Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-14
THE MARKET BASKET.
Home Vegetables in Large Supply and Bet.
ter Quality.


ter Quality.
There has been few marked changes in the
I cost OF market basket filling in the week
past. Quality of garden stuff has improved,
since home raised products are coming more
freely to the front The cold weather of the
past few days has somewhat retarded home
grown stuff but supply is equal to demand
and prices are steadily drifting downward.
Asparagus, new peas and, in fact, all new
vegetables are a shade lower than they were
a week ago
Baskets are overstocked with low grade
creamery and country butter. and for this
grade there is little demand at the lowest
prices of the season. Strawberries are not
more than one-half the price of a week ago.
With the decline in prices quality IS improv-
ing day by day. The receipts of fresh eggs
have been light for the week. but consump-
tion has fallen off with receipts and prices
are the same as week ago. Florists report
a fair degree of activity, in spite of the fact
that outdoor flowers are now SO plentiful.
Staple meats change not in price, whatever
live stock markets bring forth.
Following are latest retail prices of mar
ket basket materials:
MEATs-Best cuts of tenderIoin steaks, &c per
10; siroin. ls920c; standing rib roast. 1s9aOc:
chuck roast. 12c; corned beef. S9lGc per 10; spring
lamb. 15c leg of mutton 12sc for hindquarter and
Sc for forequarter: loin ofmutton 15c lamb chops.
@ he sa dpaes &c per poI G veal 5oas %
Steaks 1oc --'4''
VEGETABLES AND FRUIT-Cabbage, 10Osl5c: pO-
tatoes, 15c per half peck sweet potatoes, 205c per
half peck: green beans, 3Oc quarter peck: onions
25c a half peck; peas. 3Cc n half peck; bananas.
20c dozen; carrots. &c a bunch: lemons, 2Q<12jc
per dozen; oranges, 2I1i0c lettuce JGDl0c b..hch
3 punches for &c. new beets. 10c } punches for
25c: Bermuda onions. sc quart; cucumbers,
for 25c: cauilfOwer. 2JdIi0c apiece apples 15n2Oc
half peck; tomatoes, 2NG25c quart box: rhubarb.
punches for l0c: asparagus. sc n bunch, home
grown: egg plant, 209S5c apiece: Strawberries, ID
920c box: onions. 3bunches for 10c.
BUTTER AND EGGS-Good creamery. 2a023c per
III; fancy brands. 26d27c choice country roll. 2O9
23c; good cooking butter, lie; fresh eggs, l5Gll6c
per dozen.
PoULTRY-Live chickens. 81 GOAL Is pair; live
turkeys, l3dl5c per 10: live ducks. 80d9Oc pair:
dressed chickens Is to 16c per Id; ducks II to 1sc
per lb: turkeys, Is to zoe.
FISH-FolOwing the articles in this line on
the stalls. with prices: Lake saimOn 10 10 l5c Cali
fornia salmon. IS 10 ACC per pound; white fish, 125
to 15c; herring. pounds for 25c; Spanish mackere
a0c per pound: bluensh, 15c; halibut. 20c: rock
turtle. 20 to &c: oysters, New York counts, 81 75
per gallon: smelts 2c pound; shad 81 o. to 81 D
each: scalops c0c pound; Mackinaw trout 12lsc
per pound; frogs 81 90 dozen; CLAIMS, 81 80 u
gallon.
FLowERs-La France, s. 90 per dozen; Mermets
81 Is per dozen: Brides, 81 2 per dozen: white and
yellow roses 81 % per dozen; hOstes. 81 % per dozen
Senator Wooton roses, 81 so per dozen: Bennetts.
81 e5 per dozen; Jack roses. $3.50 per dozen: lily of
carnations, Soc per dozen: lilacs. 10c spray;
tulips SEC per dozen: narcissus 75c per dozen;
Gala lies 50 per dozen; dafodils 75c per dozen
Harissl lilies, 50 90 per dOzen panses 25c bunch:
Dutch hyacnths, 81 25 per dozen; mignonette, 35c
per dozen.