Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-29
NECESSARIES OF LIFE.
Dairy Products Continue to Show an
Upward Tendency.
GARDEN STUFF is STILL QUIET.
The Tone of Cereals Stronger, and Wheat
and Oats Are Higher.
AN UNEXPECTED DECLINE In SUGAR
GARDEN STUFF IS STILL QUIET.
AN UNEXPECTED DECLINE In SUGAR
OFFICE OF PITTsBURG DISPATCH,
TUESDAY, July %. !


COUNTRY PRODUCE (Jobbing prices)-
At the Monday meeting of the Elgin Board
creamery butter was advanced Nc per lb.
The corresponding advance will be due here
on Friday. We note marked improvement
in demand for choice dairy products the past
few days. Cheese is active and firm at the
late advance, and prospects are good for
another move upward. A jobber VINO re-
Gently returned from a trip through Ohio
cheesedom reports that stocks at the fac
tories are unusually light for the time OF
the year, and that the small amount on hand
is firmly held at prices which leave little or
no margin for the dealer here.
Nothing new can be said in addition to
what has already been reported concerning
farm and garden products. Markets are
overstocked in this line. and prices of cab
bage, apples and melons are merely nom.
inal. There is a slightly improved demand
for tomatoes, and home raised are active
at So 80 per bushel.
APPLEs-35@5oc bushel, u 0tt91 50 per barrel;
BUTTER-Creamery. Elgfn, 2O921c; Ohio brands,
7C9lsc; common country butter. l2c; choice eoun-
BEASs-Nayv. 81 sO@s IS; marrow, 81 5O@2 so;
BERRIES s-Gooseberries, 79sc quart; huckle-
berries. q rs pail: currants 7@sc blackberries,
BEEswAx-SO932c o ID for choice; low grade. q
@25c.
@6 90; crab cider s2 oO913 90 barrel; cider vine
gar. 149l5c . gallon.
CHEESE-Oh1O cheese. new, S79019c; new I Ork
cheese, new, ,9A@94c: Limberger. 9@10c; new Wis
consn Sweitzer, full cream. 1319@14c; imported
SweitZer, 27(G2Sc
EGGs-175s@Isc for strictly fresh nearby stock;
Southern and Western eggs, 161s(917c.
FEATHERS-Extra live geese. 51953c; No. 1, 400
Soc q ID; mixed lots, 3S14Jc 2 ID.
HoNEY-New crop white clover, 1S920c; Cali
fornia honey. 12915c q ID.
MAPLE SYRUP-7Jd90c. u gallon.
MELoNs-C 81 5O92 90 crate; water
melons, so OO6f5 90 a hundred.
PEACHEs-$1O 90 a basket; 81 50 a box: Bell pears,
$3 COOS so barrel. Plums-Damson, 81 so a crate;
wild plums. Sd10c per box.
MAPLE SUGAR-10c p ID.
Chickens, 7O975c pair: spring
chickens, 5O@6oc pair: Live turkeys. &c 2 b.
Dressed-Turkeys. 15c p ID; ducks. 1a013c 2 ID;
chickens 129l3c p ID; spring chickens. 14915c p tb
TALLow-Country, 4c; city rendered SC.
TROPICAL FRUITs-Lemons, "a 2@4 80; fancy,
q 7595 90; Messina oranges. g 50d3 IS box;
Jamaica oranges. IS 0O9S so per barrel; Rodi
oranges, s5 0O5 so; California peaches, 81 5O2 25
a box; California plums. 81 5092 so a box; BAN
anas, 81 1902 90 firsts, 81 80 good seconds bunch;
sugarloaf pineapples. SIS OD2O 90 100; California
Bartlett pears. 81 5O92 IS u box.
VEGETABLES Cabbage, 81 GOAL IS large crate;
beets. 2J935c dozen; Southern onions, SS O0G5 %
per barrel Southern potatoes, 81 5Odl2 90 per bar
rel; tomatoes. q 25@1 so per bushel box; home
raised tomatoes, So so a bushel; radishes, Is
@20c a dozen; cucumbers, 50975c crate green
onions, 15l2Oc dozen peas, 81 90 per half-barrel
basket; wax beans. 75cGsl so: green beans, 5G675c
box; celery, 25@35c per dozen; egg plants 81 OO9
1 Is a dozen.