In the Market Place

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 601, 1 March 1929, Page 10

In the Market Place

GLUT OF TOMATOES PEAR PRICES HIGHER Growers aro still bringing forward large quantities of tomatoes to the City Markets, and the sales benches are again glutted. Even firm and smooth lines are selling at lower raAes. Pears have shown an advance in price since the beginning of the week. Banana rates are not changed. Ripe bananas are still cheap. Inferior apples have dropped in value. Potatoes, lettuces, pumpkins and onions are in exceptionally heavy supply in the vegetable market. A keen demand existed for most lines at to-day’s poultry auction. Values for ducks and drakes have increased slightly. Heavy hens are selling well and good light breed birds are the medium of brisk competition. Quotations: FRUIT Pears—Bon Chretien, prime quality, 6s to Ss 6d.; small, 3s 6d to 4s 6d. Blackberries—4d to 6d a chip. Peaches—Choice coloured, 6s to 10s; others, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; Lippiatt’s late, 4s to ss. Plums —Satsuma, large, 4s to 5s 6d; small, 2s 6d to 3s 6d; Doris, 4s to Ss. Tomatoes—Special, round, smooth. Is 9d to 2s 6d; No. 1 firm. Is 6d to 2s; ripe, Is to Is 3d. Apples—Choice, coloured Gravensteins, 6s to 8s; inferior, 3s to ss; cookers, prime, 4s to 5s 6d; small, 2s to 3s; mixed varieties, 2s to 3s. Lemons—Best quality, 10s to 15s; others, 6s to Bs. Oranges—Californian Sunkist Navels, I7s 6d to 48s 6d; Jaffa, repacked, 35s to SSs. Bananas—Ripe, large cases, No. 1,15 s to 20s; medium, 10s to 12s; No. 2, 6 s to 10s. Passions—No. 1,4 s to 5s a case; No. 2,2 s to 3s. Grapes—Te Kauwhata, 9s to 12s 6d a crate; hothouse, prime, Is to Is 6d alb; others, 8d to lOd a lb. Cape Gooseberries—4d to 5d a lb. Sweet Corn—2s 6d to 3s 6d half-bushel case. FIELD PRODUCE Potatoes—Large, free of blight and rust, 3s 9d to 4s 6d a bag; others, 2s to 3s 6d. Onions—2s 9d to Ss 3d a bag. Kumeras— to 2d a lb. Cabbage—3s to 10s a sack. Swedes—ls 6d to 2s 6d a bag. Pumpkins—3s to 6s a cwt. Green Peas—4s to 9s a bag. Beans—2s to 5s a bag. Lettuce —Is to 4s 6d a case. Cucumbers —3d to 9d a dozen. A'egetable Marrow's—ls to 2s a dozen Water Melons—4d to Is 6d each. Rock Melons—4d to Is 3d each. Cabbage—2s to 4s 6d a dozen. Celery—ls to 2s 9d a bundle. Rhubarb—ls to Is 6d. a dozen. Spinach—9d to Is 6d a dozen. Pumpkins—9d to Is 3d each. Spring Onions—6d to Is 6d a bundle. Radish—6d to 9d a dozen. Carrots, Parsnips, Beet and Turnips, 6d to Is a dozen. Leeks—4d to 6d a bundle. POULTRY

Cock Chicks, heavy breeds—ls to 2s 3d Cock Chicks, light breeds—9d to Is 3d Heavy Hens—2s 6d to 3s 9d. Lighter Hens—ls 3d to 2s 6d. Pullets, White Leghorn, forward—ss to Ss. Pullets, Black Orpington, 5s to 7s 9d. Pullets, smaller, 2s 6d to 3s 3d. Roosters, Is 6d to 2s 9d. Prime Heavy Cockerels—4s to 5s 6d. Light Cockerels—2s 6d to 3s 9d. Drakes, young—2s to 3s. Ducks—ls 6d to 2s 3d. Moseovy Ducks—3s to 4s 9d. Moscovy Drakes—4s to ss. Gobblers. 9s to 12s. Turkey Hens—ss to 7s. Geese—s® to 6s,