THE CITY MARKETS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1669, 8 February 1913, Page 8

THE CITY MARKETS.

STONE-FRUIT SUPPLY DECREASING,

Inquiries made at "the Blair and Allen Street ' markets yesterday show • that -. a good many lines ,of stone-fruits are about dono for this season, and owing to -the short supply values have improved during the past week. Japan and English plums ,aro getting-scarce, and the late varieties are hardly available yet. Raspberries and greengages are about finished. Local-grown apples and pears are now coming, to hand,' and realisations are fair. * -Eggs ' continue scarce, and • all crates forward meet with quick sale. Potatoes are in demand, 1 and values continue high. Consignments from Sydney this week included a direct shipment of Messina lemons, also grapes from NewSouth Wales, watermelons, Queensland pineapples, and dessert .pears. Grapes from South Australia should soon be on tho local market, provided that realisations will leave . a moderate profit to f rowers/ Melbourne pears arrived on 'riday, and met with excellent demand. Oranges from California, arrived in bad condition; and.sold at '.low rates.. Hutt--grown tomatoes aro late, and so far very lew are _ coming forward, the main supplies being directed from Bawke's Bay and Nelson. t All lots showing colour realise top prices. The local growers anticipate fairly large crops [ this season if given a little, more suitaole weather. All lines of: seasonable vegetables aro'plentiful, and moderate values are being obtained. •

Price's ruling at the markets yesterday wove:—Diamond plums, 3s. 6d. to is. fid. per rase; Victorian, 3s. to' 4s. 3d.; Ponds, 3s. 6d. to 4s. 6d.; Ogow, 2s. to 2s. 6d.; Burbank (choice), ss. to Gs.; prime, 3s. to 45.; prunes, 25.; choice (peaches, 4s. 6d. to 65.; prime, 3s. to is.; inferior, 25., 2s. 6d.; choico nectarines, 31 6d. to 4s. 6d.; prime, 3s. to 3s. 3d. Apricots from the' southern districts sold at 7s. to fls., all at per half-case. Choico dessert apples, such as Cox's Orange Pippins and Gravenstein, are in request at Bs. to 95.; prime, 4s. 6d. to 65.; Red Quarrendons, ss.'to 7s. 6d.; choice cookers, is. 6d., 55.; prime,. 3s. 6d. to is.; William Bon Cretin u pears realiso Bs. to 10s. for choice; prime, 6s. to 75., all at per 6ase. Greengages qurt from ss. to 7s. per htlf-caso. Tyocai-grown grapes realised lOd. per lb.; Sydney grapes sold at 7s. to 10s. 6d. per half gin-case; pines, 10s. (per double case; Messina lemons, in half-cases, 13s. to 145.; watermelons, Is. to 3s. each; choice red tomatoes, Bs. to 10s.; and green, 6s. to 7s. Gd. per half-case; cucumbers sold at 6s. Gd.' per double case; vegetable marrows. 23. per double case; best samplej of potatoes wont from Bs. to 10s. per cwt.; French beans were in over supply, at 2s. Gd. per half-sack; and choice focal green peas sold at 7s. to 9s. per half-sack. A. consignment from Nelson landed in bad condition ,6old at about ss. per full sack. Carrots sold at 4s. to ss. sack; cabbage-i, 3s. fid. to 4s. Gd.; cauliflowers, ss, to 7s. sack; and rhubarb, ss. to 6s. per dozen bundles. Eggs are selling freely at Is. Gd. per dozen. Fowls, 3s. to 4s. per pair; ducks, 4s. to ss. per pair.

When a dairy farmer tnkes liis milk to the factory in a'thoroughly fresh, properly cooled Condition, ho gets the best test and tho highest price. The very vonposite is the lot of tho farmer whose milk fins deteriorated through being allowed to cool by itself. Parton's Milk Coolers enable .farmers to cool the milk immediately

it comes from the cows, and milk thus cooled still retains its freshness on arrival at the factory. Allert J. Parton, Carterton.—Advt.