In the Market Place
FAIR FRUIT SALES AMERICAN GRAPES EXPECTED SOON Fruit prices are fairly good on the city markets. Apples are meeting with an average demand, and Island oranges are moderately sought after. American grapes will appear on the sales list in about two weeks. Most lines of dessert pears are coming from the cool storage in bad order. Mandarins have increased slightly in value. There are ample supplies of cabbages and swedes, and most lines of vegetables are in keen demand. Quotations: — FRUIT Apples.—Sturmers, 6s to 8s; sturmers, poor quality, 3s to ss; delicious, 6s to 9s; ballarats, 4s to 7s; doughertys, 3s to 6s; granny smith, 10s to 12s; munroe, 6s to 7s 6d. Pears. —Nelis and coles, 6s to 13s. Oranges.—lsland, repacks, 14s to 17s; navels, 11s to 14s 6d; poorman, 4s to 6s. Bananas. —Repacks, 22s to 265. Mandarins.—l4s to 16s. Lemons. —8s to 14s. FIELD PRODUCE Potatoes. —Southern, 7s 6d to 8s 6d cwt; new, 2d to 6?.d lb. Onions.—Jap., 16s to 3 7s 6d crate. Kumaras.—los to 14s cwt. Cabbage.—First grade, 10s to 16s sack; second grade, 2s to 6s sack. Cauliflower.—First grade, 8s to 10s 6d sack; second grade, 3s to 6s 6d sack. Swedes.—ls 6d to 2s 6d bag. Pumpkins.—Triumble, 10s to 13s 6d cwt; other varieties, 5s to 6s cwt. Citron Melons.—3s to 5s cwt. Beans. —Is to 3s lb. Lettuce. —Is 6d to 5s 6d case. Cucumbers.—ss to 7s 6d doz. Vegetable Marrows. —3s to 7s doz. Cabage.—On benches, Is 6d to 7s doz. Cauliflower. —On benches, 3d to Is each. Celery.—First grade, 4s 6d to 7s bundle; second grade, Is to 3s bundle. Rhubarb.—is to 6s doz. Spinach.—ls 3d to 2s doz. Pumpkins.—On benches, Is to 2s 6d each. Spring Onions. —4d to 9d bundle. Radish. —6d doz. Carrots, Parsnips, Beet and Turnips.— 9d to Is 6d doz. Leeks.—4d to 6d bundle. CHICAGO V7HEAT MARKET ( United P.A. — By Telegraph — Copyright) fAustralian and N.Z Press Association.) Reed. 9 a.m. CHICAGO, Monday. Wheat.—September, 1 dollar 92 cents a bushel; December, 1 dollar 142 cents; March, 1 dollar 19 5-8 cents; May, 1 dollar 21 7-8 cents.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 438, 21 August 1928, Page 12
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