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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 123, 22 February 1928, Page 5

\ GUIDE TO THE HOUSEWIFE MID-WEEK PRICES IN CITY The following list of cash retail prices gives a fair indication of what is being charged over the counter in the city- The quotations do not include delivery. Suburban prices are not quoted*— Fruit. —Peaches are 4d. and Cd. lb.; cooking plums are Sd. lb., and eating plums Cd. and Bd. lb.; apricots are Cd. and Bd. lb.: nectarines are lOd. lb.; tomatoes are 3d. to Cd. lb.; lemons are 3d. each; greengages are Cd. and Bd. lb.; grapes are 1/6 to 3/- lb.; oranges are 3/and 4/- doz.; pineapples are 1/0 to 2/6 each; eating apples are 4d. to Bd. lb.; dessert pears 4d. to Bd. Ib.; grape fruit are Cd. and Bd. each. ■ Meat.—Forequarters of lamb are 9d. lb.; chops for stewing are 7d. lb.; corned pork is 9d. lb.; gravy beef is sd. lb.; sirloin of beef is 9d. Ib., and ribs of beef are 7d. lb.; legs of mutton arc Od. and 10d. lb., and mutton chops sell at 9d. Ib. Tripe, Cd. lb.: mincemeat sd. lb.; corned beef 7d. and Bd. per lb.; beef sausages are Cd. lb., and pork sausages Bd. and lOd. lb. Fish.—Round fish is Cd. and 7d. lb.; flat fish is lOd. lb., and smoked fish lOd. to 1/1 lb. Groceries.—New laid eggs are 2/2 doz.. and 1/6 doz. (medium size). Good table butter is 1/6 lb., and pure whey butter is 1/4 lb. Cooked ham is 2/2 and 2/C lb.; prunes arc Cd. lb.; salmon is Cd. and 1/8 tin; mild cheese is lid. and !/• lb.; matured cheese is 1/- and .1/4 lb.; N.Z. Stilton cheese is 3/- lb.; condensed milk is Cd. and 1/- per tin; dates are Bd. packet, and 4d. lb. loose. Sugar' is 16/6 for a 701 b. bag; bulk honey and clover honey sell at lOd. lb.; rice, sago, barley and tapioca are ail 3d. lb. Spanish muscatels are 1/6 per packet, and Californian muscatels are 1/10 per packet. Turkish tigs are 1/- lb. Vegetables.—Cauliflowers are now 9d. to !/• each; cabbages are 4d. to 6d. each; marrows are 3d. and 4d. each; cucumbers are 2d. to 4d. each; pumpkin is 2d. lb.; butter beans are 4d. Ib.; French beans are 4d. to Cd. Ib.; green peas are 3d. to Cd. lb.; beetroot is 3d. per bundle; carrots, parsnips and turnips are 3d. per bunch; spring onions are 2d. per bunch; onions are 3d. per lb.; swedes are 2d. per lb.