Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-04
THE MARKET BASKET,
Strawberries at Their Best and Butter Very
Low in Price.

Strawberries at Their Best and Butter Very
Low in Price.
The feature of the past week has been the
decline in prices OF dairy pro ducts. Coun-
try butter has been in supply far beyond
the wants of trade. and prices are nominal
All under fancy goes begging for customers.
A fair quality of country butter has sold
this week in job lots as low as 10 cents per
pound. Choicest creamery is now selling at
20 cents per pound. Eggs are scarce and
higher than at this time last week. Straw
berries of choicest quality are coming in
freely and prices are al the lowest for this
season.
Homegrown strawberries will be due
next week. Old potatoes are about at their
emf, and new stock is lower than it was last
Saturday. Decoration Day brought strong
demand for flowers, and prices were ele-
waited. Notwithstanding the. fact that out
door flowers are now at their best. At the
Diamond Market fish stalls trade is reported
light Shad are almost at their end for this
season. Soft shell crabs are now on the
stalls. Spanish mackerel are now in good
supply and fair demand.
Following are latest retail prices of mar
ket Da sket materials:
MEATs-Best cuts of tenderIoin steaks. 25c per
ID; sirloin, 1sCa1oc standing rib roast. 1s6p!Dc;
chuck roast, I2c: corned beef. SGc per ID: spring
Sc for forequarer loin Of mutton i5c: Iimb chops,
per n, aud outlets. l5c; pork chops. i2sc and
VEGETABLES AND FRUTr-Cabbage, 591Oc: po-
tatoes. eoc per half peck; green beans.
I5c quarter peck; peas 30c 4 half peck;
bananas. 0c dozen: lemons, 2Od25c per dozen;
oranges. 4oD5Oc lettuce. Sc bunch; new beetS 10c.
punches for &c; Bermuda onions Zoe quarter
peck: cucumbers. 10c apiece: cauifower. 25G40c
apiece; apples. 1512Oc half peck: tomatoes, l5G
Zoe n quart box: rhubarb, punches for 10c:
asparagus. &c bunch. for 2jc. homegrown:
egg plant. 2093jc apiece; strawberries. 15dD20c
box: green onions. punches for l0c goOseberries.
boxes for 25c.
BUTTER AND EGGs-Good creamery. 2N62lc per
lb; fancy brands 22G23c; choice country roll 1G9
17c; good cooking butter, 12c; fresh eggs, ls@l9c
per dozen.
PoULTRY-Live chickens 81 GOAL Is pair; spring
chickens, 7dSnc pair: live turkeys. I35c per lb:
live ducks. SUGDc pair dressed chickens Is to 16c
per lb: ducks. II To 15c per Id: turkeys, Is to zoe.
FISH-Following are the articles in this line on
the stalls. with prices: Lake salmon. 10 to l5c Cali
fornia salmon, b 10 40c per pound; white fish, 12l2
to 5c; herring. pounds for 25c Spanish mackerel.
3ISi0c per pound: bluesh, l5c: halibut. 20c; rock
bass 5c lake trout. 129c; HOLSTERS. nc: green
turtle. 20 to &c: oysters, New York counts, 81 70
per gallon; shad. 75c to 81 90 each: Mackinaw
trout. 12l9c per pound: frogs. 81 90 dozen CLANS.
81 30 gallon: soft shell crabs 75c to 81 90 dozen.
FLOwERS-La France, 81 25 per dozen Mermets.
yellow roses 75c per dozen: hostess 81 y per dozen;
Bennetts. 81 90 per dozen; Jack roses. 81 50 per
dozen: orchids. 75c6sl 90 each: carnations SOC per
dozen: lilacs l0c bunch; hyberd roses. 35c each;
American beauties. 35c each; pansies, sc bunch.