IN THE MARKET PLACE

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 384, 19 June 1928, Page 12

IN THE MARKET PLACE

APPLES DULL OF SALE EGG PRICES STEADY Apples are dull of sale at the moment. Island fruit meets with a ready sale at fairly low prices. A fresh shipment of oranges comes to hand from the Cook Group on the Waipahi on Thursday. This fruit is goincr out fairly steadily, but not, vendors complain, at profitable prices. Hothouse grapes are still available at high prices, but supplies should soon be exhausted. Lemons met with a mediocre demand at late rates. Hothouse tomatoes are making slightly easier prices. Little movement is registered in the market for most classes of vegetables. Ample supplies are coming forward and meeting with a keen demand. Values for eggs remain steady at the moment, but a further decline in the next fortnight would not be unexpected, morning ranged as follow: FRUIT Apples.—Sturmers, extra fancy, 7s to 8s a case; others, 3s to ss; Delicious, ex cool store, 5s to 7s; Jonathan. 5s to 7s 6d: Ballarats, 5s to 6s; Rome Beauty, 5s to 5s 6d; Pigeonette, 5s to 7s; Dougherty, 3s to ss. Pears.—Coles, 9s to 10s a case; Nellis, 9s 6d to 10s; Clairgeau, 6s to 7s. Tomatoes.—Choice, local, hothouse, 9d to Is a lb.; outdoor, 3s to 10s a box; Hutt, 6s to 10s a box. Grapes.—Hothouse, Is 9d to 3s a lb.; No. 2’s, Is 3d to Is Gd. Lemons.—6s to 12s a case. Tree Tomatoes.—No. I’s, 7s to 9s a case; No. 2’s, 3s to ss. Oranges.—lsland, 11s to 14s a case. Bananas.—Repacked, 16s to 20s a case. Grapefruit.—Californian, 45s a case. VEGETABLES Potatoes.—Southern, 7s to 8s a cwt. Onions. —10s to 16s a cwt. Kumeras.—los to 14s a cwt. Cabbage.—3s to 12s a sack. Cauliflower.—3s to 14s a bag. Swedes.—ls 6d to 3s a bag. Pumpkins.—ss to 13s a cwt. Citron Melons.—ls to 2s Cd a sack. Beans.—sd to lOd a lb. Lettuce. —6d to 5s a case. Cucumbers. —3s to 7s a case. Quotations for eggs and butter and the smaller parcelled vegetables will be found in the Kit Bag column on another page.