Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-15
THE MARKET BASKET.
Scarcity of Ocean Products-Choice Cream
cry Butter Higher.

Scarcity of Ocean Products-Choice Cream
cry Butter Higher.
At the fruit and vegetable stalls the uniform
report was that markets were very quiet the
past week. All garden stuff is unusually slow
for the time of the year. Heavy frosts have
been long in putting in their appearance this
season. The delay of frosts has been fair oti-
set to the late spring, aud the growing time has
been about its usual length. There have been
no frosts to kill tomatoes until the past week,
whereas the average time of arrival of killing
frosts is in the latter part of October. In the
line of ocean products dealers report a great
scarcity and higher price of oysters Choice
fish and oysters are not IN sufficient supply to
meet demand. There has already been an ad-
vance in oysters and another advance is looked
for at an early day. The catch of fish and
oysters of late have been Unexpectedly light.
Florists report quiet trade for the week,
with prices unchanged. The failure of frost to
put in its appearance in the latter part of Octo-
Der has proved depressing factor in lines OF
floral products.
Supply of game is scarcely up to demand and
prices are very firm. Staple meats move along
in the same old ruts, notwithstanding a sharp
decline in price OF live stock. If butchers had
reapIng big harvests now. Following are latest
retail prices of market basket Filings:
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 lSc;
standing rib roast from 10 to Zoe; chuck roast.
10 to l2c; best round steaks l211 to l5c; boiling
beef, to Sc; sweet breads 20 to Soc per pair; beef
kidneys. l0c apiece; beef liver, SC pound; calf
ivers Is to 35c apiece; corned beef from Toto l2c
per pound. Veal for stewing commands l0c;
roast, 121a to l5c; outlets, 2c per pound; spring
lambs, fore quarter, 10 to l2c; hind quarters,
l5c. A leg of mutton, hind quarter, of prime
1a1i hrir rfQ S0. lain anf
mutton, l5c; giblets, &c per pound.
Garden Stuff.
Cabbage 5 to l0c; potatoes. zoe per half peck;
tomatoes, 15c a quarter peck; bananas, Is to 20c
a dozen: carrots, sc a bunch; lemons 30 to z0c
per dozen; oranges, % to Soc; caulflower, 10 to
4Oc a head; lettuce, SC per bunch; beets.
&c per bunch, 35c per dozen: cucumbers, Is to 25c
apiece: beans. 20c half peck; apples, 10 to
2Oc quarter peck; celery. DC bunch; Lima
beans. 35c quart; eggplant, 10 to l5c apiece;
squash &c apiece; pie pumpkins 10 to 25c; Della.
ware and Niagara grapes, &c pound; Concord
grapes, &c a pound.
Choice creamery butter, 35c. Good country
butter. 20 to 25c. Fancy pound rolls, 80 to 35c.
The retail price for fresh country eggs is 26c.
The range for dressed chickens is Soc to 81 70
per pair; ducks. 6Oc to 81 90; turkeys, I69lSc;
geese, l24lSc.
Venison. s5c pound; squirrels, 40c; rabbits,
Soc; Quails, 81 a dozen; pheasants. 81 SO pair;
woodccck, IS dozen; snipe, 81 so dozen.
Ocean Products.
Following are the articles in this line on
the stalls, with prices: Lake salmon, 10 to l2fc;
California salmon 35c per pound; white fish,
l21zc; herring, pounds for 25c; Spanish
mackerel, z0c pound; blue fish, l5c; halibut,
20c; rock bass, Csc; black bass. l5c; lake trout,
l22c; Holsters, 20c: green sea turtle, 20 to 25c.
Oysters: n. Y. counts, 81 90 per gallon; clans,
81 90 per gallon: smelts, 2Oc pound.
Flowers.
La France. 81 90 per dozen; Mermets, 81 %
per dozen; Brides, 81 IS per dozen; yellow and
white. 81 25 per dozen; Bennetts 81 25 per dozen;
Beauties, Soc apiece; carnations SOC per dozen;
chTysan nthemums, 81 80 TO 81 90 per dozen;
Duchess of Albany, 81 90 per dozen; violets,
81 80 per 100; heliotrope, soc per dozen; lily
of valley, 81 81 per dozen; dahlias Soc per Dozen