the
Exposition may lack in its exhibits, there will
be no lack in the display of beauteous things
IRON garden and conservatory.
Following are retail prices of market basket
filling, as furnished by leading dealers:
Meats.
The best cuts of Jenderloin steak range
from 20 to 25c, with last figure for very
fancy, which are very often no better
than the 2Oc article; sirloIn, best cuts, from is
to 20c; standing RIB roast, from 10 to 20c; chuck
loast. 10 to l2c; best round steaks, I5c; boiling
beef, to SC; sweet breads 20 to SOC per pair:
beef kidneys. l0c apiece; beef liver, &c pound;
calf livers, 25c apiece; corned beef from TO l0c
per pound Veal for Stewing commands l0c;
roast, l255 to l5c; outlets, 20c per pound; spring
lambs
11c. leg OF mutton, mind quarter, of prime
quality, brings l215c; fore quarter, Sc; loin of
mutton, loc; gibiets, &c per pound.
Vegetables and Fruit.
Potatoes. l5c per half peck; Jersey sweet pota-
toes per half peck; egg plants 10 to Csc; toma-
toes. l5c per half peck; cabbage 5to l0c; bananas
20to 25c dozen; carrors, SC bunch; lemons, 25
to S5c per dozen; oranges, Soc; lettuce, &c per
bunch, for 25c; radiShes, &c per bunch;
cucumbers, for Sc; beets, for l0c; caulifowers,
Is to S5c head; string beans, 20c half peck;
golden wax beans Csc half peck: new South
ern onions, 25c hall peck: squashes, to 35c;
peas, 2Oc per quarter peck; waternelons, Is to
Soc; cantaloups. 10 to 25c; huckleberries, loc
quart; Concord grapes, to lOc per pound;
plums, loc quart; peaches. % to Soc per quar-
ter peck; pineapples, 20 to Soc.
Butter, Eggs and Poultry.
Choice creamery butter, 25c Good country
butter, SOC. Fancy pound rolls, 35c.
The ruling retail price for eggs is DC.
The range for dressed chickens is 75c to
81 90 per pair. Turkeys, zoe per pound. Prairie
chickens, S. so per dozen; ducks, 81 90 to 81 25
per pair; reed birds, 81 90 per dozen.
Fish in Season.
Following are the articles in this line on
the stalls, with prices: Lake salmon 121Ic; Cali
fornia salmon, 40c pound white fish, l2]1Sc; her.
ring, pounds for sc; Spanish mackerel 30c
TO S5c pound: sea salmon, 40c a pound:
blue fish, 25 to Soc; perch. l0c: halibut, 25c;
rock bass 30c; black bass 2Oc: lake trout l215c;
HOLSTERS, 25c; green sea turtle, Csc; mackerel
2Oc small, SOC large. Oysters: n. Y. counts,
s. 20 per gallon; clans. 81 Is per gallon; scol-
lops, Soc quart; frogs S2 90 TO 81 90 per dozen;
soft shell crabs, 75c per dozen; devil crabs, S5c
per dozen.
La France roses 81 259l so 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 % per oozen; carnations Csc a dozen:
Maiden Hair fern Soc per dog. fronds. Bermuda
Easter lilies. So 0O per dozen; Jacquemiaot
roses T5c to 81 81 q dozen; peonies 81 O6a nozen:
moss roses, 81 90 dozen; June roses, 81 90 a
dozen; forgetmenots. Csc dozen; water lilies
50c dozen.
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