Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-09
The MARKET BASKET.
Scarcity of Select Oysters, Butter Firm and
Eggs Weak.

Scarcity of Select Oysters, Butter Firm and
Eggs Weak.
At the Diamond Market fruit and vegeta-
Bile stalls trade is reported quiet since the
HOLIDAYS. There are no changes in prices
worthy of note.~ Poultry, which abounded
in holiday times, is now scarce and prices
have advanced, as quotations will disclose.
Game of all kinds is also higher. Fancy
creamery butter has also moved to a higher
level. Eggs alone, in country produce lines
have declined in price. 1t rarely occurs that
fresh eggs are so low in price in mid winter
as they are this season.
At the fish stalls trade is reported quiet.
A few fresh shad are coming in from the
Chesapeake. But for the most part the stock
offered is from the West. Select oysters are
scarce and higher at sources of supply. Flor
lists report an active demand for their goods,
but prices are reduced from holiday prices.
Following are latest retail prices of mar
ket basket materials:
MEATs-Best cuts of tenderloin steaks, 25c per
fb; sirloin. 1s99oc: standing rib roast, lse4oc;
csuek roasts l2c coTned beef sglCc per 10 spring
Sc for forequarter: loin of mutton, 15c lamb chops
zoe; stewing pieces &c per b veal roasts I2lS@15c
steaks, 1Oc.
VEGETABLES AND FRU1T-Cabbages. 5a1oc: pota-
toes. l5c per half peck: sweet potatoes, 2025c per
half peck: green beans. 35c a quarter peck: wax
beans. a5e quarter peck; pie pumpkins. 15@25c
carrots sc a bunch: lemons. 2o@25c per dozen
oranges, 15935c: lettuce. 10c per bunch, punches
for &c. beets, punches for 10c: cucumbers. 25c
apiece; celery, SC bunch: cauffower. 15G35c
apiece; apples, 15Gl20c half peck; tomatoes. 35c
quart box; Spanish onions, SC apiece; Malaga
grapes, 20c pound: new beets, 10c bunch, for
25c
BUTTER AND EGGs-Good creamery. 39033c per
ID; fancy brands. 3536c; choice country rolls, 30c;
good cooking butter. 17c; fresh eggs, 8927c per
dozen.
PoULTRY-Live chickens. 65G75c a pair: live
turkeys, 1a0I5c per b; live ducks. 60G75c Il pair;
dressed chickens II to 1sc per ID; ducks, II to 1Sc
per ID; turkeys Ii TO &c.
GAME-SgGirre;s, 35c pair; rabbits. Soc a pair;
quail, 81 so dozen: snipes. S2 10 4 dozen; wood
chickens, 81 25 pair: Mallard ducks. 81 co pair;
renison. 3le per III; jack rabbits. 50In75c apiece.
, FISH-Following are the articles in this line
the stalls, with prces Lake salmon 10 to 15c: Cal
ifornia salmon IS to 4oc per pound: white fish, 12s
to 15c: herring, pounds for DC; Spanish mackerel
zoe per pound; blnefsh 1jc halibut 2oc; rock bass
25c lake trout 12c: iobsters 20c: green TURTLE
20 to 25c; oysters, New York counts 81 IS per gall
lon smelts. 20c pourd shad, 81 90 to 81 . each;
scallops, 2Dc pound: Mackinaw trout, 12hc per
pound; frogs. 81 90 a dozen; clans, 81 so
gallon.
FLowERs-La France. a co per dozen: Duchess
Of Albany 81 90 per dozen Merets y 50 per dozen:
Brides, 81 so per dozen; white and yellow roses,
s. 90 per dozen: hostes. 81 80 per dozen: Senator
WoOttcn roses. 81 50 a dozea iBenuetts, 81 90 rer
dozen; h?acinths 75c per dozen: lily of the val
ley. 81 25 per dozen; orchids. 75c to 81 90 each;
vioiets. So 90 hundred; carnations, SOC per Dozen