jf~ ~ ~~~ i In the Market Place

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 456, 11 September 1928, Page 16

jf~ ~ ~~~ i In the Market Place

BANANA PRICES HIGH NEW ISLAND ORANGE SUPPLIES On the City Markets, bananas are in short supply, and prices are likely to continue high. Island oranges are being keenly sought after. Fresh supplies will arrive by the Waipahi this afternoon. Another shipment of Australian citrus fruits has reached Auckland. Some of the lines went on the market to-day. The demand for poorman oranges is very dull. Lemons are plentiful, and are slightly easier in values. The demand for local fruit, ex cool store, is steady and unchanged. Heavy supplies of cauliflowers, cabbage and lettuce are on the markets. Cabbage and cauliflower are dull of sale, but there is a keen deman* for root vegetables. Quotations: — FRUIT Apples.—Stunners, Hawke's Bay and local. 7s to 8s 6d; Sturmers. Nelson (poor condition), 5s to 6s; Delicious, 6s to 9s 6d; Doughertys, 5s to 7s 6d; Munroes, 5s to 7s 6d; Granny Smiths, 9s to 12s; Ballarats, 6s to 7s. Pears.—Nelis, repacks. 11s 6d to 12s 6d; Coles, originals, 6s to 9s. Oranges.—lsland, repacks, 17s to 18s; Australian, common, Ss to 9s 6d: Australian, navels and medium sweet, 9s to 15s; poorman oranges 4s to 6s. Mandarins.—los to 13s. Pineapples.—23s to 28s. Lemons. —6s to 14s. Bananas.—Repacked, 22s to 295; seconds, 12s to 16s. FIELD PRODUCE Potatoes.—Southern, Ss to 9s a cwt; new, 2d to 4d a lb. Onions.—l7s 6d to 22s Gd a crate. Kumeras. —10s to 13s a cwt. Cabbage.—2s to Ss a sack. Cauliflower.-—2s to 4s a sack. Swedes.—2s to 3s a bag. Pumpkins.—7s to 17s a cwt. Green Peas.—9d to lOd a lb. Beans.—9d to 2s a lb. Lettuce.—ls to 5s a case. Cucumber.—ss to 10s a dozen. Vegetable Marrows.—3s to 6s a dozen. Cabbage.—On benches. Is 6d to 4s a dozen. Cauliflower.—On benches, 6d to 3s a dozen. Celery.—ls to 3s 6d a bundle. Rhubarb.—3s 6d to 5s 6d a dozen. Spinach.—6d to Is 6d a dozen bundles. Pumpkins.—On benches, is to 3s each. Spring Onions.—6d to Is a bundle. Radish.—6d a dozen bundles. Carrots, Parsnips, Beet and Turnips.— Is to Is 6d a dozen bundles. Asparagus.—2s to 3s a bundle. Leeks.—3d to 7d a bundle. *