Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-28
THE HOME MARKETS.
CONTINUED COOL WET WEATHER IS
ADVERSE TO PRODUCE TRADE.

Poultry Still Scarce and Firm-i Reaction
Follows the Boom Of Corn, and Oats on
the Advance-sugar Quotations Move
Upward.
OFFICE OF THE DISPATCH.
PITTSBURG, FRIDAY May q.
COUNTRY PRODUCE-Jobbing Prices
The cold, wet weather proves adverse to
trade in this line. Homegrown garden
stuff is below the average quality at this
season Of the year for the lack of bright sun
shine. The strawberry supply improves in
quality, but fails to decline in price. Choice
berries sold readily to-day at 20c per box.
Spring chickens are very scarce, the scarcity
| being explained by the unreasonable
weather Markets are still overstocked with
country butter and prices are nominal. A
fair quality has sold rs low as 10c per pound
within the past few days. The quality of
Ohio cheese received of lute is reported
rather low. fact also attributed to the
the season were on sale by Liberty street
commission house. They were consigned
from Mobile. Eggs are firm at quotations
Choice tropical fruits are in good demand.
APPLEs-s3 OO@4oo per barrel
BUTTER Creamery Egn T@22c: Ohio brands.
16@1sc: common country butter, 1eGl2c; choice
BEANs-New FORK and Michigan pea: 81 sol 81:
marrowfat. 81 1902 Is; lima beans. 314@3Ac per
lb: hand-picked medium. 81 70d1l IS.
BEEswAX-Choicc, 31d3ic per lb low grades. %
@25c.
CHEEsE-New Ohio cheese ssGD1oc: New York
cheese, lie: limburger l%9i33c; Wisconsin
2G0161Sc.
CIDER-Countrv cider s. Oo@5 50 per barrel; sand
EGGs-Strisl,y fresh is a@l7c: goose eggs. 2O@25c
per dozen: duck eggs. ISd,20c.
FEATHERs-Extra live geese, 57@5Sc; No. l. 4St0
SOC 2 o; mixed lotf; 2aSsSe. R ,.,-o. .,
ted apples, 7l74c: apricots S911c: backberries, so
&c: raspberries, Is9lS19c; huckleberries, &c; Calf
HoNEY-New crop. white clover, 16@Tc; Cali
fornia honey. 12G15c 10.
MAPLE SYRUP-New. 6S070c p gallon.
MAPLE SUGAR-56lsc ID.
PoULTRY-Alive--Chckens 90c9s 90 per pair:
spring chickens. 65@75c per pair; live turkeys. Il
@13 o 10: ducks, G5tD75c pair: live geese. oOc9
81 90 pair: dressed chickens, l59I6c p ID; dressed
turkeys. 161lSc p fb: dressed ducks. 150l6c p ID.
PoTAToES-Carload lots, on track, 3NN4Cc: from
store, 4550c bushel: Jersey sweets g. 5O3 30 per
barrel: new, s. 00010 co per barrel.
SEEDS-W estern recleaned medium clover. job
hing at 81 IS; mamm9th 81 e: timothy q 20, q for for
orchard grass, 81 80; milet 81 Is; German, 81 ae
HSngarian4 4 g 10 fine lawn. s'c per fb; seed buck
SrRAwBERRIEs-s3 25@s so a crate. 15@9Oc per
box.
TALLow-Country. &c: city rendered. 4ikc.
.TROPIC IL FRUITS-LemonS. fancy Mcssna. So 80
63 49, Florida oranges. s. 0093 SO box: Messinas.
81 O094 D; blood oranges, IS co: bananas, s. ON6
per pound: layer figs. la9lic per pound; pineap-
pies. S010c apiece.
VEGETABLES Cabbage. Maryland. 81 2592 20 a
green onions. 2oc dozen: yellow Danver. 81 800
co barrel: new Bermuda onions, S2 50 box;
new Florida tomatoes. g 5o9s 90 a Srshel crate.
81 OG9l % a barrel: new bcets, 4Odi5c a dozen;
asparagus. 40c bunch: kalc. 81 90 Il barrel; rad
ishes AZ e hpsF PER dozen; parsnlps 81 sO2 e. 20 new
cucumbers, 75GS0c per dozen.