Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-25
THE MARKET BASKET.
Home Vegetables to the Front-Eggs and
Creamery Butter Firm.

Home Vegetables to the Front-Eggs and
Creamery Butter Firm.
Home raised vegetables. which were delayed
several weeks on account of back ward spring,
are now coming in freely and the tendency Of
prices is downward.
Southern vegetables have been arriving Of
late inSbad shape owing TO warm weather and
long travel. Commission merchants report thas
large quantities of cabbage coming from Florida
and the Carolinas are little good. Strawberries
in the same plight Weather and long travel
have very much deprecated the value of goods.
In the line of dairy products the situation Is
practically the same as it was week ago.
There has been 4 great scarcity OF choice
creamery butter all the past week, but as sup.
ply of country butter is in excess of demand.
creamery. though firm, is the same in price as
last Saturday. Eggs are fully 2 cents higher
per dozen than they were a week ago. The
signs are that eggs have touched their lowest
point for this season. Large Quantities have
been stored the past week or two In the faith Of
better prices later on. Poultry Is shade easier
than it was week ago. Spring chickens are
luxury beyond the ordinary purse. At the fish
stalls. trade Is reported good and supply now
up to demand, which has not been the case for
months past. The first brook trout of the sea-
son were on the stalls this week and sold
paomptly at 70 cents per pound. In floral lines,
prices are tending downward, for the good rea-
son that outdoor flowers are now coming in
freely. Florists report good demand and ac-
tive trade for their products at the reduced
prices.
The following are retail prices of best quality
OF meats, fish, vegetables, ETC., at the Diamond
Market:
Meats-Best cuts of tenderloin steaks, 25o
per n; sirloin, is to 20c; standing rib roast. IS
to 2Oc: chuck roasts, I2c; corned Deef. to lOc
per b; spring lamb. Z5c; leg OF mutton, l273c for
hind quarter and Sc for fore quarter; Ioin Of
mutton, l3c; lamb chops, zoe; ewing pieces. &c
per h; veal roasts, l23 TO l0c per b, and outlets,
20c. Pork chops, PFC, and steaks I0c. an ad-
vance OF &c per on rates which have pre-
vailed for some months past. Veal is the only
article in the flesh line which fails to respond
to the upward movement of prices.
Vegetables-Sweet potatoes, l5c per quarter
peck: cabbage, 10 to 15c; potatoes. 25c per half
peck; Bermuda potatoes, S5c a quarter
peck; Bermuda onions, 20c a quart; bananas,
10 to Zoe a dozen: carrots. &c bunch; toma-
toes, 2593Oc quart; lemons, 80 to 40c per
dozen; oranges 70 to 4Oc; lettuce, to 10c per
bunch; beets. &c per bunch, 35c per dozen;
new beets. l0c a bunch; asparagus 15c q
bunch: radishes. sc a bunch; eucumbers, Is to
ZOc apiece; app!es, Zoc quarter peck; celery,
to lOc bunch; strawberries, 40 to SOC q
quart.
Butter and Eggs-Best creamery S0c per
b; fancy brands, &c; choice country rolls 25cs
good cooking butter, lSc per b; fresh eggs l7o
per dozen.
Poutry-Dressed chickens. 81 90 to 81 % a
paIT ducks, 75c 10 81 10; turkeys, lSc to 20c per
b; geese l2c to l4c.
Fish-Following are the articles in this line on
the stalls, with prices Lake salmon, 10 to l5cy
California salmon. IS 10 40c per pound: white fish,
Az13 10 loc: neErlIg, POUNDS 1Or Z0c: spanish
mackerel, 40c pound; blue nsh, 15cj
halibut, 20c; rock bass, 25c; lake trout,
l219c; Holsters Zoe: green turtle, 20 to &c.
Oysters: N. Y. counts, 81 90 per gallon; stewing
oysters, 81 % per gallon CLANS 81 50 per gallon.
smelts, Zoe a pound; shad. 81 90 TO 81 25 each?
scallops, Zoe pound. Mack1naw trout, l214o
per pound.
Flowers La France 81 % per dozen;
Mermets, 81 90 per dozen; Brides, 81 90 per
dozen; yellow and white roses. 75c per
dozen; Bennetts, 81 90 per dozen; Beauties,
35c to SOC; carnations, Soc per dozen;
Duchess of Albany, 81 90 per dozen; violets,
81 90 per 100; heliotrope, SOC per dozen; lily
of valley, 75c per dozen: camelias, l5c each;
Harrisii 2Dc each; hyacinth, Soc per dozen;
hostes, 81 90 a dozen; iiiac 81 90 a bunch; Dutch
hyacinth, l5c each; Jacks. 81 to S. dozen.