FRUIT MARKET.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18237, 22 November 1924, Page 10

FRUIT MARKET.

CHRISTCHURCH. Vegetables were in good ®up'ply this. week Mid prices -for most' varieties* were good. However, tie market wm glutted with cabbages, and prioes - for" them. remained low.. Locally-grown new, potatoes . are now" fairly plentiful. Most'of th'em 'ftio of . good quality; and they art toeing disposed of at satisfactory .prices. . , Cherries and strawberries "came forward to thomarket.this week in large quantities, and prices were somewhat lowfer than ]aet week. Locally-grown apples are now practically finished, . and no pears are available. The | market; was ,J*irly well, supplied .with oranjes i thio week, but the demand for them was riot I keen. Xiemons were *in short supply and

:dear. A shipment of- South Australian oranges' and Winona' ex the Moeraki -is 'due to reach . .Christ.church , Thursday; there .will. be the • usual Sydney shipment of. oitnis . fruits. On Tuesday a consignment <jf Cook Island banacas ec. tha Tahiti io expected. Quotations are as follow:—. • • • • • > ' Apples, American, per ease, 2ls to. S2g 6d; 'apples, local, per case, up to 'lGs 6d» cherries, desert, per'lb,..gel to lid; cherries, cooking, 4d 'to 7d; > jfOMeberrisß, per lb„ ,8d to 4Jd; lemone, Auckland/- permease,. 20s; 'lemonß, South;. Australian, pen ca»o,' SOa; oranges, Sydney, per case, 3os; oranges, Talencias,. per . caeo,« 255; strawberries, per lb, up to Is Id;-tomatoes, dessert, per !b, Is 6d to Is pd.; beans, broad, (Id per lb;beet, per dozen bundle*, 2s; cabbages, per dozen, 4d to Is; cauliflowers, per dozen, to 18s; carrots (spring),-per dozen, 2s 3d; cucumbers (hotljouee), lb, 4d;. green peaa, per peck, 2a*3d to 8s; leeks, per bundle, 3d; lettuce, per, dozen, up, .to 3e; •new. potatoes, per lb, to 4d;. potatoes, per sugar bag, 8s 6d; onions, local, per_ lb sd; parsnips, per

down,' la 6d; potatoes, per saak, 12a.6d; <1 rhubarb, per dozen, 6b ; spring l onions, per'j dozen, to 2«; turnips, -Id to \ 83-, spinach, | per dozen, to 1b 6d. i