CITY MARKETS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2164, 1 June 1914, Page 10

CITY MARKETS

THE RULING QUOTATIONS.

This week's San Francisco steamer brought the usual monthly consign- 1 ments of bananas and oranges, both lines being on tho short side. Hie conditions of both lilies on arrival were very good. The season for Australian fruit has now started, this week's stoamer bringing along small consignments of'pineapples, passions, and mandarins, all of which met with very keen demand. Supplies of local fruit are coming to hand in very fair quantity, but the sainplo of most kinds of dessert apples is very poor. Tomatoes continue to ccmo to hand in small quantities, with a very poor demand.' • • Vegetables of all kinds are now reiCeiving..v,ery, .good attention, with cauliflowers ruling at very high rates. Potatoes v are ; easier, with onions unchanged. • Yesterday's approximate values were: Messina lemons, l*ls., 15s. per case; queen pines; 9s. 6d. to I'ls. per case; pineapples, 9s: 'to 10s Cd. case; mandarins, 12s; 6d. to 15s. case; grapes, Is;' to Is. sd. lb. Apples—Jonathans, 4s. to Bs. Gd.; Sturmers, 4s. 6d. to 65.; May Pippin, 45., 45. ; Cd.; Ben Davis, 4s. .Gd., ss. ; Sharp's Red,. 4s. Cd., os.; Cleopatra, 45., os. 6(1.; Rhymer, 45., 4s. Gd.: Washington, os., os. 9d ; Lord Wolseley, os. ss. Gd.; Alfriston, os., ss. Gd.; Epps Seedling, 45., 4s. Gd.; all at per case, prices varying according to sample. Pears—Winter Cole, Ss., 10s.; Winter Nelis, Bs. '6d., 10s. 6d.; Napoleons, 45., »os.; Conference, 55., os. 3d. ; Glon Morceau, 55., 6s. 6d.; L'lnconneau, 45., 55.; all at per case, prices according to sample. Tomatoes —Choice rips, 55., Bs.; others, 2s. Gd. to'4s!; seconds, Is., Is. Gd.; all'at per halfrcase. Island oranges, Ss. Gd., Gs. per case; bananas, 7s. 6d. to 10s.

por caso. Vegetables—Savoy cabbage, 45., 6s. 6.1. per "sack; drumhead cabbage, 45., ss. per' sack; cauliflower, choice, 10j., 13s. per sack; cauliflower; seconds, 2s. Gd., 3s. Gd. per sack; swede turnips, 25., 2s. 6d. ;p'er, sack; ' whito turnips, 25., 2s. 6d. sack; beetroot, 35., 3s. 9d. sack; parsnips, 55., Gs. sack; carrots, 35., 4s. sack; vegetable marrows, 25., 2s. 6d. por sack; pumpkins, 35., ss. 6d. per sack; citrus melons, ss. g • Gs. 3d. per sack; celery, Is. to 4s. per dozen; lettuce, Is., 3s. per case; leeks, 3d., 4d. per dozen; kumeras, 4s. Gd., Gs. 6d. per case.; onions, £5 10s. per ton; potatoes, £5,, £5 ss. per ton ; fresh eggs, Is. lOd. per. dozen; preserved, Is. 4d., Is. sd. per dozen.