Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-10
DOMESTIC MARKETS.
Elgin Creamery Butter is Advanced
at Source of Supply.
POTATOES AND APPLES MOVING UP.
Cereals Slow, Because of Heavy Receipts
and Tight Money.
SUGAR AND COFFEE STILL STRONG
OFFICE OF PITTsBURG DISPATCH,
TUESDAY. December Q, 1890. !


Country yProduce-Jobbing Prices.
Elgin creamery butter was advanced &c per
pound at headquarters on Monday and was
firm at the advance. Present lay-down price of
best brands here Is 301ac per pound. Eggs are
moving upward both East and West, and
strictly fresh stock readily brings our outside
quotations. Price in New York is &c per
dozen, and the difference between there and
here is not usually more than lc per dozen.
Choice potatoes are selling on track at 81 to
81 Is and 81 25 from commission houses. The
retail price must be close TO 81 50 per bushel to
furnish any margin of profit. Fancy apples arc
also moving upward. Both potatoes and apples
arc bordering on the line of luxuries and are
already more. than double the average price
reached at this time of the year.
APPLEs-s4 OO@5 so barrel.
BUTTER-Creamery. Elgin. 3l@32c: Ohio do,
27@2Se; common country Eutter, lO915c; choice
country rolls, lS@20c; fancy country rolls,
2S@25c.
BEANs-New crop beans. 81 5O@2 55; marrow
fat, 50 60G2 75; Lima beans, 6@6llc.
BEEswAx-2593Oc ~ Ii for choice: low grade,
22@25c,
C1DER-sand refined. 50 OO@1O 90; common.
S. 5O@6 co; crab cider: $40 oO@ll oO q barrel;
cider vinegar. 14@l5c q gallon.
CHEESE-Ohlo cheese. fall make. 10Hc: New
York cheese, 1014@llc: Limburger, l219@lS1ac;
domestic SweiIzer, l31a@l4c; Wisconsin brick
SweitZer, lac: imported SweitZer, gI15c.
CRANBERRIEs-Cape Cod So 25@3 so a box.
50 so barrel; Jerseys, So Uo93 % box, IS 80 a
barrel.
DRESSED HoGs-Large. 41k95c q II; small. S
@6c.
EGGs-23@24c for Western stock; 2S@30c for
strictly fresh nearby eggs.
FEATHERS-Extra live geese 50G60c; No. l
4Ozr45c: mixed lots. 30G35c ~ b.
GAME-Mallard ducks. 81 0Ol4 90 a dozen,
Butter ducks. 81 00@2 50 dozen; pheasants;
IS O0@5 SO dozen; squirrels, 81 2o@l SO dozen;
woodcocks. 81 25G4 so dozen; quail, 81 O0@l %;
rabbits, 25Gl30c pair; veniSOn saddles, 100lSc
pound: whole venison. lO@l2c pound.
HoNEY-New crop white clover, 20922c q b.
California honey, 12@l5c u B.
MAPLE SYRuP-7oGS5c can; maple sugar,
9@l0c y b.
NUTs-Chestnuts, S. OOl5 so bushel; wal
| nuts, 7O@75c a bushel; shell bark hickory nuts,
81 50@1 70 bushel; peanuts, 81 1oQ2 %. roasted;
| green. 614G17c ~ b.
PoULTRY-Spr1ng chickens, 4OQ5Oc a pair:
| dressed, 9@l2 pound; ducks. 50@70c pair;
| dressed ducks, l20l3c a pound: live turkeys,
| 00l0c pound; dressed turkeys. l4Ql5c; 1--we
| geese 40G5OC apiece; dressed geese, lOc pound.
TALLow-Country, 4e: city rendered. &C:
SEEDS-Recleanel Western clover, S. 0O@
25; country medium clover. 81 OOQ4 .: tim
othy, 81 50@l IS; blue grass, S2 8593 0O; orchard
| grass, 81 81; mlllet. I0475c.
| TROPICAL FRUITs-Lemons, choice. S. 80
| @6 50; fancy. 81 00G7 50; Jamaica oranges. Sc 90
@6 so barrel; Florida oranges. 81 O0@4 so box;
Malaga grapes. So 5OGS 80 a half barrel. ac-
cordlng to quality; California plums. So 0U@2 %
p box; California pears. 81 0OQ4 so u box; figs
l7c u h; dates. 5G61ac ~ Il.
Southern sweets, s. 25@2 IS q barrel; Jersey.
So 5O@4 90; kiln dried. 81 90 a barrel;
% barrel; celery SeSSos e
dozen; parsley. l0c dozen: spinach, 60c a
| bushel; horseradish. 50@75c dozen.