In the Market Place

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 589, 15 February 1929, Page 10

In the Market Place

BETTER POTATOES FRUIT MARKET IMPROVES A better line of potatoes was offered on the City Markets to-day, and there was an advance in rates. Inferior lines, mostly with blight, still flood the market, and values dropped for these offerings. L’RUIT salqs this week have improved distinctly. First-grade lines are now being sought eagerly. Peaches of excellent quality are attracting the attention of buyers. Tomatoes are stdling at better prices. Californian and Jaffa oranges are being offered at exceptionally high rates. Bananas are selling well. Lemons, apples, plums and pears are all offering at firm rates. In the vegetable market, it is almost impossible to sell cucumbers. Heavy supplies of beans and peas are meeting with a fair demand. Poultry sales are steady. Good heavy hens and cockerels are selling satisfactorily-. Quotations: FRUIT Pears: Bon Chretien, prime quality, 6s to 8s: small, 4s to ss. Blackberries: 5d to 7d a chip. Peaches: , Choice coloured, 5s tc* 7s; others, 4s to 4s 6d. Plums: Satsuma, large, 4s to 6s; small. 3s 6d: Doris. 4s to Ss: Purple King, 6s to 10s. Tomatoes: Special, round, smooth. 3s to 4s 6d; No. 1 firm, 3s to 3s bd; ripe, 2s to 2s 6d. Apples: Choice, coloured Gravensteins. 6s to 9s; green, 4s to ss; cookers, prime, 4s to 5s 6d; small, 2s 6d to 3s. Nectarines: Large, choice, 9s to 13s; inferior, 4s to 7s. Lemons: Best quality, 14s to 16s: others, 7s to 10s. Oranges: Californian Sunkist Navels. 40s to 455: Jaffa, repacks, 30s to 355. Grapes: Hothouse, prime, Is to Is 6d: others. 9d to lOd. Bananas: Ripe, A grade, 30s to 355: | inferior, 15s to 20s. Cape Gooseberries: 5d to 8d a lb. Sweet Corn: 2s 6d to 3s 5d a half- t bushel case FIELD PRODUCE Potatoes: Best grades, 4s Lo 5s a bag; | others. Is 6d to 3s. Onions: 3s to 4s a bag. Kumeras: 2d to 21d a lb. Cabbage: Is to 4s a sack. Swedes: Is 6d to 2s Gd a bag. Pumpkins: 4s to 7s a cwt. Green Peas: 3s to 5s 6d a bag. Beans: 2s 6d to 4s 6d a bag. Lettuce: 2s to 6s a case. Vegetable Marrows: Is 6d to 3s a dozen. Water Melons: 8d to Is 8d each. Rock Melons: 6d to Is 6d each. Cabbage: On benches, 2s to 3s a dozen. Celery: Ls 6d to 2s 6d a bundle. Rhubarb: Is 6d dozen. Spinach: ls dozen. Pumpkins: On benches: 6d to ls Gd each. Spring Onions: 6d t.o ls 6d a bundle. Carrots, Parsnips, Beet and Turnips: 6d to 9d a dozen. POULTRY ! Cock chicks, heavy breeds, 9d to 2s 3d. Cock chicks, light breeds, 4d to lOd. Heavy hens, 2s 6d to 3s Jd. Lighter hens, ls 3d to 2s. Pullets, White Leghorn, forward, 5s to 7s 6d. Pullets. Black Orpington: 5s to 7s 9d. Pullets, smaller, 3s to 4s 3d. Roosters: ls 6d to 2s 9d. Prime heavy cockerels, 4s u 5s !-d. Light cockerels, 2s 6d to 3s 9d. Drakes, young, Is 3d to 3s. Muscovy ducks, 3s to 4s 9d. Muscovy drakes, 4s to ss. = Goblers, 10s to 16s. Turkey hens, 6s to Bs.