Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-26
THE MARKET BASKET.
Fruits and Vegetables Never Lower-ocean
Products Dull

Fruits and Vegetables Never Lower-Ocean
Products Dull
In fruit lines grapes have had the lead the
past week, and prices have reached the low
est figure of the season. Top price of Con-
cords in a jobbing way is lSc a basket, and
Delawares and Niagaras are 95c per basket.
With the great abundance OF peaches on the
market this season clings are reported
scarce. At the Diamond Market fruit and
vegetables stalls trade for the week is re-
ported dull. Garden stuff of all kinds moves
very slowly. While producers complain,
consumers rejoice. 1t has been many year
since the market basket was filed at such low
prices as they are filled at this time. 4 year
ago tomatoes were selling at 81 per bushel
and active; now they are slow ut SOC to 35c
per bushel. The same difference in prices
prevails all along the line in vegetables.
The hot weather of the week has proved
adverse to the fish and oyster trade. Said a
leading dealer in this line: about all we
are able to make this week will not much
more than cover our ice and express bills {"
The hot wave of September seems to have
upset many calculations for game.
Staple meats are among the articles that
change not. Live stock goes up and down,
but tenderloins and roasts are the same in
price as for year or two past. Florists re-
port a better trade this week than last, with
events have, brought strong demands on
flowers within q lew days.
Following are lntest retail prices OF mar
Ret basket filling:
sMEATs-Best cuts of tenderloin steaks, &c per
ID: srlOin, 1SGG20c: standing RIB roast lSth2Oc:
chuck ruasts, 12c; corned beef S0l0c per ~ spring
lamb, 25c; leg of mutton, l2c for hindquarter and
SC for iOrequarer: loin of mutton, 15c NIB chops,
.oc steWing pieces &c per fb veal roasts l21a@l5c
steaks. l9c, advance of &c per ID rates which
have prevailed for some months past
VEGETABLES AND FRUIT-Cabbages, 50110c: pota-
toes l5c per half peck: sweet potatoes 25GS0c per
halfpeck: roasting ears. 15@3Oe 4 dozen; green
beans, 3oc hall peck; wax beans, a0c half
half peck; bananas IOdl5c a dozen; car
rots. &c a bunch; tomatoes, IOc quarter peck;
peas a5c per half peck: lemons 25d3oc per dozen;
oranges ZJd40c; lettuce, bulches for &C; beets,
for l0c eggplants, 5Gloc: celery, SC bunch: water
melons, 15G25c apiece: caulinOwer, 10Ga2jc apiece;
apples. lO69l2c half peck: grapes. &djc pound;
peaches, lOGl5c a quarter peck; plums, lO(9l5c a
quart.
BUTTER AND EGGs-Good creamery 27@2sc per
tb fancy brands. S2c; choice country rolls sc; good
cooking butter. 1Ic; fresh eggs, &c per dozen.
PoULTRY-Dressed chickens, l2 TO l3c per n;
ducks, l3 10 15c per fb; turkeys, lGc.
FISIl-FOllowing are the articles in this line on
the stalls. with prices: Lake salmon, to l5c: Cal
10 l5c; herring pounds for 25c; Spanish mackerel,
DC per pound; bluesh, 15c; halbut 2Oc; rock bass,
c: lake trout 2lsc; Holsters, 2oc; green sea turtle
2o TO 25c; oysters New York counts. 81 rs per gall
lon slneits, 2Oc pound shad 81 90 TO 81 = each;
scallops, 20c pound; Mackinaw trout, 121ec per
pound; soft shell crabs 81 % to 81 so dozens frogs.
FLowERs-La France. 81 % per dozen; Mermets,
q . per dozen: Brides, 81 . per dozen; yellow ana
white roses, 81 90 per dozen; Benefits, 81 90 per
dozen; carnations S5c per dozen; Duchess of Al
water lilies, &c dozen; sweet peas l0c a
dozen: Senator Wootten roses, q . dozen: LII
ium Alba, !5c a dozen; gladiolus, 1oc TO u W
lJc aDicce.