Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-03
DOMESTIC MARKETS.
Potatoes and Dressed Poultry in De-
mand at Quotations.
BUTTER LOWER AND EGGS STEADY.
Grain and Hay Are Strong, and Prospects
for higher Flour.
COFFEE AND SUGAR SHOW WEAKNESS
OFFICE OF PITTsBURG DISPATCH I
THURSDAY, April z J

Country Produce-Jobbing Prices.
In general produce lines this has been the
best day of the week as regards volume of
trade. Potatoes are good stock at quotations.
Seed potatoes and onion sets are active and
firm at prices quoted. Other vegetables are
slow. Supply of maple syrup is in excess Of
demand and markets are weak. Top price of
the best new syrup is 90c per gallon. Dressed
poultry is scarce and high. Live poultry is in
fair supply and steady. Elgin creamery butter
has been reduced &C per pound since Monday.
The top of the market Is now 30c per pound.
Country butter is coming in more freely of
late as many of the cheese factories are turn
ing out butter in preference to cheese because
of the high price of the former. Eggs are in
light supply and firm at quotations.
APPLEs-s6 5Oa7 90 barrel
BUTTER-Creamery, Elgin, 2y@3oc; other
brands. 26927c; common country butter, l59lSc;
choice country rolls. 20Q22c; fancy country
rolls. 23@25c.
BEANs-New crop beans. navy. 81 3O@2 80;
marrows 81 3o92 40; Lima beans. GaG6c.
BEESwAX-2S030c p for choice; low grade,
22Q25c.
CIDER-sand refined, So 5O@1O co.; common.
S. 5OI6 90; crab CIDER Sl2 0Ogl3 w y barrel;
cider vinegar. l4@l5c y gallon:
cheese, ll1zc: Limburger, l31aGl4c; domestic
Sweitzer I5Gl6c; Wisconsin brick Sweitzer,
15c; Imported Sweitzer. 2I1442Se.
CRANBERRIEs-Cape Cod, 50 25@3 80 box;
sll 5O9l2 w barrel; Jerseys sS ~ box
DRESSED HoGs-Large, 49414c y b; small.
$4,000.
Soc; duck eggs, 40c.
FEATHERs-Extra live geese, 5O96Oc; No. l.
40G45c: mixed lots 30935c y b.
HONEY-New crop white clover, NgZ2c y ID.
California honey, 129l5c q b.
MAPLE SYRUP-New. SoG9Oc % gallon
NEW MAPLE SUGAR-91ac " D.
NUTS-Sheli bark nlcEory nuts, 81 25Ql 80
bushel: peanuts 81 509l 70, roasted; green, ~
Q6c P b; pecanS l6c y D.
ONION SETs-Fancy Erie, ST 5O0S copper
bushel: Ohio and Pennsylvania. S6 0Olg7 w.
PoULTRY-Aive-Chick 759S5c a pair;
turkeys, l5c pound; ducks. SO9SOc pair
geese, choice. 81 10 pair. Dressed-Turkeys,
1S920c pound; ducks. .15Gl6c pound; chickens.
15Ql6c: geese, llQl2c.
TALLOw-Country. &c; city rendered. SIC.
SEEDS-Recleaned Western clover. S. 00G
5 20; timothy ST 5OGl IS; blue grass. 81 S5Q3 90;
orchard grass 81 50; millet. 7509Oc; lawn grass,
Csc v b.
TROPICAL FRUITS-LemOns. So %; fancy,
So Is; Jamaica oranges .s6d6 80 barrel; Messina
oranges, 81 5OD3 90 a box: Florida oranges.S3 50
63 IS box; bananas, 81 70 frsts 81 Is good
seconds p bunch; figs l54l6c u b; dates, 40
VEGETABLES - Potators, 81 3OQl 30 y
bushel; seed potatoes, 81 90 p bushel; sweet
potatoes, So 50G3 10; cabbage, s5G6 p hun
dred; German cabbage, slOGl2; onions, s4 20
"a 50 a barrel; celery, soc dozen punches;
parsnips, Csc dozen: carrots, 35c dozen; pars-
lev, 15c a dozen: horseradish, 5O075c dozen;
turnips. 75c@Sl p barrel.
NEW MISUNDERSTANDING 81 2592 50 for
small crates, 81 75g3 90 for large; kale. I5c9sl
a barrel; spinach, 81 259l so a barrel; beans,
So a bushel: beets. 5OQ65c a dozen: asparagus.
4O@50c bunch; cucumbers, 81 O092 25 dozen;
onions, 50 bushel.