Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-15
THE KITCHEN MARKET.
QuIetneSs In Ocean PrOducrs, Activity In
Flowers and staple Meats.

Suletneba N VCoan- frO0uctBs ACTIVITY -
Flowers and Staple Meats.
oFFIcR OF PIrTsBuRe DIsPATcH,l
FRIDAY. February a. 1870.
The retail markets for market basket filling
have developed few new features the week
past. Fish and oysters have been quiet, con-
dition Of things which dealers report
as common immediately prior to the
Lenten season. On the other hand, florists
report that their trade has been livelier
than usual the past week, for the reason that
many of their best customers fit toward
Florida on the eve of Lent, and society doings
are unusually active at this time. It is an III
wind that blows nobody any good. Florists are
favored by the winds this week.
Their Innings Later On.
A leading dealer in ocean products said this
morning: "Our trade is always quiet the week
before Lent, for the reason that many OF our
good customers indulge more freely in meat at
this time. We look for lively trade in our
line next week. and will no doubt, soon make
up for lost time. In the line of vegetables
there is no change in the situation since last
Saturday. Poultry and eggs in 1obbing way
are firm, but retail prices are practically the
same as last week. There is more activity in
stapie meats for the reason given above
namely, the near approach Of Lent Delicious
strawberries from Florida are on the stalls at
SOC per Quart-a rare thing this early in the
Following are the retail prices of market
basket filling as furnished by leading dealers:
Staple Meats.
The best cuts of tenderloin steak range
from 20 to Csc, with last figure for very
fancy; sirloin, best cuts, from l5 to 1Sc;
standing rib roast from Is to 20c; chuck
roast 10 to l2c; best rouEd steaks, l5c; boiling
beef, to SC; sweet breads, 20 to Soc per pair;
beef kidneys, 10c apiece; beef liver, &c pound;
calf livers. 25c apiece; corned beef from to 100
Unolf foVe -fT7y ora1e 0as
roast, l21S to l5c; cuElets zoe per pound; spring
lambs, fore quarter, 10 to 12c; hind quarters,
l5c. A leg of mutton, hind quarter, OF prime
quality, brings l27<c; fore quarter, &c; loin OF
mutton, l5c; giblets, &c per pound.
Garden STUFF.
Potatoes. I5c per half peck: Jersey sweet pota-
toes 25c per half peck; cabbage, to 10c;
new Bermuda potatoes, SOC per quarter peck;
csulihower, 75c to 81 each; tomatoes, S5c
q quart; celery, SC q bunch; bananas,
Is to 20c dozen; carrots, sc bunch; lemons, Is
to S5c per dozen; oranges, 25 TO 40c; lettuce,
&c per bunch, 6 for 25c; beets. for 10c;
string beans, Csc a quarter peck; onions, 20
to S5c half peck; Spanish onions, to lOc each;
turnips, 20c per half peck; cranberries, l5c
quart; cucumbers, Is to S5c apiece: mushrooms,
81 pound; Bermuda onions, 351zc per peck;
Key West tomatoes. SOC quart: radishes. &c
bunch; beets, 15c bunch; asparagus, 35c
bunch; strawberries. 50c quart
Choice creamery butter, 35c. Good country
butter. SOC. Fancy pound rolls 35c.
The retail price for fresh country eggs is 20c.
The range for dressed chickens is 75c to 81 Is
per pair. Turkeys, 20 to 25c per pound. Ducks,
81 Is to 81 so per pair.
Ocean Products.
Following are the articles in this line on
the stalls, with prices: Lake salmon, E1<c; CALI
fornia salmon, 40c per pound; white fish,
l21zc; herring, pounds for 25c; red snap
pers, Is to zoe per pound; Spanish mackerel, 3Oc
to 35c a pound; sea salmon, 40c a pound;
blue fish, 25 to SOC; perch, 10c; halibut, 25c;
rock bass 3Oc black bass, Zoe; lake trout, l21Sc;
HOLSTERS, 25c: green sea turtle, 2Sc; mackerel
zoe small, 40c large. Oysters: N. Y. counts
81 75 per gallon; clans, 81 Is per gallon; scOl-
lops, Soc a quart; frogs, 81 90 per dozen;
soft shell crabs, rs per dozen; devil crabs, Sc
per dozen.
Flowers.
La France roses So per dozen; Mermets, 50 so
per dozen; Brides, s. so per dozen; yellow and
white 81 so per dozen; American Beauties 81