Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-13
per neglected; lake, October, sl6 80. Lead
nominal. Tin firm, but dull; straits, So 20
THE MARKET BASKET.
Prices for Vegetables Going Down-Im.
proved Prospects for Garden STUFF
Oysters In Good Demand
Scnrcifu nf Elah

Oysters In Good Demand
scarcity of Fish.
The week past has been one of lowering
prices in the line of garden stuff. Warm
weather and timely rains have very much i'm
proved the prospects for vegetables and prices
are lower than they were last Saturday all
along the line. Tomatoes dropped during the
week from 81 so a bushel to soc, and though
there is a partial recovery from lowest prices,
75c bushel is the outside rate to-day. In q
jobbing way. both Irish and sweet potatoes are
lower than last week, but retail prices are prac-
tically the same. Grapes are plenty, and
quality has very much improved the past week.
With improvement in quality comes lower
prices and rates are now 5GSc per n. Staple
meats are unchanged. The oyster season is
now fully opened. and demand is good. The
supply of fish is still short of demand. All
Western fish are very so rec and Ea> tern stock
placing Of nets in the lakes from June to Sep
tember. The first catch will not be due in this
market much before October. In the mean
time, stock OF lake fish is far short of demand.
The supply from the East is also limited.
Florists report slack trade for the week.
Prices however, are tending upward, owing to
the wane of outdoor products.
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 l5 to 20c: chuck roast.
10 to l2c; best round steaks, l21S to l5c; boiling
beef to SCI sweet breads 20 10 Soc per pair; beef
kidneys. 10c apiece; beef liver, sc pound; calf
hyers, to 35c apiece; corned beef from 10 to l2c
per pound. Veal for stewing commands l0c;
lambs, fore quarter, 10 to l2c; 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.
Cabbage, to lOc; potatoes, 2Oc per half peck;
tomatoes l0c quarter peck; bananas Is to zoe
a dozen; carrots sc bunch; lemons, 80 to 40c
per dozen; oranges, so to 6Oc; caulIfower, 10 to
Csc head; lettuce, SC per bunch; beets.
&c per bunch, 85c per dozen: eucumbers, 2
for SC: beans 20c a half peck; apples, Is to
zoe quarter peck; huckleberries. l5c quart;
celery. SC bunch; roasting ears 90 to Csc doz.;
eggplant 10 to 15c apiece; squash, Sc apiece;
pie pumpkins. 10 to 25c; watermelons. 20 to 40c
apiece; cautaloups. 10 to 20c apiece; California
apricots and peaches, so to 75c dozen; German
prunes, 35c dozen; Delaware and Niagara
grapes, l5c pound, for Csc; Concord grapes,
&c pound.
Choice creamery butter, SOC. Good country
butter, 10 to zoe. Fancy pound rolls, 30 to 35c.
The The retail price for fresh country eggs is 25c
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 121sc;
California salmon. S5c per pound; white fish,
l21ac; herring pounds for &c; Spanish mack
erel, 25 to 30c pound; blue fish, l5c; halibut
20c: rock bass, Csc; black bass, 15c; lake trout
l21zc; HOLSTERS, 2Oc: green sea turtle 20 to 25c
Oysters: n. Y. counts, 81 rs per gallon; clans,
81 % per gallon; soft shell crabs 81 25 to 81 so
per dozen; brook trout, 75c pound.
Flowers.
La France, 81 so per dozen; Mermets, 81 %
per dozen; Brides, 81 Is per dozen; yellow and
white, 75c per dozen; Bennetts, 81 90 per dozen;
Beauties, 25c apiece; carnations. Soc per dozen;
lilium auratum, 25c apiece; gladiolus Soc per
dozen; hydrangea, 20c apiece: asters, Soc per
dozen; dahlias, SOC per dozen.