Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-26
Strawberries to the Front and Southern
Vegetables Plenty.

Vegetables Plenty.
At the Diamond market fruit and vege-
table stalls trade shows some Improvement
| this week over last. Asparagus, rhubarb,
egg plant and strawberries are putting in an
appearance from the sections round about
the Gulf OF Mexico and though prices are
still steep, the new stuff is preferred to the
old. Old garden stuff is passing AWAY and
the time is near at hand when all things in
this line Will be new. In the lines of lake
and ocean products trade for the week has S
been only falr The supply of frozen fish is
well nigh exhausted. Fresh shad and bass
from the ocean are now in fair supply
Supply of oysters is fully up to demand
Florists report a quiet trade for the week,
with prices shade lower There has been
an unusual scarcity of good butter in this
market for the week past and prices are
tending upward. Poultry is also in short
supply, and markets are very firm at an ad-
vance on last weeks prices. Staple meats
move along in the same old ruts. Whatever
the ups and downs of live stock may be our
steaks and roasts are unchanged in urice
Following are latest retail prices of mar
ket basket materials:
MEATs-Best cuts of tenderloln steaks, o5c per
10; s1rioln. lS6o0c: standing rib roast. lS0eGc;
chuck roast. l2c; corned beef Sl0c per ib: spring
lamb, l5c: leg of mutton 122r for hindquarter and
SC for iorequarter oin of mutton. 15c: lamb chops
aOc; stewing pieces &c per fb; veal roasts. la@l5c
steaks. 1Oc.
VEGETABLES AND FRUIT-CabnIee ln625c: no.
tatoes lSc per half peck sweet potatoes, 2G925c per
half peck: green beans, 35c quarter peck: pie
pumpkins i5d25c; onions. 25c half peck: bana-
mas 2Oc Il dozen: carrots. sc bunch; lemons a0Gl
lc per dozen: oranges, l5l35c: lettuce 10c bunch
lunches for &c; beets l0c, punches &c; Gu
cumbers, 15CG@0c apiece; celery. 10lll5c bunch:
caullhower, 25t150c apiece: apples, lJG2Oc half
peck: tomatoes. 35c quart box: rhubarb. lOc a
bunch, punches for &c; asparagus. sc bunch;
egg plant. SSi14Oc apiece; Strawberries SOC a box.
BUTTER AND EGGS-Good creamery. 3963Sc per
III: fancy brands. 35736c: choice country rolls. 25G
&c: good cooking butter, lie; fresh eggs, Isolde
per dozen
PoULrRY-I.ivc chickens, sOcGsI 90 pair: live
turkeys ladlSc per ID; live ducks, S5(d9oc pair:
dressed chickens, 10 TO 6c per lib; ducks IL 10 lSc
per III: turkeys, is to eOc.
FISH-Followng the articles in this line on
the stalls with prices: Lake salmon. 10 l5c; CAL
ifornia salmon, 35 TO 40c per pound white fish, l21s
TO 15c; herring pounds for 25c: Spanish mackerel
o0c per pound blucsh. 15c halibut. 2ec; rock bass
Sc lake trout l2ec; lobsters 20c; green sea tur-
tie 20 to 25c: oysters, New York counts, 81 rs per
gallon: smelts, 20c Il pound: shad 81 90 to 81 %
each; scallops. 20c pound .ehfackinaw trout laac
per pound; frogs s. 20 dozen; clans, 81 so gal
Ion.
FLowERs-La France, 81 so per dozen: Duchess
of Albany 81 50 per dozen: Mermets 81 25 per dozen;
Brides, 81 25 per dozen; white and yellow roses,
81 90 per dozen: hostess 81 IS per dozen: Senator
Noottan roses 81 25 a dozen; BeDnetts, 81 % per
dozen: Jack So 005 0O per dozen; hyacinths,
SIC per DOZEN lily of the valley. 75c per dozen:
chtds 15c TO 90 each: violets 81 % hundred;
nations soc per DOZEN lilac. Soc spray; tulips soc
per dozen narcissus SOC per dozen; Canddus lilies,
5oc PEI dozen; Gala liles 81 90 per dozen; daffo
dis, Soc per dozen; Narciss lilies s. 90 per dozen.