Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-29
THE SUNDAY DINNER.
Fruits and Vegetable Lower Than for Years
Oyster Season at Hand.

There has been no time in the past half
dozen years when the market basket could
be filled at such low prices as during the
week past. Fruits and vegetables are in
supply above demand, and gardeners COM
plain that they can get little for their pro-
ducts. Prices of tomatoes, cabbage and
apples were fully three times as great year
ago as they are now. Last summer cabbage
sold at 81 per bushel basket This season
three baskets are sold for 81. All vegetables
have declined in the same ratio. Peaches
have been coming to our market
the past two weeks at the rate of 100 car
loads per week. All other fruits are forced
to the rear. Quality of peaches offered has
very greatly improved, and prices have de-
clined as quality improved. Our markets
have proved equal to all offerings in this
line, though receipts have reached as high
as 20 carloads in q single day. Other fruits,
however, have been o drug for some days
past: Apples and melons are poor stock
and likely to be until the peach crop is alb
sorbed. In line of dairy products there has
been no change the past week sufficient to
affect retail markets. o..
At the butcher stalls trade is reported un-
usually slow, fact explained by the abund-
ance of fruits and vegetables.
Florists also report unusual quietness.
This has been one of the slowest weeks of
the season in floral lines. Supply of lake
and ocean products is scarcely up to de-
mand. Soft she'll crabs and frogs are about
at the, ,endsof their career for this season.
Next week Will witness the opening OF the
oyster trade. .
Following are latest retail prices of mar
ket basket filling:
MEATs-Best cuts of tenderloin steaks, Csc per
fb; sirloin, 1a920c; standing RIB roast 1s@3Oc;
chuck roasts, 12c; corned beef S910c per b spring
lamb 25c leg of mutton. l21zc for hindquarter and
&c for forequarter loin Of mutton, 15c lamb chops
2oc; stewing pieces &c per ID; veal roasts l2a@l5c
per fb, and outlets 26c. Pork chops, l21ac, and
steaks 1oc an advance of &c per 10 on rates which
have prevailed for some months past.
VEGETABLES AND FRCIT-CabbaPes. 315c: DOta-
toes. Ice per half peck sweet potatoes S0@35c per
beans, 20c a half peck; wax beans, 2Oc a half
peck; squash. SC apiece; bananas, 1O9l5c dozen;
Sp 80?
oranges, 25@4Oc; lettuce, &C per bunch beets,
punches for ice; radishes. sc bunch; cucumbers
melons, 592oc apiece; cantaloupes. O92Oc apiece;.
caulifower, 109l5c apiece; huckleberries 1Oc
quart; apples, 1O912c a half peck; grapes, 10@l5c
pound; peaches, 1N91oc quarter peck; plums
l0915c quart.
BUTTER AND EGGs-Good creamery, 2s@Hc per
ID; fancy brands 30c choice country rolls, &c; good
cooking butter, 1ec; fresh eggs, 1sc per dozen.
PoULTRY-Dressed chickens, II to 1Sc per ib;
ducks, 10 to 15c per 70; turkeys, Ice.
the stalls with prices: Lake salmon. 10 to 15c; Cal
ifornia salmon, IS to 4oc per pound; white fish, 121
to 15c; herring pounds for 25e; Spanish mackere
25c lake trout l2sc; lobsters zoe; green turtle
% to 25c; oysters New York counts 81 IS per gall
s G RSrn Msef5aa esf q S e sSs
pound; soft shell crabs. 81 90 to 81 so dozen; frogs
s2 90 to s. 50 dozen; CLAIMS, 81 Is gallon.
81 Is per dozen: Brides 81 Is per dozen; yellow and
white roses, 81 90 per dozen; Benefits, 81 90 per
dozen; carnations. Csc per dozen; Duchess of Al
%as ss per o iore1 p Se
dozen; Senator Wootten roses, 81 25 dozen; Lii
ium Alba, 7So dozen; gladiolus. 75c to 81 90 a
15c apiece.