Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-01
DOMESTIC MARKETS.
Over Supply of Poultry and Prices
Lowest of the Season.
GENERAL PRODUCE TRADE QUIET.
Tightness of Money Causes Retailers to
Buy Sparingly.
A FREE MOVEMENT OF GROCERIES
OFFICE OF PITTsBURG DISPATCH, !
SATURDAY. November 20. 1890.

Markets are overstocked with poultry and
prices are the lowest Of the season. Several
thousand pounds were unloaded yesterday by
commission men at mere nominal prices.
Fresh eggs are shade higher. Nearby stock
is very scarce. Creamery and country butter
are quiet. There is good demand for choice
apples and potatoes, and markets are likely to
advance before long IN both lines. Ali COM
mission men report quiet trade since Thanks
giving. The approach of settlement day has
much to do with present quietness. Retailers
uniformly buy sparingly at the close of the
month, as all purchases made on the last days
of the month are payable on the first OF the in
coming month.
BUTTER-Creamery Elgin. 3l@S2c: Ohio do
2IQ2Sc; common country butter, lOQl5c; choice
country rolls, 1SQ20c; fancy country rolls
23@25c.
FRU1Ts-Grapes. Concords. 2O@25c basket:
Catawbas, 30@$5c; cranberries, So 90 box;
California ounces. S2 10 box.
BEANS-New crop beans. 81 50@2 IS; marrow
fat, So 60ll2 10; Lima beans, 606lIc.
BEEswAx-2S93Oc - for chuIce: low grade,
22@25c,
CIDER-sand refined. SO OO@lo 90; common.
s. 0095 SO; crab cider, So 00@13 00 S barrel;
cider vinegar. 14@l5c ~ gallon.
CHEEsE-Ohio cheese. fall make, 101Sc: New
York cheese, 1013@l1c: Limburger, 1215@l31zc;
Sweitzer, lac; Imported Sweitzer, e7Hc.
EGGS-22@23c for Western stock; 27@l2Sc for
strictly fresh nearby eggs.
FEATHERs-Extra live geese. 5006Oc; No.
4On45c: mixed lots. 3O@35c % h.
GAME-Mallard ducks, s. O005 90 a Dozen
Butter ducks. 81 00@2 so a dozen; pheasants;
s. OO@o so dozen; squirrels, 81 1902 90 dozen;
woodcocks 81 25G4 50 a dozen; quail, 75c0Sl 20;
rabbits. 25030c pair; venison saddles, 150l8c
pound: whole venison, 1G@l2c pound.
HONEY-New crop white clover, 20022c ~ D.
MAPLE SYRuP-75G95c can; maple sugar,
9@l0c y h.
NUTs-Chestnuts. So 5O@4 90 a bushel; wal
nuts, 10@75c bushel; shell bark hickory nuts,
81 5O9l 70 a bushel.
PoULTRY-Sprlng chickens. 40050c pair;
old, 65@70c pair; dressed. 1l@1l3 pound;
pound: live turkeys. 9Ql0c pound; dressed
turkeys. 1O@l3c: live geese. 5O@65c apiece;
dressed geese, 9@10c pound.
TALLow-Country, 4c; city rendered, SC.
SEEDS-Recleaned Western clover, SIS 000
3 %; country medium clover, 81 00@l4 25: tim
othy. 81 5OQl IS; blue grass, 81 85Q3 w; orchard
grass, 81 50; milet, 70@75c.
TROPICAL FRUITS-Lemons, choice. s. so
@6 50; fancy, 81 00@7 50; Jamaica oranges, Sc 90
@6.50 barrel; Florida oranges 81 OO@4 so a box:
bananas, 81 80 tirsts, 81 90 good seconds q
bunch; California peaches, 81 O0@2 so ~ box;
Malaga grapes. S. 50@S 80 half barrel, ac-
cnrdIng to quality; California plums 81 0O@2 %
y box; California pears S4 00@4 so 9R box; figs
17c % Il: dates. 5@615c - b.
VEGETABLES-POtatOes. SlG01 10 Sa bushel;
Southern sweets, 81 25@2 rs y barrel; Jersey
onions. SS 90 barrel; celery, 25@30c dozen
lunches; tomatoes, 81 so p bushel; parsnips,
35c dozen; carrots, 3Uc dozen; green onions
Csc dozen: lettuce, 25c dozen: parsley lOc a
dozen: spinach, Soc a bushel; horser eradish, 500
75c dozen.