Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-12
THE MARKET BASKET.
Vegetables of All Kinds Slow, and Poultry
and Eggs Lower.


and Eggs Lower.
Vegetables of all kinds are quiet and
prices are lower than they have been for
years at this time. A year ago potatoes and
onions were as much per bushel as they now
are per barrel. At the Diamond market
stalls trade is reported slow for the week.
Rough weather has proved the unfavorable
factor of markets Tor the past few days.
Eggs have been in large supply all the week,
and prices are lower than at any time this
season. Poultry is also in better supply
than it was week ago, and markets show q
downward drift. The advent OF Lent brings
an Improvement in demand for ocean prod
ucts, but the Improvement brings no better
prices. As it is, our dealers are not anxious
for trade, as they claim that prices are on
the advance at sources of supply, with no
corresponding advance here. Florists report
quiet trade, with n decline in prices, as our
quotations will reveal.
Following are latest retail prices OF mar
ket basket materials:
MEATs-Best cuts of tenderloin steaks, sc per
10; sirloin, 1SG20c: standing rib roast lSs2oc.
chuck roasts 1ac: corned beef s0lOc per 10 b;spring
lamb. l5c; leg of mutton. 12kc for hindquarter and
2Oc; stewing pieces. &c per ID; veal roasts I2I5c
per fb, and outlets. ajc. Pork chops, i2l4c, and
VEGETABLES AND FRUTT-Cabbages, 5a.1oc: pota-
toes. l5c per half peck: sweet potatoes ao@a5c per
beans Csc a quarter peck; pie pumpkins 15G25c:
onions. 2Sc a half peck; bananas. 2Oc dozen;
oranges, l50l35c; lettuce, l0c per bunch, punches
for sc; beets. punches for ice: cucumbers a925c
apiece: celery, Sc a BUNCH: caulifower. 15@35c
apiece; apples, 1592oc half peck; tomatoes 35c a
quart box: Spanish onions, &c apiece; Malaga
grapes, 2o625c a pound; beets, Ioc bunch, for
25c.
BUTTER AND EGGs-Good creamery. 3a033c per
n; fancy brands. 35G36c; choice country rolls 2a0
&c; good cooking butter. lie; fresh eggs, l6@sISc
per dozen.
ooULTRY-Live chickens. 75@9Oc a pair: live
turkeys, I2dl3c per Id: live ducks, 756Ds5c a pair;
dressed chickens Is to 16c per ID; ducks IL to lSc
per fb: turkeys, 16 to 1Sc.
FIsH-Following are the articles in this line on
the stalls with prices: Lake salmon 10 to 15c: CAL
ifornia salmon. IS to f0c per pound white fish, 12k
to I5c herring. pounds for 25c: Spanish mackerel
2oc per pound bluefish, 15c: habut 20c: rock bass
25c lake trout 12sc Holsters. 20c: green turtle.
% to sc: oysters, New York counts, 81 rs per gal
lon: smelts 20c pound: shad, 81 90 to 81 . each
scaops 2Oc pound; Mackinaw trout, l21sc per
pound frogs. $40 dozen; clans, 81 SO a
gallon.
FLowEEs-La France. 81 50 per dozen; Duchess
of Albany 81 so per dozen; Mermets. 81 50 per dozen
Brides 81 so per dozen: white and yellow roses,
81 80 per dozen; bostes, 81 so per dozen: Senator
Wootten roses. 81 so dozen; Bennetts, 81 SO per
dozen: hyacinths. soc per dozen: lily Of the val
lev. 75c per dozen: orchids, 15c to 81 90 each;
violets 81 so hundred: carnations, soc per dozen:
freezia SOC per dozen: lilac. soc spray tulips 7Sc
per dozen narcssus 75c per dozen: Candidus lilies,
f5c per dozen: Gala lilies, s. 80 per dozen: dafo-
dis, 7oc per dozen.