Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-18
WATERMELONS A DRUG.
SOUTHERN SHIPPERS OF THE FRUIT
ARE PLAYING A LOSING GAME.
Dairy Products Fly Upward-The Cereal
Situation Is Still on the Side of the
Purchaser-Sugar Is Strong and Coffee
Steady.
OFFICE OF PITTsBURG DISPATCH, !
FRIDAY, july IL. (

OFFICE OF FITTSBURG DISPATCH,}
FRIDAY, July II. !
COUNTRY PRODUCE (Jobbing Prices)-Farm
and garden products of the season were in
bountiful supply to-day, and demand was
fairly good Produce commission men re-
port a good Fridays trade. Watermelons
and peaches are drug, the latter because
of poor quality of offerings. Large quanti-
ties of peaches were sold at what they would
bring because of overripeneSs and low quail
ity. Watermelons from the South have come
to this port in the past week to the extent of
not less than 200 carloads, and the shipper
who succeeds in getting enough from his
melons to pay freight bills will be better off
than the majority. Home-raised garden
stuff is now taking the precedence of South
ern products, and the latter goes begging
for customers. Raspberries are near their
end for this season, and supply is scarcely
up to demand. Blackberries are in good
supply, and demand is good for good stock.
Tropical fruits are slow for the reason that
home-raised fruits are so plentiful. Bananas
are particularly dull. Dairy products of
high grade are gaining day by day, and it is
only a question of short time when cheese
must go up higher. Said a leading jobber:
tdr l %ouid would nave , oeen gad S TO accept orders
of ofaccepting to-day. Shippers of New York
cheese demand Ac per pound more than
asked week ago."
ArpLEs-55c a bushel; g oo92 50 barrel.
1s91sc; common country butter, 12c; choice coun-
try rolls, 15c.
BEANs-Nayy. 90 1902 IS; marrow, g. 5o@2 90;
BERRIEs-C Cherries, q 5O@1 rs bushel; goose
berries, 7@Sc i quart; raspberrfes, lG911c box;
lie; ;currants, Sal0c: blackberries, Sd9c.
BEEswAx-96GS2c q fb for choice; low grade, q
@25c.
CIDER-sand refined. % 5o@1O 90; common, . so
@S 90: crab cider, sl2 O9ls 90 y barrel cider vine
.CiIEEsE-6hio cheese, new, 74@z4c; New York
cheese, new, 9d94c; Limburger, S09Hc; new Wis.,
consin Sweitzer, full cream, lac; DID, 166117c i'm
ported Sweitzer, 2H@12Sc.
EGGs-lS]t@ISc for strictly fresh nearby stock;
Southern and Western eggs 1713@1sc:
FEATuERs-Extra live geese, 57@5Sc; No. l. 400
SOC 2 10: mixed lots, ssdti0c p fb.
HoNEY-New crop white clover, 10000; Cali
fornia honey, 12Gl5c u fb.
MAPLE SYRUP-75(190c q gallon.
MELoNs-Cantaloupes p 509S 90 crate; water
PEACHEs-s1 90 a basket, 81 so box; wild
pums, 81 90 per box
MAPLE SUGAR-10, c p M
,AdG Chic 7o975G pair spriag
pTessed-TaTkeYs, tsc p Is; ducks. isaise ! Is;
4 5tg d s.
Jamaica oranges, IS OOS9 % per barrel; Rodl
oranges, s. ON95 80; California oranges, 81 OO94 so
q 50Gl 10 box: California pums 81 0092 Is box;
bananas, 81 O092 25 frsts, 81 rs good seconds q
bunch; sugar-lOaf plneappss SIS 692o 90 Q 100.
VEGETAbLEs-Cabbage 81 25S1 50 large crate;
dozen; Southern potatoes, 81 1903 90 per barrel:
tomatoes, g 5N@2 Is for bushel bog: lettuce, SOC
dozen; radishes, 15@2Oc dozen; cucumbers, 75c@
81 90 per barrel basket wax beans 81 2S61 so;
green beans, 81 0091 9 box; celery, 259S5c per
dozen; egg plants 81 COOL Is a dozen.