Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-01
THE MARKET BASKET.
A GIut of Garden Stuff and Prices the
Lowest of the Season.

A GIut of Garden Stuff and Prices the
Lowest of the Season.
So far as fruits and vegetables are con-
cerned prices are lower than they have
been for years at this time of the year.
Potatoes were firm few weeks ago at 81 80
per barrel, while now they are weak at 81 so.
There was no time last season when cabbage
would not sell at 90c to 81 90 per bushel
basket. The same have sold this week at
25c per basket. Tomatoes which sold week
ago at s3 so per bushel are now heavy stock
at s. 25 per bushel. And this is the situa-
tion all along the line of farm and garden
products. All the past week our
markets in these lines have had an
overdose Of stuff, and prices have
daily drifted downward. The smaller fruits
are near their end for this season. Raspber-
ries have become a thing of the past and
blackberries add huckleberries lead in lines
OF small fruits. In place of that which has
passed away comes the fruit of the vine,
which appeared for the first time this week.
The supply OF peaches is steadily gaining,
and by another week our markets will no
doubE be glutted with this fruit, The rush
of apples from nearby farmers is such that
prices have become merely nominal
The absense of many of the best custom
ers, who are seeking rest and recreation at
the sea shore and mountains, and the pres
ence of such immense quantities of stuff
on trade. Florists report the quietest week
of the season. At the fish and meat stalls
of the Diamond market the same testimony
was given. The average consumer, who per
force must remain at home, can have no
cause to complain of the situation. Follow
ing are the latest retail quotations of ma
terials for the Sunday dinner:
MEATs-Best cuts of tenderloin steaks, &c per
chuck roasts l2c: corned beef Sd10c per ib spring
lamb, 25c leg of mutton, I21c for hind quarter and
mutton. cbn
isc per b. and Outlets Soc Pork chops, 12G cfS afnd
have prevailed for some months past.
VEGETABLES AND FRUIT - New homegrown
peck: roasting ears, 25lI3Oc a dozen; green beans
iOc quarter peck; wax beans. IOc quarter peck:
&c bunch; tomatoes. home grown, lUdI5c quart:
homegrown peas, &c per half peck; lemons 2S6
bunch; beets punches for 1Oc; radishes sc bunch;
cucumbers, 3 for lOc; eggplants, l0d25c; new home
grown celery, sc a bunch ;--waterineons l5GSOc
caulihower. 10di5c apiece; blackberries lOifl2c n
box: huckleber1ies. l6c quartz apples, 15c a half
pfs6 6TTER a%6 S e crpsmery PsmRq m
fancy brands, 2ic; choice country rolls zoe: good
PoULTRY-Dressed chickens u to i3c ner IL:
ducks, l3c to l5c per ID: turkeys. l6c
FIsH-Folowing are the articles in this line on
the stalls, with prices: Lake salmon 10 to I5c Cal
ifornia salmon, IS to 40c per pound white fish l2Is
TO 5c; herring, pounds for sc; Spanish mackerel
25c; lake trout l2tec lobsters DC; green sea turtle
20 to &c. oysters: New York counts 81 Is per gall
lOn smelts, Zoe pound; shad, 81 90 TO 81 IS each
scallops, a0c pound. Mackinaw trout, Ia5Sc per
pound; soft shell crabs, 81 90 81 so dozen; frogs,
s. 90 10 s. 50 dozen; CLAIMS. 81 25 a gallon
FLowERs-La France, 81 25 per dozen; Mermets,
81 a5 per dozen: Brides 81 o per dozen: yellow and
dozen; carnations. Sc per dozen: Duchess S of Al
bany, u . per dozen: heliotrope, SOC per dozen:
Sc; water lilies 25c dozen s%eef %eef neds pa'I,e ioc
dozen; Senator Wootten roses, 81 Is dozen.