Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-23
THE SUNDAY DINNER.
Butter and Berries Lower, and Eggs Higher
Vegetables Unchanged.

The sharp decline in butter was the feature
of the week in line of market basket filling.
Elgin creamery has declined SC per h at
headquarters this week, and country rolls
have declined even more. Our markets
have been glutted with country roll butter
of late, and prices are merely nominal. A
very good article of country butter has re-
tailed the past week as low as 12c per h.
With an over supply of butter there has
been a scarcity of eggs, and as result
prices of the latter are advanced.
Tennessee and Virginia strawberries are in
bountiful supply, and prices have touched
their lowest point for the season this week
Recent frosts have spoiled the chances for
homegrown strawberries, and probabilities
are that prices are now at their lowest point
for this season. New peas and beans from
the Sunny South are in good supply and can
now be had at reasonable rates.
The catch of lake fish has been light for
the past few days, but demand is equally
light owing to warm weather and strikes
for a few days past. Soft shell crabs and
frogs are in fair supply and demand is good.
Florists report good weeks trade with
prices practically as they were week ago.
The following are retail prices of best
quality of meats, fish, vegetables, ETC., at the
Diamond Market:
ATEATs-Best cuts of tenderloin steaks 25c per
fb.: sirloin, 10000: standing rib roast. IS6aOc:
chuck roasts. 1ac: corned beef Sdl0c per b spring
lamb 25c; leg of mutton I21kcfor hind quarter and
Sc :Or fore quarter: l0in Ofmutton. 15c lamb chops,
20c: sewing pieces SC per H.; veal roasts, 12Ih0
l5c per d.. and outlets, 20c Pork chops 12%c and
steaks l0c, advance Of &c per fb on rates which
have prevailed for some months past. Veal is the
only article in the flesh line which fails to respond
TO the upward movement of prices.
Cabbage. 10c; potatoes, 25c per half
peck: bermuda potatoes &c quarter peck Bermuda
onions. loc 4 quart: new peas, a0c quarter peck;
beans 3J6l40c quarter peck; bananas, nd25c
dozen: carrots SC hunch tomatoes. 30640c quart;
lemons, 3edi0c per dozen; oranges 2Sd40c: lettuce
Sc per bunch: new beets, 10c bunch: asparagus
&c bunch for 25c: radishes, SC a bunch: cucuIn-
bers, 59l5c apiece; apples, 25c quarter peck;
strawberries, 10Gl5c quart; rubarb, punches
for l0c
BUTTER AND EGGs-Good creamery, 2oc per fb:
fancy brands. 23c; choice country rolls. l5c; good
cooking butter, lie: fresh eggs, 20c per dozen.
POULTRY-Dressed chickens, Is to 15c per ID;
ducks l3c to 15c per ID: turkeys, 1sc per ID geese
12c TO l4c per 10.
FIsH-Following are the articles. in this line on
the stalls with pices Lake salmon, 10 to 15c CAL
ifornia salmon 35 to 40c per pound; white fish, 12k
TO 15c: herring pounds for 25c: Spanish mackerel.
4Oc per pound; bluesh, 15c; halbut 20c: rock bass
5c; lake trout 12lsc Holsters, oOc; green turtle
Ion: smets, 20c pound: shad, 81 90 to 81 25 each
scaops, 20c pound. Mackinaw trout 126c per
pound: soft shell crabs, 81 90 10 81 25 dozen.
FLOwERs-La France, 81 25 per dozen: Mermets
81 90 per dozen: Brides, 81 90 per dozen yellow and
white roses, 15c per doZ:n; Benefits, 81 90 per
dozen; Beauties, IS to Soc; carnations soc per
dozen; Duchess of Albany, 81 90 per dozen: vio-
valley soc per dozen; camelias, 5c each: Harr1sii
zoe eacn: hyacnth. soc per dozen; hostes, 81 90
dozen; lilac, &c a bunch: Dutch hyacintll 15c
each; jacks = % dozen; pansieS, 25c,