IMS CITY MARKETS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1313, 16 December 1911, Page 8

IMS CITY MARKETS.

FRUIT AN]) VEGETABT,!'! SUPPLIES. The past week lias seen busy days nl. the Allen and ltlair Streets markets. Only a small shipment of fruit arrived from Sydney on Wednesday. but it win in good order. Prices ruled as under:Oranges, lis. to lte. Gd. per case; lenioils, 10s. to 125.; plums, 75.; apricots, 8-. In 95.; cherries, 9s. to 10s. Tlie MeDioum" boat of yesterday brought a lal'He supply of cherries, which were lauded in n<i<nl order. Holders of Messina lemons imi aslcins 18s. per ease. Water-melons came to hand from Sydney during the week, and made Is. to !i«. each, acconlilu,' lit size. Karotoiifra bananas realised I'd. to 9s. per case, and Fiji bananas fls. to l.'k Iter case, and 3s. to 4s. fid. per bunch. Early plums are bezinninrr to arrive from No'son in good supply. Early bronze iw'o selling nt 45., and cherry plums a I 'is. 9:1. to 3s. Other Nelson supplies are selling as under:—Black currants, .'is. In fis.; gooseberries, 3s. to 3s. Oil.; ehcrrie-, ?s. to Bs. fid.; tomatoes, 12s. lo Its. case; Nelson strawberries. Is.; Auckland slraivl>erries. Is., Is. 3d.; local si raivberries, Is. 3d.; local gooseberries, 2d.'lb., (villi heavy supplies arriving; local gra|K's, 2s. lb.; asparagus, Gd. to 9(1. per bundle; cucumbers, 4d. to fid. each. Vegetables generally were in heavy supply, and prices ruled accordingly:—Cabtutges, Its. lo 4s. fid. sack; cauliflowers, (is. to is. lid.; choice lettuce, Is. to its.; other snrls. _'■!«. to. 35.; carrots, is. fid. to Ss.; parsnips, Gs.; beetroot, 45.; turnips. 35.; vegi lnblc marrows, Bs. to !K Gd. case; fvas, .V-. lo 7s. lid. per sack: choice new pointers were in heavy supply, and mad" ,'is. lo !K fid.; other sorts bringing 4s. Cd. per cwl.