Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-05
THE MARKET BASKET.
The Oyster Season Opened-Garden Prod
ucts at Their Best.


ucts at Their Best.
At the vegetable and fruit stalls markets
are reported slow for the week past. Prices
are, however, practically the same as they
were last Saturday. Tomatoes, cabbage, and
in fact all vegetables are in supply far in ex-
cess of demand, and the situation Is fayora-
Bile to the buyer Not for many years have
the products of the garden been so low in
price as they have been the past few weeks.
The cost of vegetables is not more than one
third what it was at this time year ago.
We are now in the midst of the best time Of
the year for canning, and the first frost,
which may come any day; will without doubt send
The opportunity lost now will not return, and as
there is no telling what day may bring forth,
coming winter. Peaches still have the lead in
fruit. Receipts of Thursday and Friday were
than 100 loads All good stock in this lii line e ind
ready buyers so far Other fruits are DUH and
below Saf hSn99FeS da1
brought over 20 cars. Choice grades of creamery
advanced. % ed Eggs too have found SigRe ieveI. I
The oyster season opened this week, but opened
mand corresponds Florists report quiet trade,
with old prices ru1ng.
n; sifoin. 1sS2Oc: standing RIB roast, 1s91Oc;
chuck roasts, 12c; corned beef s91Oc per n; spring
m for p, oin Of milton i5 cbons
2c; stewng pieces &c per 10; veal roasts, l21z9I5c
per 10, and outlets, Dc. PORK chops, lZ4ac, and
steaks, IOc an advance of &c per ID on rates which
have prevailed for some months past.
VEGETABLES AND FRUIT-Cabbages, 3d5c: pota-
half peck: roasting ears. 15d920c a dozen; green
beans, 2Oc half peck; wax beans. 2Oc a half
peck; squash, &c apiece; bananas, lOt915c dozen;
carrots. sc bunch; tomatoes, 10c quarter peck:
peas, 25c per half peck: lemons 25(G;Oc per dozen;
oranges, 2ad40c; lettuce. sc per bunch; beets,
punches for l0c: radishes &c bunch: cucumbers.
for lse; eggpants 1o9I5c; celery, Sc bunch; water
melons, 15G25c apiece; eantaloupes. i0920c apiece;
caulifower, 109l5c apiece; huckleberries, l0c a
pound; peaches, 1o9l5c quarter pee plums.
10015c quart.
BUTTER AND EGGs-Good creamery, Z@2sc per
n; fancy brands sic; choice country rolls e; good
cooking butter. Hc; fresh eggs. 2c per dozen.
POULTRT-Dressed chickens, IL to 13c per l:
ducks, 10 to 15c per n; turkeys. 16c.
FISH-Following are the articles in this line on
the STALLS with prices: Lake salmon 10 to 15c; CAL
ifornia salmon, IS to Oc per pound; white hsh, l25
to 15c; herring. pounds for De- Spanish mackerel
20c per pound bluesh, 15c halibut, a0c; rock bass
Sc lake trout l2he; HOLSTERS 2Oc green sea turtle
20 to 25c; oysters, New York counts 81 IS per gal
Ion: smelts. 20c pound; shad, 81 90 to 81 8 each:
scalOps, 20c pound; Mackinaw trout 121zc per
pounds soft shell crabs: 90 70 q so dozen; frogs.
y 90 to g 80 a dozen; CLAIMS 81 25 gallon.
FLOwERS-La France, 81 Z per dozen; Mernets
q % per dozen: Brides. 81 25 per dozen; yellow and
white roses, 81 90 per dozen; Bennetfs, 81 90 per
dozen; carnations. 35c per dozen; Duchess Of Al
bany, d 25 per dozens: hostess. 81 25 dozen;
water lilies, 25c dozen; sweet peas. l0c 4
dozen; Senator Wootten roses, o. 25 dozen: LII
dozen: Lilium Roseum, 75c dozen; hydrangea,
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