In the Market Place

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 534, 11 December 1928, Page 14

In the Market Place

TOMATO SALES DULL BRISK CHRISTMAS TRADING Hothouse tomatoes were dull of sale to-day in the City Markets. All benches were heavily stocked with fruit and vegetables, and indications of the beginning of brisk Christmas were given. The vegetable market is very heavily supplied with new potatoes, green peas, cabbages and cucumbers. No important line of vegetables is in short supply. The demand is fair generally, On the fruit benches, apples are hard to clear. Gooseberries show a decline in values. There is practically no inquiry for pears. Strawberries are in large supply and every effort is being made to clear the stocks. The demand is fair, but prices have dropped slightly. Sydney Valencia oranges are meeting with a poor demand. Local apricots are coming forward in small numbers. Quotations. —■ FRUIT Apples: Stunner, 5s to 7s 6d; Dougherty, 3s to 6s; Canadian Delicious, ISs; Canadian Jonathan, 15s to 17s 6d; Canadian Winesap, ISs; Canadian Newtown Pippin, 18s. Pears: Nellis, repacks, 4s to 6s; Coles. 4s tq 6s; P. Barrys, 4s to 6s. Oranges: Island, 20s; Sydney Valencias, 8s to 14s. Lemons: 6s to 14s. Tcmatoes: No. 1,9 d to Is a lb.; No. z, 6d to Sd a lb.; Outdoor, 2d to 7d a lb. Bananas: 22s to 27s 6d. Strawberries: 7ld to 3 od. Gooseberries: 5s to 6s 6d Apricots: 6s to 9s. Cherries; Greytown, 8s to 10s; Australian red, 10s to 14s; Australian black, 14s to 18s. Pices. fcr? to !‘»s. Red currants: 6s to 6s 6d. FIELD PRODUCE Potatoes: New, 5s to 7s a bag. Onions: New season’s, lid to I’d a ’b. Kumeras; Tauranga, 16s a cwt. Cabbage: 2s to 5s a sack. Cauifiower: 3s. to 9s a sack. Pumpkins: 10s to 14s a ewt. Green peas: 2s 6d to 4s a bag. Beans: French, 4d to 5d a lb.; broad, 2s 6d to 3s a bag. Lettuce: 2s to 5s a case. Cucumbers: Hothouse, 2s to is a dozen; outdoor, 2s to 6s a dozen. Vegetable marrows: 2s to 4s 6d a dozen. Cabbage: On benches, Is to is a dozen. Cauliflower: On benches. 2s to Ss a dozen. Rhubarb: Is 3d to 2s a dozen. Spinach: 6d to Dd a dozen Pumpkins: On benches, is to 2s 6d each. Spring onions: 4d to Is a bundle. Radish: 6d a dozen. Carrots, parsnips, beet and turnips: 6d to Is a dozen. Asparagus: 4d to Ci a bundle. Leeks: 3d to 5d a bundle.