Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-06
THE MARKET BASKET,
Fresh Vegetables Coming From Bermuda
Hen Fruit Sharply Advanced,

Hen Fruit Sharply Advanced.
At the Diamond market stalls trade is re-
ported slow for the week past. New pota-
toes, onions and beets from the Gulf of
Mexico are to the front, but are, so far dull
and slow. In the past day or two eggs that
are strictly fresh are active at a sharp ad-
vance. The advance on eggs the past week
or two is equivalent to Sc per dozen in a
jobbin- way. Country butter is not in such
liberal supply as it has been for a few weeks
past and markets are barely steady. Poul-
try supply is more than sufficient to meet
all demands, and markets are not as firm as
they were week ago. At the fish stalls
trade is reported slow. The stock of frozen
fish in the lake country is fully 600 tons less
than it WIS last season. When 1t is rcmem-
bered that there was not enough stock to go
round, it is plain that there must be an ad-
vance in prices this season. Select oysters
are scarce and very firm at prices quoted.
Florists report a fair demand for their
goods, but prices are shade lower than
they were a week ago.
Following are latest retail prices of mar
ket basket materials:
MEATS-Best cuts of tenderloin steaks, CSC per
10; sirloin, 10000: standing rib roast lScs3Oc:
csuck rOasts. l2c; cOrned beef SG1Oc per n:snrinr
lamb Zoe: leg of mutton l2ISc for hindouarfer and
Sc for foreqarter: loin of mutton l5c: lamb chops
zoe; stewag pieces. &C per h: veal roass l2l,I5c
per 10, ana outlets. aIc. Pork chops, l2l4c, and
VEGETABLES AND FRUIT-Cabbages, 5a1Oc: pota-
toes l5c per half peck: sweet potatoes, 2025c per
hall peck: green beans. :5c a quarter peck: wax
beans, 35c quarter peck: pe pumpkins l5G25c:
onions. sc half peck; bananas. eOc a dozen;
carrots. &c bunch: lemons. 2QG25c per dozen:
oranges. lJG35c: lettuce, 0c per bunch, 3 punches
Tor &c; beets, lunches for Ice: cucumbers 2n025c
apiece; celery, Sc bunch: caulilower l563jc
apiece; apples l5lE20c a half peck; tomatoes SSc
quart box: Spanish onions, SC apiece: Malaga
25c.
BUTTER AND EGGs-Good creamery SaGS4c per
u; fancy brands 3S37c: choice country rolls 5a0
&c; good cooking butter. lie; fresh eggs, 33G35c
per dozen. o'
PoULTRY-Live chickens 75GCoc a pair: live
turkeys, l3dl3c per ID; live ducks 75Gs5c n pair;
dressed chickens, Il to ISc per ID; ducks II TO lSc
per 70 turkeys, Is to &C.
GAME-SguiTrels. Sc a pair: rabbits s5c n r,air.
quail, s. so dozen: woodcock. 81 90 pair; pleas
ants s. . a pair; prairie chickens 81 25 a pair:
mailaru duchS. 81 10 pair: Venison 35c pef lib:
jack rabbits. 5OG75c apiece -
FISH-Following are the articles in this line on
the stalls with prices: Lake salmon 10 TO 15c: CAL
ifornia salmon, s. 10 40c per pound: white FISH, I2k
to l5c: herring. pounds for 25c: Spanish mackerel
2Gc per pound bluefsh, lJc halibut zoe: rock bass
c5c lake trout 2isc Holsters 2Oc green sea turtle
p 10 Sc; oysters, New York counts 81 10 per gal
Ion: smelts. 20c pound: shad 81 90 to 81 q each.
scaops zoe pound; Mackiuaw 'front.' Iajsc per
pound; frogs. s. 90 a dozen; CLANS 81 so a
gallon.
FLowERs-La France So so per dozen; Duchess
OF Albany s. % per dozen; MerInets s. 90 per dozen:
Brides, 81 90 per dozen: white andS yellow roses
81 50 per dozen; hostes. 81 80 per dozen: senator
Wootten roses. y 90 dozen; Bennetts s. 30 ner
dozen: hyacinths, 15c per dozen: lily of the val
ley. 81 90 per dozen: orchids, 75c to 81 90 each.
violets 81 20 hundred: carnations Soc per dozen:
freezia, SOC per dozen lilac. soc spray: tulips 75c
per dozen; narcissus, 75c per dozen.