IN THE MARKET PLACE

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 106, 26 July 1927, Page 13

IN THE MARKET PLACE

DEARER LEMONS LITTLE CHANGE IN VALUES Usual uneventful business continues to be transacted in the market place. Fruit is meeting with a quiet though steady demand, while vegetables sell freely at prices mostly well within the range of the average housewife. Hothouse grapes were not available this morning, and the Sydney product went up to 22s a case for choicest lots. Apples and pears continue in good demand. Lemons bring higher values than last week. Bananas generally make easy values, the market apparently being amply supplied with well-ripened samples. Onions and pumpkins continue to be a glut on the market. Other vegetables are well supplied, and trices remain practically unchanged. Prices under the hammer at this morning’s auctions ranged as follow ; P RUIT. Apples, Delicious Ss to 10s a case. Stunners 8s to 9s 6d, Doughertys 5s to is 6d, Koine Beauty 7s to Ss, Salome 6s 6d to 7s 6d, Monroes Ss to 9s; cookers poorer grade, 6s to 6s 6d. Pears, best Winter Nehs 103 to 11s a case, Winter Coles 9s to 10s 6d. Vicars 7s to Bs. Tomatoes, hothouse Is to Is 3id a lb. Island, best 10s to 33s a case, rejects 6s to Ss. Tree tomatoes, 3s to 6s a case. Grapes, Australian 14s to 22s a case. Lemons, cured 14s to 17s a case, fresh and rough 5s 6d to 8s 6d a case. Passions, local 12s to 17s a case. Oranges, repacks, Rarotonga and Mangaia 19s to 19s 6d a case, Aitutakis 21s to 21s 6d, Australian Navels 16s to 20s. Bananas, ripe 22s to 24s a case, seconds 10s to 16s. Mandarins, good 16s to 20s a case, in bad order 8s to 12s. Guavas, 6s 6d a case. VEGETABLES Potatoes, Southern 7s to 7s 6d a cwt, new 3d to 41d per lb. Kumeras, Tauranga 9s to 10s 6d a cwt, Island 9s to 10s 6d a owt. Pumpkins, ordinary 2s to 3s 6d a sack. Crown and Triumble 4s to 7s a cwt. Swedes, Is 6d to 2s a bag. Onions, soft Is to Is 9d a bag. others 2s to 3s a bag. Cabbages, 2s to Ss a sack. Cauliflowers, 3s to 8s a sack. Citron melons, 9s to 12s 6a a cv.t. Lettuces, Is 6d to 5s bd a case. Rhubarb, 4s to 5s a dozen bundles. Spinach, Is a dozen bundles.