Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-27
THE SUNDAY DINNER.
Market Basket Filling Unchanged-Fish and
FIovers Active.

Market Basket Filling Unchanged-Fish and
Flowers Active.
Market basket filling is about as expensive
as it was week ago. At the Diamond Market
fruit and vegetable stalls markets were re-
ported slow. Butter and eggs are selling at the
same prices as last Saturday in retail way,
but jobbing prices are shade lower Supply
of Christmas poultry was not up to demand
and prices are firm at an advance over last
week. There were not enough turkeys In the
market this week to 70 round. at the fish
stalls there is now little but frozen stock on
hand. Late storms have knocked out Eastern
hsh, and supply here is not up to demand. The
same is true of choice oysters.
Prices have advanced IN Eastern markets,
but sharp competition prevents any upward
movement here. Choice oysters are scarcely in
supply equal to demand. but old prices still
rule. Florists report an extraordinary demand
for their gonds. All offerings were promptly
taken, and, though prices we're unusually high.
there was not enough to go round. Christmas
together with ali tho holly and mistletoe that
were offered found ready buyers. Vegetables
are practically the same in price as they were
week ago. Staple meats rarely change, what
ever the ups and downs of live stock.
Following are retail prices of market basket
filling:
Staple Meats.
The best cuts of renderloin steak range
from 20 to 25c, with last figure for very
fancy; sirloin. best cuts, from 10 to lSc;
standing rib roast, from 10 to zoe; chuck roast.
10 to 12c: best rouId steaks, 1215 to l5c; boiling
beef 5to SC; sweet breads 20 to SOC per pair beef
kidneys l0c apiece; beef liver, &C pound; calf
ivers, ,25 to S5c apiece; corned beef from Toto 2c
per pound. Veal for stewing commands l0c:
lambs, fore quarter, 10 to 12c; hind quarters,
15c. A leg of mutton, hind quarter, of prime
quality, brings l21ac; fore quarter, SC; loin of
mutton, l5c; giblets, &C per pound.
Garden Stuff.
Sweet potatoes, 15c per quarter peck:
cabbage, 10 to l5c; potatoes, 20c per half peck;
bananas. Is to 20c dozen: carrots, DC 4 bunch;
lemons, 80 to 4Oc per dozen; oranges, IS to.5Oc;
caullflower, 10 to 4Oc a head; lettuce. &c per
bunch; beets. &c per bunch, 35c per dozen:
cucumbers, IL to 25c apiece: apples, Is to 20c a
quarter peck; celery, sc bunch; pic pumpkins.
10 to 20c; Malaga grapes. 2Uc pound.
Choice creamery butter, 35c. Good country
butter, 20 to 25c Fancy pound rolls, 30 to Soc.
Fresh country eggs. 35c.
The range for dressed chickens Is SOC to 81 90
per pair; ducks. 60c to 81 90, turkeys, lS420c
per pound; geese, l2@l3c.
Game.
Venison, % to 35e pound; squirrels, 4Oc pair;
rabbits SOC; 1uais, 81 a dozen; pheasants. 81 so
a pair; woodcock, S6 a dozen; snipe, 81 so a
dozen; prairie chickens. 81 25 a pair; Mallard
ducks. 81 pair; butter ducks, Soc pair; jack
| rabbits, 81 apiece.
Ocean Products.
Following are the articles in this line on
the stalls, with prices: Lake salmon, 10 to 15c;
California salmon. 35 to 4Oc per pound; white fish,
| l219 to I5c; herring, pounds for 25c: Spanish
| mackerel, 40c a pound; blue fish, l5c
| halibGt, Zoe; rock bass, 25c; lake trout
l215c; Holsters, zoe: green sea turtle, 20 to &c
| Oysters: n. Y. counts So 90 per gallon; stewing
oysters. 81 % per gallon; CLANS 81 so per gallon
smelts, 20c pound.
Flowers.
La France. S6 per dozen; Mermets, s4@5 pei
dozen; Brides, S4@5 per dozen; yellow and white
roses. sS per dozen; Bennetts 81 per dozen
! Beauties, 81 50@2 90; carnations. 75c per dozen
| Duchess of Albany, Sc 10 per dozen; violets
| 81 10 per 100; heliotrope. 81 90 per dozen; lily
| of valley, 81 so per dozen: camelias, 25c each
| Harrisii, SOC each; hyacinth, 81 90 per dozen.