Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-29
FOR THE SUNDAY DINNER.
Materials for the Market Basket md Their
Prices-Fish, Beef and Poultry
Staples sUnchnnged-Easter
Flowers In Deunnd.


There are no marked changes in price Of
market basket materials the past week. Trade
cannot be said to be active. but prices are fairly
well maintained. Jobbing prices of eggs, poul-
try and all choice vegetables are a shade higher
than they were a week ago, but not enough to
make any change in retail markets.
Staple meats seldom change, Notwithstanding
the fluctuations of live stock. The price of
tenderloin steaks and choice rib roasts has
raised very little for year Of two past, though
reeves are &c per pound lower than they were a
couple of years ago. The effect of lower priced
beeves is principally felt in markets for
boiling meat. The season for frozen fish draws
near its end. Fresh caught pike, shad and
jack salmon are now to be found on the stalls
In fair supply. The season tor fresh fish has
opened fully two weeks ahead of the usual
time.
Florists report a fairly active trade for the
week and very bright prospects for the week TO
come. as orders are already coming in freely for
Easter offerings. Not many years ago Christ
mas made the greatest demands on flowers. OF
late years Easter has been growing into popular
favor, and all signs now point to an extra de-
mand for floral offerings for the Easter of 1880
Following are the latest prices of market bas-
ket filling as furnished by leading retail deal
ers:
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 18G;
standing rib roast, from 15 to Zoe; chuck roast.
10 to 12c; best round steaks, l25 to I5c; boiling
beef to Sc; sweet Breads 20 to per pair: beef
kidneys. 10c apiece; beef liver, sc a pound; calf
livers to 35c apiece; corned beef from 10 to l2c
per pound. Veal for stewing commands l0c;
roast l213 to l5c; cuSlets, 20c per pound; spring
lambs, fore quarter, 10 to 12c; hind quarters,
l5c. leg of mutton, hind quarter, of prime
quality, brings 121ac; fore quarter, SCI loin of
mutton, l5c; giblets, &c per pound.
Garden stuff
Potatoes. l5c per half peck; Jersey sweet pota-
toes. Csc per half peck; cabbage, 10 to 25c; new
Bermuda potatoes. 35c per quarter peck; choice
Florida tomatoes, ,40c quart; celery 10 to l5c a
bunch; bananas. 15 to zoe dozen: carrots, sc a
bunch lemons, 25 to S5c per dozen; oranges, 25
to 4Oc; lettuce. to 1Oc per bunch: beets, new,
10c old. SC; onions 4Oc half peck; green onions,
&c bunch: bermuda onions, 25c quart trhubarb,
10c bunch, for 25c; turnips, 20c per half peck;
apiece: mushrooms, 81 pound; radishes. &c:
asparagus zoe a bunch new peas, 30c quarter
peck; strawberries. 35@5Oc quart.
Choice creamery butter, 35c. Good country
butter Soc. Fancy pound rolls, 35c.
The retail price for fresh country eggs is lie.
The range for dressed chickens is 81 to 81 %
per pair. Spring chickens, 81 81 per pair
Turkeys, Csc per pound. Ducks, 81 % to 81 so
per pair.
Ocean Products.
Following are the articles in this line on
the stalls, with prices: Lake salmon, 121ac; Cali
fornia salmon. 4Oc per pound; white fish,
12115c; herring, pounds for 25c; red snap
pers, Is to 2Oc per pound; Spanish mackerel, 3Oc
to 35c pound; sea salmon, 40c a pound;
blue fish, 25 to 3oc; perch. 10c; halibut. 25c;
rock bass, 30c; black bass, Zoe; lake trout l215c;
Holsters, 25c: green sea turtle, Csc; mackerel,
20c small, 40c large Oysters: N. Y. counts,
81 70 per gallon; clans, 81 25 per gallon; scol-
lops, Soc quart; frogs, 81 90 per dozen;
soft she'll crabs rs per dozen; devil crabs, S5c
per dozen.
Flowers.
Jacks, IS 90 per dozen; La France. 81 90 per
dozen; Mermets, ST so per dozen; Brides, 81 so
per dozen; yellow and white. 81 90 per dozen;
tulips, Soc per dozen; Bennetts. 81 so per dozen;
Beauties, SOC apiece; Magma Charta 81 90 apiece;
dred; lily Of the valley. 75c per dozen; Dutch
hyacinths, 81 IS to s. 90 per dozen; heliotrope,
Soc per dozen.