In the Market Place

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 522, 27 November 1928, Page 12

In the Market Place

PEAR PRICES LOW GOOD ORANGE DEMAND Values for pears from the cool storage were very low on the City Markets to-day. Pears are now hard to clear at any price. Local apples, too, are in poor demand, and prices are low. The demand for lemons has improved slightly, but the inquiry is still only fair. Fairly large quantities of gooseberries are coming to hand. Prices vary from day to day. Strawberries are meeting with a keen demand. The inquiry for cherries is up to expectations. Sydney oranges are meeting with a fair demand. The vegetable market is heavily supplied with green peas. The rain during the week-end affected the supplies of new potatoes, but there will be large quantities coming to hand during the week. Quotations: FRUIT Apples: Sturmers 5s to Bs, Delicious 4s to 7s, Dougherty 3s to 6s, Canadian Jonathan 16s to 17s 6d, Canadian Delicious 16s to 17s 6d, Canadian Grime’s Golden 16s to 17s 6d. Pears: Nelis and Coles, repacks, 5s to 6s; P. Barrys, repacks, 4s to ss. Oranges: Sydney Valencias, 12s to 16s; Island, 21s. Loquats, 3s to 6s. Lemons, 6s to 12s. Tomatoes, hothouse, No. 1, lid to Is Id; No. 2,9 d to lOd; outdoor, 3d to Sd. Strawberries, lOd to Is sd. Bananas, 20s to 30s. Gooseberries, 5s to 7s. Plums, red, 6s to 7s. Passions, 8s to 15s. Cherries, 9s to 10s. FIELD PRODUCE Potatoes, new, 3s to 8s bag. Onions, 25s to 28s crate. Kumeras, 16s cwt. Cabbages, 2s to 7s sack. Cauliflowers, 2s to 9s sack. Pumpkins, 10s to 12s 6d cwt. Green peas, 2d to 3d Jb. Beans, French 9d to Is Id lb, broad 2d to 2id lb. Lettuces, 3s to 7s 6d case. Cucumbers, 3s to 9s dozen. Vegetable marrows, 2s 6d to 7s 6d dozen. Cabbages, on benches, Is 6d to 3s a dozen. Caupliflowers, on benches, 2s to ss. Rhubarb, Is 6d to 3s. Spinach, 6d to 9d. Pumpkins, on benches, Is to 2s 6d. Spring onions, 3d to Is bundle. Radish, Gd to Is 2d dozen. Carrots, parsnips, beet, and turnips, Is to Is Sd. Asparagus, 5d to lOd bundle. Leeks, 3d to 6d bundle. MEAT EXPORTS SOUTH AMERICAN FIGURES Shipments of chilled and frozen produce from the Argentine and Uruguay for the fortnight ended November S have been notified to the New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board by its Buenos Aires representative. The shipments to the United Kingdom are: Quarters of chilled beef, 211,790; quarters of frozen beef, 1,920; carcases of frozen lamb, 259,450; carcases of frozen mutton, 61,792. The shipments to the Continent of Europe are: Quarters of frozen beef, 11,000; carcases of frozen mutton, 3,450; carcases of frozen lamb, 724.