Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-30
THE MARKET BASKET.
Fresh Fruits From the Paciflc-Straw berries
at Their Best.


at Their Best.
The new articles on the Diamond Market
stalls are goosebcrries, cherries, currants
and egg plants. The egg plant comes from
Now Orleans, cherries from the Pacific coast,
and green currants and gooseberries are
homo grown. The quality of strawberries
offered in our markets has greatly improved
the past week. Homegrown berries are
daily expected, and few will no doubt be
on hand for Saturdays market In the line
of dairy products markets have been slow
for the week past, and prices are tending
lower. Country butter is drug, and only
the choicest creamery can find buyers at
quotations. There is no longer the scarcity
of new Ohio cheese reported q week ago.
and prices are tending downward. Eggs are
a shade higher than last Saturday, and
strictly fresh stock is scarce. At the fish
stalls trade is reported quiet, as it always is
at this season of the year.
Florists report good demand for their
products, with prices unchanged. Decora-
tion Day never fails to make strong demands
on floral offerings.
MEArs-Best cuts of tenderloin steaks, sc per
D.; sirloin. 1Sdo0c; standing rib roast, lS62Oc:
chuck roasts l2c; corned beef saIOc per fb spring
lamb, sc; leg of mutton lec for hind quarter and
I m sna Pork Eeafts S
have prevailed for some months past. Veal is the
only article in the flesh line which fails to respond
VEGETABLES-Cabbage, l0c; potatoes, 25c per half
peck :Bermuda potatoes, &c aquarter peck bermuda
onions, 15c quart; new peas, 35c half peck;
beans. BOZ a quarter peck; bananas, a1G55c a
dozen; carrots, sc bunch; tomatoes 3Oc a quart:
lemons 30d4Oc per dozen; oranges, 25GlOc; lettuce
Sc per bunch: new beets, 10c a bunch; asparagus
&c bunch, for &c; radishes, SC bunch: cucum,
bers, 5dy15c apiece; strawberries, 10Gl5c a quart:
rhubarb 3 punches for 10c: cherries 2Oc a quart:
green gooscberries and currants. 15c quart; egg
plants. JSd40c.
BUTTER AND EGGs-G ood creamery 2oc per IN.
fancy brands. 23c; choice country rolls I5c: good
cooking butter. 12c: fresh eggs, 21c per Dozen
POULTRY-Dressed chickens, I3 to I5c ner m.
ducks, l3c to 15c per n; turkeys 1sc per 10; geese
lie to l4c per ID.
FIsH-Following are the articles in this line on
the stalls, with prices: Lake salmon 10 to 15c, Cal
tfornia salmon, 80 to 40c per pound white fish, l2JS
to l5c; herring, pounds for &c; Spanish mackeres
40c per pound; bluefsh 15c; halibut 2Oc rock bass
&c; lake trout 12sc lobsters c; green sea turtle
20 to 25c. OYSTERS New York counts 81 75 per gal.
Ion: smelts, a0c pound: shad Il 90 to 81 s. each.
scallops, 20c pound. Mackinaw front 12Ikc ner
pound; soft shell crabs, 81 90 TO q 25 a dozen.
FLowERs-La France 81 25 per dozen: Mermets.
81 per dozen: Brides 81 90 per dozen; yellow and
white roses .oc per dozen; Benefits, q 90 per
dozen; Beauties, IS to Soc; carnations. SOC Der
dozen: Duchess of Albany, 81 90 per dozen: vio-
lets 81 90 per 100: heliotrope SOC per dozen: y of
valley, SOC per dozen; camelas 15c each: Harrfsii
20c each: hyacinth. Soc per dozen: hostes 81 90 a
dozen; lilac, sc a bunch; Dutch hyacinfh l5c
each; Jacks, s. 50 dozen; panses 25c.