Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-01
THE MARKET BASKET.
Very Little Change in the Situation Since the
Last Report.

Last Report.
Market basket materials are essentially the
same as they were last Saturday. Vegetables
are very slow, owing to delay of killing frosts,
and prices remain unchanged. Butter is moving
upward, but the advance is not enough to make
any serious impression on retail markets De-
mand for country butter is light Choice
creamery is firm at outside quotations. There
is scarcity of strictly fresh eggs. and all that
are offered find ready sale at quotations,
Supply of ocean products is not ap to demand
Price of oysters has advanced this week, and
from present outlook further advance is
likely 10 come within a day or two Storms on
the Atlantic coast of late have interfered with
the catch, and our dealers report that it is next
to impossible to satisfy demand. White fish
and salmon are particularly scarce. A leading
dealer said yesterday: I'VE are not at ali
anxious to sell our stuff, for the reason that
prices are running upward and We could not
replace stock at prices we are now forced to
pay. Our goods are better than money, and the
longer we hold them the better We are Off"
Society has made strong demands on florists
for the past week. but prices are unchanged
Following are latest quotations tor market
basket filling:
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 l8c;
standing rib roast, from Is to 2Oc: chuck roast
10 to l2c; best rouEd steaks, l211 to I5c; boiling
beef, to &c. sweet breads 20 to Soc per pairs beef
kidneys. l0c apiece; beef liver, sc pound; calf
livers % to 35c apiece; corned beef from lotto l2c
roast, 1215 to l5c; cuslets 20c per pound; spring
lambs, fore quarter, 10 to 12c; hind quarters
l5c. A leg of mutton, hind quarter, of prime
quality, brings l21ac; fore quarter, SC; loin of
mutton, l5ci giblets SC per pound.
Garden Stuff.
tomatoes. lOc a quarter peck; bananas, Is to zoe
dozen; carrots, &c a bunch; lemons, 80 to 4Qc
per dozen; oranges, Is to Soc; caullflower, Is to
4Oc a head; lettuce, sc per bunch; beets
&c per bunch, S5c per dozen; cucumbers, 1Oc, 8
for 25c: beans. 20c half peck; apples, Is to
2Oc quarter peck; celery, &c a bunch; roasting
ears, 20 TO 25c dozen; Lima beans. 35c quart;
eggplant, 10 10 l5c apiece: squash, &C apiece;
pie pumpkins. 10 to 25c; Delaware and Niagara
grapes, SC pound; Concord grapes, SC pound
Choice creamery butter, 3oc. Good country
The retail price for fresh country eggs is 2sc
The range for dressed chickens is SOC to 81 60
per PAIR: ducks, 60c to 81 90; turkeys, lSG20c;
geese, l2Gl3c.
Ocean Products.
Following are the articles in this line on
the stalls with prices: Lake salmon, 10 to l215c;
California salmon. 35c per pound; white fish,
PIC; herring, pounds for &c; Spanish
zoe: rock bass, 25c; black bass, 15c; lake trout
l211c; Holsters, 20c: green sea turtle ~ to 25c.
Oysters: n: Y. counts, 81 IS per gallon; CLANS,
81 Is per gallon: soft shell crabs 81 so 20 So SO
per dozen; smelts, 2Oc pound.
Flowers.
La France. 81 so per dozen; Mermets, 81 %
per dozen; Brides. 81 25 per dozen; yellow and
white 81 25 per dozen; Bennetts. 81 Is per dozen;
Beauties, 50c apiece; carnations, Soc per dozen;
chrysanthemums, 81 so to 81 90 per dozen;
Duchess of Albany, 81 90 per dozen; violets,
81 80 per 100; helotrope, Soc per dozen; lily
of valley 81 80 per dozen dahlias, 50c per dozen.