ISLAND ORANGES FIRMING

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 501, 2 November 1928, Page 12

ISLAND ORANGES FIRMING

AUSTRALIAN CHERRIES ARRIVE i Stocks of Island oranges were lighter on the City Markets to-day. Prices are increasing. The first cherries of the season arrived from Australia this week, and were sold to-day. They are in 121 b. boxes and are bringing up to 225. THIS week's shipment of citrus fruit from Australia was fairly large, and lias met with a good inquiry. Quantities of strawberries are increasing daily. These, with gooseberries, are in good demand. Local lemons are still dull oi sale. Apples are selling faster. Heavy supplies of cabbage, cauliflower* and lettuce are features of the i vegetable market. Green peas and new potatoes are in fair supply. There is a keen demand for most vegetable lines, but rates are slightly reduced from last week’s. Baconer pigs are bringing £3 6s to £3 18s in the markets; porkers, £2 to £2 10s; slips, 17s to £1 6s; and weaners,*los to 18s. ! Poultry supplies are ample. Competition for cockerels is exceptionally brisk, but the demand for hens and roosters is below the expected inquiry for this time of the year. Cheaper duck eggs have resulted in supplies of ducks being consigned freely, with a fair demand, at low prices. Quotations: FRUIT Apples; Stunners, 7s to 9s; Delicious, Gs to 10s; Doughertys, 6s to Ss; Granny Smith, 10s to 14s; Rome Beauty, 6s to 10s. Pears: Nelis, repacks, 9s to 12s 6d; Coles, repacks, Ss to 12s; Josephines, repacks, 6s to 8s 6d; P. Barrys, repacks, 8s to 10s. Oranges: Island, repacks, 245; Sydney Valencias, 11s to 14s. Mandarins: 10s to 20s. Pines: 16s to 20s. Cherries: 15s to 225. Fiji Pines: 10s to 12s. Fiji bananas: Green, ex wharf, 21s. Loquats: Local, 4s to 6s. Lemons: 6s to 12s. Tomatoes: Hothouse, No. l’s, Is 6d to j

2s a lb; hothouse, No. 2’s, 9d to Is 3d a lb. Bananas: Repacks, 24s to 27s 6d. Grapes: Californian reds, 25s a barrel. Strawberries: Is to 2s 6d a chip. Gooseberries: 10s to 12s a case. Tree Tomatoes: Ss to 14s. Passions: Local, 12s to ISs. FIELD PRODUCE Potatoes: Southern, Ss to 10s a cwt; new, lgd to 2£d a lb. Onions: 37s 6d a crate. Kumeras: 16s to 20s a cwt. Cabbage: Is 6d to 7s a sack. Cauliflower: 3s to Ss. Swedes: 3s to 6s a bag. Pumpkins: 16s to 27s a. cwt. Green Peas: 2d to 4d a 3b. Beans: Broad, 2d to 2],d a lb; French, Is 3d to Is 6d a. lb. Lettuce: Is v to 3s a case. Cucumbers: 4s to '9s a dozen. Cabbage: On benches, Is 6d to 4s a dozen. Cauliflower: On benches, 2s to 6s a dozen. Celery: 6d to Is a bundle. ~ Rhubarb: Is 6d to 5s a dozen. Spinach: Is to Is 6d a dozen. Pumpkins: On benches, Is 6d to 4s Gd each. Spring Onions: 2d to Sd a bundle. Radish: 6d to 9d a dozen. Carrots, Parsnips, Beet and Turnips: Is to Is. 3d a dozen. Asparagus: 8d to Is 4d a bundle. Leeks: 3d to 6d a bundle. POULTRY Day-old chicks, White Leghorns. 5d t© Sd. s chicks, Black Orping ton, 5d to Ducklings: lid to Is 4d. Cock chicks: Light breeds, 3d to lOd. Cock chicks: Heavy breeds, 9d to 2s 9d. Prime heavy cockerels: 7s to 8s lOd. Light cockerels: 5s to 7s. Heavy hens: 3s 3d to'4s 6d. Lighter hens: 2s 6d to 3s Roosters: 2s 6d to 3s 9d. Ducks: is Sd to 2s 9d. Drakes: Young, 3s 6d to 4s 6d. Moscovy drakes: 4s to ss. Moscovy ducks: 3s to 4s 9d. Turkey hens: 6s to sB. Goblers: 12s to 16s.