Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-04
POINTERS TO HOUSEHOLD BUYERS.
Not Half Enough Flowers, in Spite of Heavy
Receipts From New York.

Not Half Enough Flowers, in Spite of Heavy
Receipts From New York.
One of our leading florists reports that he was
forced to refuse orders the past week in spite
of heavy receipts from New York. Said he:
II laid in larger supplies than ever before, but
still did not have enough, even at the high
prices. Demand continues good, but we are
now able to meet all orders, and prices are
drifting back to the old level"
The wholesale price for good turkeys the past
few days has been zoe per pound. Butter and
eggs barely hold their own, as compared with
markets of last week. Ocean products are in
fair demand, and prices are unchanged. Deal
ers in all market basket materials report the
quiet which follows holidays.
The best cuts of Jenderloin steak range
from 20 to Csc, with last figure for very
fancy; sirloln, best cuts, from Is to lsc;
standing rib roast, from Is to 2Oc; chuck
toast. 10 to l2c; best round steaks, l5c; boiling
beef, s to &c; sweet breads, 20 to Soc per pair;
beef kidneys. 10c apiece; beef liver SC pound;
calf Iivers, 25c apiece; corned beef from to 10c
per pound. Veal for stewing commands 10c;
lambs, fore quarter, 10 to 12c; hind quarters,
l5c. A leg of mutton, hind quarter, OF prime
quality, brings l275c; fore quarter, &c; loin OF
mutton, l5c; giblets sc pei. pound.
Potatoes. 15c per half peck; Jersey sweet pota-
toes Csc per half peck; cabbage, to 1Oc;
caulihoWeT, 75c to 81 each; tomatoes, 35c
a quart; celery, &c bunch; bananas,
l5 to 2Oc dozen; carrots, sc bunch; lemons, 25
to S5c per dozen; oranges, 25 to 4Oc; lettuce,
SC per bunch, 8 for 25c; beets, for 10c;
string beans, 35c a quarter peck; onions 20
to 35c a half peck: Spanish onions, 5 to
1Oc each; pie pumpkins, 10 to 35c. according
to size; Malaga grapes 20 to 35c per pound;
turnips, Zoe per half peck; cranberries, 15c a
quart; cucumbers l5 to 35c apiece; mushrooms,
81 pound.
Choice creamery butter, &c. Good country
butter, 35c. Fancy pound rolls, 40c.
The retail price for fresh country eggs is 35c
The range for dressed chickens is Soc to 81
per pair. Turkeys, % to Csc per pound. Prairie
chickens, 81 90 a pair; ducks, 81 90 to 81 25 per
pair; paTtridgeS, S6 a dozen: squirrels, S5c
pair; rabbits. Soc pair; pheasanis, 81 25 pair;
pigeons, Soc pair; geese, 75c to 81 Is apiece.
Following are the articles in this line on
the stalls, with prices: Lake salmon, 1213e; Cali
fornia, salmon, 4Oc per pound; white fish,
l216c; herring pounds for 25c; red snap
pers, Is to zoe per pound; Spanish mackerel, 30c
to 35c pound; sea salmon, 40c pound;
blue fish, rs to Doc; perch. 10e; halibut, 2oc;
rock bass, 30c; black bass zoe: lake trout 1215c;
Holsters Csc; green sea TURTLE Csc; mackere,
zoe small 40c large. Oysters: N. Y. counts
81 70 per gallon; CLAIMS, 81 rs per gallon; scol-
lops SOC a quart; frogs, 81 90 per dozen;
soft shell crabs, 75c per dozen; devil crabs, $50
per dozen.
La France roses, So 90 per dozen; Bride roses
50 90 per dozen: PerlesS1 so per dozen; De Watt
vile roses, 81 so per dozen; Papa Gontier roses,
81 Is per dozen; Niphetos 81 so per dozen; Ben
netts, 81 so per dozen; American Beauty, $40
per dozen; Mermets, - so per dozen; carna-
lions, Soc dozen; Maiden Hair fern, Soc per
dozen fronds; lily of the valley. 81 per dozen;
chrysanthemums. 81 to So per dozen; violets,
81 80 to 81 doze n; hyacinths, 81 dozen.