CITY MARKETS
' Supplies generally of local fruit and vegetables have shown a decided' increase during the past week,. (-specially '•regarding stone fruits. ■ Small lines of Fiji and Earotonga bananas are to hand, good green fruit meeting excellent domand. •Yesterday's approximate values were: ;IJruit.—American oranges, 17s. 6d. case; American lemons, 15s. caße; local dessert apples (Quarrendens), 6s. to Bs. case; Gravensteins, 9s. to.los.' 6d. case; cookmg apples, 4s. to 4s. 9d. case; dessert pears, 3s. to 4s. 6d. case; cooking pears,. 3s. 6d., to 4Si. case; dessert peaches, 3s. to 4s. 6d. half-case; cooking peaches, 2s. to .2s'/, 9d. half-case; dessert plums, 2s. 6d. to 4s. fid. , halfcase; cooking plums, Is. 6d. to 3s. 6d. half-case; greengages, 3s. 9d. to 4s. 6d. half-case; .apricots, 4s. to 4s; 6d. halfcase; rock melons, 4s! to 4s. '9d. half'case; tomatoes, 3s. to ss. 9d. half-case; nectarines,' 3s. to 4s. 6d. half-case; grapes, ,Bd. to' 10Jd. per lb.; bananas, 75., to 10s. 6d. case (according to condition) ; pineapples, 30s. to lis. <H. case; blackberries, 2jd. per lb. Vegetables.—Cabbages, 3s. sack; cauliflowers,. 7s. 6d. to Bs. 6d. sack; swede turnips, 4s. sack; carrots, ss. 6d. to 6s. 6d. sack; beetroot, 4s. sack; parsnips, 6s. sack; French beans, Is. part sack; green peas, 6s. sack; marrows, Is. 6d. to. 2s. sack';'''rhubarb,..ss. dozen; lettuce, ss. to ss. 6d. case'; cucumbers, 3s. to 4s. bushel; potatoes, 7s. to 9s. cwt.; enions, 55.-bag. ' Fresh eggs, ls.. 7d. dozen:
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2687, 5 February 1916, Page 8
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238CITY MARKETS Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2687, 5 February 1916, Page 8
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