In the Market Place

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 565, 18 January 1929, Page 12

In the Market Place

FEW STRAWBERRIES LOCAL FRUITS PLENTIFUL Strawberries were scarce in the City Markets to-day and supplies are nearly finished. Black currants and loganberries came forward in meagre offerings, and prices have risen. The local fruit crop is now in Cull season, stone fruits being especially plentiful. Tomatoes are coming to auction daily in enormous quantities. Fairly large supplies of apricots are arriving daily from southern districts. Potatoes are still flooding the vegetable market and prices are low. No outlet for supplies is visible at present. Cucumbers, beans. lettuces and onions are also plentiful. There is a fair demand. To-day’s poLiltry auction saw unusually heavy supplies of most lines. Values showed a marked decrease. Choice heavy hens are now the medium of good competition, but lighter breeds are slow of sale. Ducks are in over-supply. Prices in the small stock market for all lines of pigs are not changedf. Quotations: * FRUIT Strawberries—Good quality, lOd to Is 6d; inferior, 5d to 7d. Black Currants—Good condition, Ss 6d to 10s a 101 b. box or bucket. Loganberrys—9d to Is 3d a chip, according to condition. Apricots—24lb boxes, Ist grade, Ds to 12s; 2nd grade, 7s to 9s; bad condition, 4s to 6s. Peaches—Coloured, 5s to 6s a 201 b case; others, 4s to ss. Plums—Choice Sultans, 7s to 10s; seconds, 3s to ss; Burbanks, No. 1,3 s to 4s 6d; others, 2s 6d to 3s. Tomatoes —Ordinary No. 1,2 s 6d to 3s 6d; special smooth, 3s 6d to ss; inferior, Is to Is 6d. Lemons—Best quality, J4s to ISs; others, 8s to 10s. Oranges—Sydney, 11s to 17s, according to size and quality; Californian Navels. 32s to 355. Apples—Large, choice Gravensteins, Ss to 10s; specials, 10s to 12s; inferior, 4s to ss; Astrakhan, special No. 3,12 s to 16s; medium, Ss to 10s; small, 4s to ss: large cookers, Ss to 9s; small. 4s to 6s. Grapes—Hothouse, Is 4d to Is 6d; specials, Is 6d to Is Dd. Bananas—Ripe, “A.” grade, 25s to 335; medium, 20s to 255; seconds, 15s. FIELD PRODUCE Potatoes —New, 2s 6d to 4s 6d a bag. Onions—3s to 4s a bag. Kumeras—lid to 2d a lb. Cabbage—9d to Is 6d a sack. Swedes—ls to 2s a bag. Pumpkins—4s to 8s a cwt. Green Peas—2s 6d to 4s a bag'. Beans—ls to 3s a bag-. Lettuce—ls to 4s 6d a case. Cucumbers—3d to Is a dozen. Vegetable Marrows —9d to Is 6d a dozen. Cabbage—On benches, Is to Is 6cl a dozen. Celery—ls to 2s a dozen. Rhubarb—ls to 2s a dozen. Spinach—9d to Is a dozen. Pumpkins—On benches, 4d to Is 8d each. Spring Onions —3d to Sd a bundle. Radish—6d a dozen. Carrots, Parsnips, Beet and Turnips—--4d to lOd a dozen. POULTRY Cock Chicks —Heavy breeds, Dd to 2s 3d. Cock Chicks—Light breeds, 2d to lOd. Ducklings—Sd to Is. Heavy Hens—2s 6cl to 3s Dd. Lighter Hens —Is 6d to 2s 6d. Prime Heavy Cockerels —5s to fis 6d. Light Cockerels —2s 6d to 3s Dd. Roosters—ls 6d to 2s Dd. Ducks—ls to Is 6d. Drakes—Young, 2s 3d to 3s 6d. Moscovy Ducks—3s to 4s Dd. Moscovy Drakes—4s to ss. Goblers —10s to 16s. Turkey Hens—6s to Ss. Geese—ss 9d to 7e. *