Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-30
GARDENS AND FARMS
ARE YIELDING MORE THAN MARKETS
ARE NOW ABLE TO ABSORB.
A Happy Time for the Consumer-Buyers
ofCereals Cautious on Account of Specu-
1ators-Hams and Picked Meats Strong
Coffee Markets Firm.
OFFICE OF PITTSBURG DISPATCH
WFDNESDAY ,Julv %

OFFICE OF PITrsBURG DIsPArcH,l
WEDNESDAY, July 90.
COUNTRY PRODUCE (Jobbing prlces)-
In all lines of farm and garden products
supply is still in excess of demand and the
buyer has the field Potatoes have found q
lower level and. are slow at quotations..
Homegrown potatoes arenow coming in so
freely that Southern stock is forced to the
rear. Cabbage is worth what 1t will bring
The same is true of apples. Markets are
bountifully supplied with early apples by
nearby farmers and only the choicest stock
is i'll demand. Peaches are also coming in
freely, and are slow at quotations. Melons
are abundant and slow. Grapes from North
Carolina are on sale at the commission
houses this week for the first time In trop-
ical fruit lines lemons are the strong factor.
Prices are advanced soc per box in the past
few days and are firm at the advance.
Bananas and oranges are quiet. Eggs are
quiet at quotations and poultry is firm.
Dairy products are strong and tendency of
markets is upward.
APPLEs-9ad SOC bushel, 81 0Ea1 so per barrel.
BUTTER-Creamery, Elgin, 2o921c Ohio brands,
17@lSc: common country butter. l2c; choice coun-
BEANs-Nayv. 81 seas IS; marrow. 81 5o@2 90;
BERRrEs-G Goosebc rries. 7@sc a quart: huckle-
berries q 25 pail; currants, 7@sc; blackberries
BEEswAx-2oa32c q 10 for choice; low grade. %
CIDER-Sand refined - 5000 10: common, s. 50
gar, 14915c p gallon.
CHEESE-Ohio cheese, new, SlSGsc; New York
chces new. .a14G9Ac: Limberger. 9@ll0c: new Wis
consin. Sweitzer, full cream. I31t@1ic; imported
Sweitzer, E(A2Sc
EGGs-I7JslGIsc for strictly fresh nearby stock
Southern and Western eggs 161@1Ic.
FEATIIERS-Extra live geese. 5lG5Sc; No. j, 4S9
Soc q ~ mixed lots, 3SGf4dc p ib.
HoNEY-New crop white clover, 1Sae0c; Cali
fOrnia honey 12615c q II.
MAPLE SYRUP-7Sd90c p gallon.
MELONS-Cautaloupes, 81 5092 90 a crate; water
melons. so 0c(Gl5 90 Il hundred.
PEACHES-S1 co Il basket; Il 50 box; Bell pears,
So COOS 30 barrel. Plums-DamsOn, 81 50 crate:
wild plums. Sdl1Cc per box.
MAPLE SCG AR-10c q ID.
PoULTRY-Alive-Chicke 70175c pair: spring
chickens. 5O@GOc pair. Live turkeys. &c 2 10.
Dressed-Turkeys. 15c 2 ID; ducks. 1ad13c 2 ID;
chickens. 12G3c 2 ID; spring Chickens l4Gl5c p ID.
TALLow-Country 4c: city rendered. Sc.
TROPICAL FRUITS-Eemons, - 50a4 49, fancy,
s oNG5 50; Messina oranges 50 5QS3 IS box;
jamaica oranges ss o0dS 50 per barrel; Rodi
box: California plums. 81 5GlG2 so box: ban
anas, 81 1872 90 frsts 81 50 good seconds bunch:
sugar-loaf pineapples. S5 0TG2O 90 o 100 California
Bartlett pears. e 5Nl2 70 box.
VEG EGETABLES-Cabbngc, 81 COAL 25 large crate;
beets. 21d35c dozen; Southern onions, IS COOS .
per barrel Southern potatoes. 81 25Gf1 50 per bar
rel; tomatoes. Fl 25651 90 per bushel box; home
raised tomatoes, 81 80 bushel: radishes, Is
@20c dozen: cucumbers. 5Od75c a crate; green
onions, 15e20c dozen peas, 81 90 per half-barrel
basket: wax beans. 75cGSl 50 green beans. 5G@75c
box; celery, 2J@35c per dozen; egg plants 81 COO
l . dozen.