Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-08
THE MARKET BASKET.
Fruits and Vegetables at Their Lowest
Meats and Fish Dull.

ana teGetaDleS at Ihelr Lowest
Meats and Fish Dull.
Fruits and vegetables are at their lowest
point this season and lower than they have
been for years. a few weeks ago potatoes
were firm al a 80 per barrel. Now they are
weak at 81 80 per barrel, and choice home
raised potatoes are selling from stall and
store at 6Oc per bushel. Tomatoes, cabbage
and, in fact, all garden stuff has declined in
the same ratio. Quality of watermelons
coming to our markets the past week shows
some Improvement Blackberries and
huckleberries are all that are left in the
berry line. Peaches are in bountiful supply
and are likely to be much more plentiful
the coming week. Advices from the Della
ware and New Jersey peach sections insure
The largest crop and lowest prices for years
past. Dairy products are gaining steadily
in firmness, but retail prices are practically
the same as they were a week ago. Eggs are
weak and shade lower than they were last
Saturday. The best on the market should re-
tail at 20c per dozen.
Florists report a very quiet trade owing to
abSenteeism. A large number of the best
customers in this line are at the seashore or
on the mountains. The effect of absentee
ism is also felt at the meat and fish stalls,
where trade is reported at its lowest ebb.
MEATs-Best cuts of tenderloin steaks, 25c per
chuck roasts, PC corned beef S61Oc per b. spring
lamb 25c; leg of mutton 12zc for hind quarter and
sc for fore quarter loin of mutton. 15c; lamb chops
1bc per ib., and outlets 2Oc. Pork chops I25sc and
steaks, l0c an advance of &c per ID. rates which
have prevailed for some months past
NEGETABL ES AND FRUIT New homegrown
cabbage, 50l0c; potatoes. homegrown l0c per half
peck; roasting ears, 2JG9S0c a dozen; green beans
lOc quarter peck; wax beans, I5c a half peck;
green beans, l5c half peck; squash,
sc a bunch; tomatoes, homegrown lGGl5c quart;
homegrown peas, 25c per half peck: lemons, go
t0c per dozen: oranges, 2Jd10c; lettuce. SC per
bunch beets, punches for l0c radshes, SC bunch:
cucumbers, for l0c; eggplants. l0d25c; new home
grown celery, sc 4 bunch; watermelons, 156l30c
apiece: cantaloupes, lOG2Oc apiece; homegrown
carlihower, l0d25c apiece; backberries, i2d15c \
box; hucklebeTries. 10c quart; apples, 100l2c a
half peck; grapes lOc per pound.
BUTTER AND EGGS-GOOd creamery. 20c per fb;
fancy brands PC: choice country rolls. 20c; good
cooking butter, 14c: fresh eggs, lSc per dozen.
PoULTRT-Dressed chickens, Il to 13c per ID;
ducks. lSc to l5c per 10: turkeys, Ice.
t1SH-t oliowing are the articles in this line on
the stalls, with prices: Lake salmon 10 TO l5c; CAL
iforna salmon, 35 to +Oc per pound; white fish, l2%
70 l5c; herring, pounds for 25c: Spanish mackere
20c per pound; bhlesh 15c: halibut, 2Oc rock bass
go; lake trout l2zc; lObsters ac; green sea turtle
20 10 Sc Oysters: New York counts 81 IS per gall
lon; smets, 2Oc pound; shad. 81 90 to 81 25 each:
scallops, 20c a pound. MaCkinaw trout, 121sc per
pound; soft shell crabs, 81 90 to 81 80 n dozen frogs
FLowERs-La France. 81 25 per dozen; Mermets,
81 . per dozen; Brides 81 p per dozen: yellow and
white roses, 81 90 per dozen: Bennetts, 81 90 per
dozen; carnations, Sc per dozen; Duchess of AL
bauy, 81 25 per Dozen: heliotrope, SOC per dozen:
HarTis 25c each: hostes, 81 % a dozen; pansies,
&c; water lilies, Csc dozen: sweet peas, 10c a
dozen; Senator Wootten roses, VI % a dozen.