IN THE MARKET PLACE

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 127, 19 August 1927, Page 2

IN THE MARKET PLACE

BIG ORANGE SHIPMENT CHEAPER EGGS Fruit, with the cold snap experienced to-day, met a slightly weaker market in the city marts though prices were practically unchanged. Bananas, in short supply, make firmer prices. Vegetables are well supplied. Table poultry, in shorter supply, is making better money. Eggs are cheaper. Considering the time of the year there is a steady demand for most varieties of fruit. The Waipahi, due next week, brings a shipment of approximately 21,000 cases of Cook Island oranges.. This should see local prices ease slightly. A further shipment is due in Wellington about a week later. The mid-month boat from the Fiji Group is due about Thursday with a small shipment of bananas. Local lemons continue in poor demand. A fresh shipment of citrus fruit, via Sydney, came to hand during the week and met a firm market. Vegetables are well supplied and meet with a ready sale at low values. In the poultry section ducks are offering in greater numbers and meeting slightly easier values. Prime cocks and hens are in very short supply and make firmer prices. Prices in the city auction mart this morning under the hammer ranged as follow: FRUIT Apples: Delicious, Ss to 11s a case; Hawke’s Bay sturniers. 10s to 11s; Nelson Sturmers, Ss to 9s 6d; Doughertys, 6s 6d to Ss; Monroes, 9s to 10s 6d; Washington, 10s to 10s 6d; Pride of Australia, 9s to 10s 6d; Granny Smith, 10s to 12s. Pears: Nelis, 10s to 11s 6d a case; Coles, 6s to 10s 6d;; Beurre Bose, 6s to Ss; P. Barry. 9s; Vicar. Ss. Tree tomates, 4s to 7s 6d a case. Grapes, Sydney whites, 12s to 21s a case. Local passions, 6s to 14s a case. Lemons. 5s to 12s a case. Oranges: Local, sweet, 6s to 7s a case; Poorman, 6s to 11s 6d; Aitutaki, 225; Rarotonga, 19s to 21s; Sydney Navels, 18s to 20s. Repacked bananas, 22s to 27s 6d. .Coconuts, 6s 6d a case or ISs a sack. Mandarins, 12s to 19s a case. Pines, 16s to 19s a case. VEGETABLES Potatoes, Southern, 7s to 7s 6d a cut; new, 2d to s£d a lb. Kumaras, Ss to 10s a cwt. Pumpkins, ordinary, 2s to 6s a sack: Crown and Triumble, 5s 6d to Ss 6d a cwt. Swedes, Is to Is 3d a bag. good, hard, firm, 7s 6d to 9s a a very heavy supplies, 2s to 5s Cauliflower, 2s to 4s a sack. Lettuce, Is 6d to 6s a case. Rhubarb, 3s to 3s 6d a dozen. Spinach, 9d a dozen. POULTRY Day old chicks, 9d to Is 3d each. Prime heavy cockerels, 6s 9d to 9s. Prune lighter cockerels, 5s to 6s 6d Light cockerels, 3s 9d to 4s 9d Heavy hens, 4s 6d to 5s lOd. Lighter hens, 3s 3d to 3s 9d. Roosters, 3s 6d to 4s 6d. Ducks, 3s 6d to 4s 6d Young ducks, 5s 6d to 6s 6d Pullets about to lay, 6s 6d to Ss. Young drakes, 3s 6d to 4s 3d Muscovy ducks, 4s 6d to ss. Muscovy drakes, 5s Id to 6s Goblers, 14s 6d to 395. Turkey hens, 7s to 9s.