Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-20
DOMESTIC MARKETS.
Mondays Usual Quletness Prevailed
In Produce Lines.
EGGssCARCE AND MOVING UPWARD,
Cereal Prices Steady All Along the Line, and
Oats Are Higher.
GENERAL GROCERIES ARE UNCHANGED
OFFICE OF PITTsBURG DISPATCH, |
MONDAY, May 10, 1890.

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Country Produce-JObbing Prices.
Mondays market is always quiet in this de-
partment, and to-day is no exception to the
rule.
There is very little first-class stuff on the mar
ket in fruit and vegetable lines. Strawberries
have been coming in in bad shape of late owing
to continuous rains. Heavy supplies are on the
way from Maryland and markets will be we'll
furnished for the balance of the week, Beans
and peas are poor stock, the drift of prices be-
ing downward. The stock of potatoes is fairly
we'll cleaned up, and markets are steady for
choice.
New potatoes from the South are coming in
freely.
Eggs are scarce and firm at our quotations
One dealer said this morning: 1 expected not
less than 100 cases to-day and received l5in ALL
Fine grades of creamery butter are active at the
late decline. Supply of new choice cheese hard
ly keeps pace with demand.
Choice oranges are scarce and very firm.
Lemons are dull, and only hot weather will
bring the hoped-for improvement.
Bananas are good stock at range of 81 so to
So so per bunch.
BUTTER-Creamery, Elgln, 2O@2O1Sc; Ohio do,
l7@lSc: country rolls 12@l4c:
BEANS-Navy hand picked beans, 81 8062 90.
BEEswAx-25@2Sc q h for choice; low grade,
lS@20c.
CIDER-sand refined. 81 50: common, 50 OO@
90; crab cider, 81 5OGs 10 % barrel; cider vim
CHEEsE-New Ohio cheese, 91z@lOc; New
York cheese, lOhc; Limberger. l416@l5c: do
nestle Sweitzer. lSc; imported Sweitzer, 2S11Sc.
EGGs-l314@l4c q dozen for strictly fresh;
duck eggs, lSc; goose eggs, 35940c.
FRUITs-Apples. fancy, 81 5O@5 90 a. barrel;
strawberries, 12@l5c box.
FEATHERs-Extra live geese, 5O@6Oc; No.
do. 4O045c; mixed lots, 3O(135c ~ h.
MAPLE SYRUP-NeY, 9Ol95c a can. Maple
sugar 1lQl2c p h.
HoNEY-l5c p h.
POULTRY Live chickens 10000 a pair;
dressed, l49l5c pound; ducks, 75clS1 90 pair;
dressed turkeys. lS@2Oc ~ b.
SEEDs-Clover, choice, 62 bs to bushel, 81 90
q bushel clover, large English, 81 MS, 81 $50
4 90; clover Alsike, SS 00; clover, white, SO 90;
timothy choice, 45 MS, 81 6O@i 70; blue grass,
extra clean, IA lbs 81 25@l 30; blue grass, fancy,
IA bs 81 30; orchard grass IA fbs 81 40; red top,
IA fbs 81 90; mllet. SO lbs. 81 90; Hungarian
grass, 5O lbs. 81 90; lawn grass, mixture of fine
grasses, 81 80 ~ bushel of IA lbs.
TALLow-Country. 354c; city rendered, 4c.
@3 90; fancy, So 50@4 so; California oranges.
81 OOg5 20; fancy Messina, "a 0O@4 so; bananas.
81 0OG02 80 tirsts. 81 70 good seconds, % bunch;
cocOanuts, 81 00@l4 so u hundred: dates, 61S6l7c
Y lb; lay figs, 1216@1516c; plneapples. sS@4
dozen.
observation-disclosures. from store, $50
70c; on track, 45@60c; new Southern potatoes.
81 5O@5 co per tarrel Bermuda potatoes, 81 90
barrel; new cabbage, So 1904 0O for small crates
s. 5O98 20 for large; Bermuda onions, 81 5O@
70 per bushel crate; green onions, l5612O
dozen; parsnips. 81 10 d barrel: onion sets,
u 5Og4 w " bushel; asparagus, &650c p large
bunch; rhubarb 20@3Oc y dozen; green beans,
81 25@l1 so ~ box: wax beans, S2 5OGD3 0O ~ box;
green peas. 81 5OG4 OO " box.