Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-06
THE KITCHEN MARKET.
Berries Are at Their Best Now-Eggs Firm
and Poultry Lower.

Berries Are at Their Best Now-Eggs F1rm
and Poultry Lower.
In the line of market basket filing prices
are substantially the same as they were a
week ago. strawberries have been coming
in freely all the week from Baltimore, and
prices are now at their lowest for this sea-
son. Homegrown berries will be at the
front by another week, but the yield is not
promising, owing to May frosts. Early home
strawberries were knocked out by frosts,
and late crops will fall below average in
quantity. Ohio cherries have put in an ap-
pearance the past few days, and by another
week Allegheny county wils furnish full
Choice Elgin creamery butter is up 1c per
pound since last Saturday, but all below
fancy grades are dull and slow. The price
fresh eggs are scarce and firm. The supply
of poultry is in excess of demand and prices
are drifting lower. Dairy products are COM
ing IN freely the past week, and only the
very best bold their own. Florists report
quiet trade for the week.
Outdoor flowers are now at their best, and
the demand on gardeners has fallen on. Ca
melins, violets and lily of the valley are out
for this season, and peonies and moss roses
have come to take their place.
MEATs-Best cuts of tenderloin steaks. sc per
Chuck roSsts ise: eoIned beef saioc per i spring
lamb. Sc leg of mutton, I2Hc for hind quarter and
Sc for fore quarter: loln ofmutton 15c; lamb chops
l5c per b and outlets, aOc. Pork chops, 121zc aud
steaks 1Oc, advance of &c per b- on rates which
have prevailed for some months past Veal Is the
only article in the flesh line which falls 10 respond
to the upward movement of prices.
VEGETABLEs-Cabbsge, 10Gs15c; potatoes, &c per
half peck; Bermuda potatoes, &c quarter
peck; Bermuda onions 15c a quart; new peas,
Sc half peck; yellow beans, 25c: wax
beans, 35c quarter peck: bananas. m125c a
dozen: carrots. Sc a bunch; tomatoes, Doc quart:
lemons 30d40c per dozen oranges, Gd40c; lettuce.
Sc per bunch; new bects, 1oc bunch; asparagus.
SC q bunch, 6 for sc; radishes sc bunch: cucum-
bers 5ds10c apiece; straw wberries, 10915c quart;
rhubarb punches for 1Oc: cherries, 15c quart;
green gooseberries and currants. 15c quart; egg
plants, 150JJc.
BUTTER AND EGGs-Good creamery. o0c per b:
fancy brands 2jc; choice country rolls, 15e; good
cooking butter, I2c: fresh eggs. &c per dozen.
PoULTRY-Dressed chickens, IL to 13c per 10;
ducks, 13c to 15c per ID: turkeys. 16c.
FIsH-Following are the articles in this line on
the stalls, with prices Lake salmon 10 TO l5c Cal-
ifOrna salmon, 35 TO iOc per pound white hsh, 12f
to 15c; herring. pounds for sc; Spanish mackerel,
40c per pound; bluesh 15c: halbut 20c; rock bass,
2c lake trout 12zc; Holsters, Dc; green turtle,
20 TO sc. Oysters New York counts, 81 75 per gall
Ion; smelts, 90c pound; shad 81 90 to fl 25 each;
scallops, 20c pound. Mackinaw trout. 121fc per
pound; soft shell crabs, Al 90 to 81 25 dozen.
FLowERS-La France, 81 25 per dozen; Nermets,
81 90 per dozen; Brides 81 90 per dozen; yellow and
white roses 75c per dozen; Bennetts, 81 90 per
dozen; Beauties, 35 to Soc; carnations, Sc per
dozen; Duchess OF Albany, 81 90 per dozen: hello
trOpe, SOC per dozen: Harrisii, 2Oc each. hostes,
81 90 a dozen: Jacks, 81 80 a dozen; pansies, sc:
peonies, 75c n dozen; moss roses, 81 80 dozen.