Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-18
THE MARKET BASKET.
Delay of Killing Frosts Seems to Keep
Garden Products at Low Prices
What to Get for the Sum
Dinner

day Dinner.
In the line of market basket filling the situa-
tion is practically the same as it was last Sat
urday. killing frosts have been withheld by a
kind Providence mnch beyond the average
time of their appearance. and this fact is fair
Offset to the late spring. said one of our lead
ing florists yestel day: 1t is very rare that our
gardens are not visited with heavy frosts by
the first week of October. More than half of
our second fall month is gone and still our
gardens are full of flowers" All vegetables
are unusually low for the time of the year.
Tomatoes, as a rule, are knocked out by frosts
long before this time. Now they are slow at
30 to 75c per blshel.
AS to turnips pumpkins. radishes and cab
bage. all go begging for buyers, at very low
prices. Grapes are still abundant and cheap.
In jobbing way. butter and eggs are shade
higher than last week, but not enough TO make
much impression on retail markets. Lake and
ocean products are in good demand, wi, h
prices unchanged. Florists report active trade.
People are marrying and giving in marriage to
an unusual degree, and demand Tor flowers IS
very active, with prospects for continuance
next week. One of our florists furnished the
decorations for wedding at Colorado Springs
the past week.
changes TO note. The game season is here, but
so far markets are hardly quOtable.
Following are the latest retail prices Of mar
ket basket filling:
Staple Meats.
The best cuts of tenderloin steak range
from 20 to 25c, with last figure for very
fancy; sirloin. best cuts, from Is to l8c;
standing rib roast, from 10 to 20c; chuck roast.
10 to l2c; best rouId steaks, 1219 to 5c; boiling
beef to Sc; sweet breads 20 to SOC per pair; beef
kidneys. l0c apiece; beef liver. &c pound; calf
lvers, % to 35c apiece; corned beef from Toto l2c
per pound. Veal for stewing commands l0c;
roast, l2k to l5c; cuslets, Oc per pound; spring
lam fore h ind
l5c. A leg of mutton, hind quarter, of prime
quality, brings l213c; fore quarter, &c; loin of
mutton, l5c; giblets, SC per pound.
Garden Stuff.
Cabbage, to lOc; potatoes. zoe per half peck;
tomatoes, l0c quarter peck; bananas, 10 to Zoe
a dozen: carrots. &c a bunch; lemons, 80 to 4Oc
per dozen; oranges. so to 60c; caulIfower, Is to
25c head; lettuce. SC per bunch; beets.
&c per bunch, SJc per dozen: cucumbers &c
apiece: beans. 2Oc half peck; apples, Is to
NDc quarter peck; celery. 6c bunch: roasting
ears, 20 to Csc dozen; Lima beans Csc quart:
eggplant, 10 TO l5c apiece: squash. DC apiece;
pie pumpkins. 10 to 25c; Delaware and Niagara
grapes, &c pound; Concord grapes, &c pound.
Choice creamery butter, 30c Good country
butter. 20 to 25c. Fancy pound rolls, 30 to 35c.
The retail price for fresh country eggs is 25c.
The range for dressed chickens is Soc to 81 10
per pair; ducks. 60c to 81 90.
Ocean Products.
Following are the articles in this line on
the stalls, with prices: Lake salmon 10 to l21ac;
California salmon. 35c per pound; white fish,
1235c; herring, pounds for 25c; Spanish mack
erel, 25 to 30c pound; blue fish. l5e; halibut,
20c: rock bass 25c; black bass, l5c; lake trout,
l219c; HOLSTERS, 20c: green sea turtle. 20 to 25c.
Oysters: N. Y. counts, 81 70 per gallon; clans.
81 25 per gallon; soft shell Gratis, 81 25 20 81 so
per dozen; brook trout, 75c pound.
Flowers.
La France. 81 so per dozen; Mermets, 81 25
per dozen; Brides. 81 25 per dozen; yellow and
white. 75c per dozen; Bennetts, 81 90 per dozen;
Beauties, Soc apiece; carnations. Soc per dozen;
gladiolus, Soc per dozen; hydrangea, 20c apiece:
asters, soc per dozen; dahlias, Soc per dozen.