CITY FRUIT MARKET.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1455, 1 June 1912, Page 8

CITY FRUIT MARKET.

THE RULING PRICES. From inquiries made at the Allen and 1 Blair Street markets, the prices ruling for various lines during the week were:— Island oranges, -Js. Gd. per case; Sydney mandarins, Bs. to 12s. per gin case; passion fruit, 3s. to Cs. per hnlf-oase; lemons, Bs. to 10s. per case; Mildura lemons, 13s, ,to Ms. per case; Fiji bananas, Cs. to Bs. .per case; Sarotouga. bananas, 9s. to 15s. per case; dessert pears, (is. to 12s. per case; cooking pears, 4s. to ss. Gd. per case; local - grapes, (id. to 9d, per lb.; tomntoes,-3s. to Cs. per half-case; t'hoice dessert apples, Gs. to 10s. per case; cooking apple.?,*is. (id. to (is. 6(1. per case; piemelons, Is., to ]s. (id. each; cabbages, Is. to 2s. sack; cauliflowers, ss. to 30s. per sack; beetroot, 2s. (id. to 3s. Gd. per sack; French beans, 4d. to Bil. lb.j parsnips, 3s."to ss. per sack, , . carrots, 2s. to 3s. Gd. per sack.; swedes, ■ 2s. Gd. to 2s. 9d. cwt.; lettuce, Is. Gd. ,to 1 3s. case; celerj', Is. Gd. to 4s. dozen; pumpkins, 3s. to Is. suck; vegetable marrows, 25 , . (id. to 3s. sack; kiimeras, 7s. per ca.se; onions, !)s. Gd. c'wt.; potatoes, G.s. to 10s. suck; horse radish. Id. lc> Gd. lb.; spinach, 2s. Gd. per ease; walnuts, IJd. to Gd. per lb. Fresh eggs are-worth Is. 10(1 . j>er dozen. In poultry lines ducks are selling at 4s. to as. Gd. per pair, and hens 2s. (id. to 3s. (id. pair. Flowers are still coming in in fair quantities, violets being worth Is. to 3s. per dozen bunches, and jonquils Ud. per dozen bloom?.

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