Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-02
THE MARKET BASKET.
Strawberries From Florida Begin to
Appear in Market.
GAME WANING--POULTRY SCARCE.
Fish and Oyster Trade is Quiet Preparatory
to Lent Fast.
ACTIVE TRADE IN FLORAL LINES
OFFICE OF PITTsBURG DISPATCH,
FRIDAY, March i, 1889.

OFFICE OF PITTsBURG DISPATCH,
FRIDAY, March !, 1889.
At the fruit and vegetable stalls Of Dia-
mond Market more hopeful feeling pre-
walls than since the holidays. Trade ap-
pears to look up as spring approaches. The
first strawberries of the season show up
from Florida this week at 81 25 quart.
Tropical fruits are in good supply at old
rates Fancy oranges are, however, growing
scarce, and higher prices cannot be far away.
In the line of staple meats there are no new
features of interest. Cattle are as low as ever,
can find any comfort in the sit
uation. Butchers however, have little
cause of complaint, as every i5O0 pound
steer they cut up must yield profit of $50
If there was fair profit under the old regime
there must be bonanza now, as consumers
pay all the same for their roasts and tender
ioins.
JobbiDg rates of butter have declined since
last week, but not enough to AFFECT reSall
prices. Good country butter is in better sup
ply than for several weeks past. A peduler
whose beat runs far into the Panhandle reports
that there it's no trouble procuring all the gooo
country butter wanted at reasonable rates.
this season. a fact attributed to the open
winter and the good grazing Tor cows. Apples
of the choicest variety are abundant Wlthln 81
miles of Pttsburg at . cents h per aHs ousnel as
we have been having the past winter oouDles
the cost.
Plenty of Luxuries.
At fish and oyster stalls business is reported
slack for this week. Dealers say that the lull
they are having this week always precedes
Lent The good time for the trade will be fully
on after the 9th of March, and, according to
the experience of former years, will hold up
until the Fourth of July.
Red salmon from the Gulf OF Mexico, and
the finest shad from North Carolina are In tull
supply on fish stalls. The latter, which showed
up for the first time the past week, sell at 81 W
TO 81 so each. The season for game is prac-
tically at an end.
Florists report an improvement on trade of
last week, with no change in prices:
1t is difficult to meet the demand for hlacs-
A leading florist who laid in large supply this
morning. found.h he had not been large enough
in his views by the middle of the afternoon.
All lilacs disappeared and more were wanted.
Following are latest retail prices for Satur-
days market basket filling:
Meats.
The prices called for at the Diamond Markets
remain unchanged. The best cuts of tenderloin
steak range from % to 25c, with the last figure
for very fancy, which are very often no bet
ter than the 2Oc article; sirloin, best cuts,
from Is to 2Oc; standing nib roast, 10 to zoe;
chuck roast. 10 to l2c; best round steaks, l5c;
boiling beef to SC; sweet breads, 2oc per
pair: beef kidneys, l0c apiece; beef liver, &c
pound: calf liyers, 25c apiece; corned beef
from to l0c per pound. Veal for stewlng
commands lOe: roast, l2115 to I5c; outlets. 2Oc
per pound; spring lambs fore quarter, l215 TO
15c; hind quarters, Is to 2oc. A leg OF NUT
ton, hind quarter, of prime quality, brings
l216c; fore quarter, Sc; l0in of mutton, I5c.
Vegetables and Fruit.
Jersey sweet potatoes, 25c a half peck;
potatoes l5c half peck; celery. Toto l5c bunch;
squash, Is to 35c; tomatoes SOC per quart
box; pumpkin. Is to 25c; cabbage, to l0c;
apples, 15c to 20c half peck; bananas, 10 to 25e
adozen: lemons. % to SOC per dozen; oranges, S0Q
Soc; Malaga grapes, 25c per pound; onions, 25c
half peck: spinach, &c per half peck; lettuce lOc
per bunch, 3 tor 25c; radIshes DC per bunch; cram
berries, l5c per quart: cucumberS . to 35c
piece; mushrooms, 81 pound; Strawberries, 81 %
aquart.
Game.
Pigeons SOC pair. Quail, 81 so to IS 90
dozen. Pheasants, 81 90 a pair. Prair1e chick
ems, s. 90 pair.
Butter, Eggs and Poultry.
The best creamery butter is 4oc. Fancy
pound rolls of country butter are Soc.
The ruling retail price for eggs is 2Oc.
The range for dressed chickens is 81 to
81 so per pair. Turkeys, 2Oc per pound; fancy,
Fish and Oysters.
Following are the articles in this line still on
the stalls with prices: Lake salmon, 121Sc; Cali
ring pounds for 25c; fresh msckerel, Soc apiece;
Spanish mackerel, 45c to soc pound: sea sal
mon, 40c a pound: blue fish, 20c; perch. l0c;
halbut, 2oc; rock bass, 9Oc; black bass 2Oc: lake
trout 1215c: HOLSTERS. 25c; green turtle, DC.
Oysters: standard, 81 per gallon; select, 81 50
to 81 70; n. Y. counts, 81 20 per gallon: snaps,
e0c; shell oysters, 25c dozen; smelts, 20 10 25c
pound; claims, 81 25 gallon; scollops, soc
quart
Flowers.
La France roses, IS so per dozen; Bride
roses, So 90 per dozen; Perles, 81 25 per dozen;
Eiphetos, 81 25 per dozen; Bennetts, g 90
per dozen; Magma Charta roses, 81 90;
American Beauty, 5Oc@sl 90 apiece; Mermets,
81 90 per dozen; De Wattville 81 90; carnations,
50 cents a dozen; Violets, 81 90 a hundred;
Lily of the Valley, 75c per dozen; Maiden
Hair fern, SOC per doz. fronds. Bermuda
Easter lilies. So 90 per dozen; tulips, 75c per
dozen; mignonette, 75c per dozen; lilacs, 81 SO
a bunch; daffodlls, 75c per dozen; Dutch hya-
cinths, 2Oc apiece: freezia. Soc bunch.