In the Market Place

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 604, 5 March 1929, Page 14

In the Market Place

TOMATO RATES BETTER GREEN PEAS DEAR Tomato rates improved slightly on the City Markets to-day, but they are still extremely cheap. Large quantities of apples and pears are available, but values are well maintained. There is a good inquiry for first quality peaches. Bananas cpntinue to sell well. Better quality potatoes are selling more freely and rates show a slight improvement on the prices ruling for several weeks past. Green peas are dearer now and beans have also risen in value. Both are in good supply, but the demand is keener. Onions, pumpkins and inferior potatoes are still in heavy supply in the vegetable market. Quotations: FRUIT Pears: Bon Chretien, prime quality, green, 7s to 9s; ripe, 4s 6d to 6s; L.8.J., large prime, 6s to 7s; small, 3s to 4s. Blackberries: 4d to 6d chip. Peaohes: Prime, 5s to 7s; Golden Queen, 5s to 8s; Lippiatt's Late, 4s to ss. Plums: Doris, 5s to 9s. Tomatoes: Special round, smooth. Is 9d to 3s; No. 1, firm, Is 6d to 2s; ripe, Is to Is 3d. Apples: Choice coloured Gravenstein, 5s to 8s; inferior, 3s to ss; cookers, prime 4s to 6s 6d, small 2s to 3s; mixed varieties, 2s to 2s 6d. Lemons: Best quality, 10s to 15s; others, 6s to Bs. Bananas: Ripe, large cases, No. 1. 18s to 245; medium, 10s to 16s; No. 2,6 s to 10s. Passions: No. 1,4 sto 5s case; No. 2, 2s to 3s case. Grapes: Te Kauwhata, 9s to 12s 6d crate; hothouse, prime, Is to Is 6d lb; others, Sd to lOd lb. Cape gooseberries: 4d to 5d lb. Sweet corn, 2s 6d to 3s 6d half-bushel FIELD PRODUCE Potatoes: Large, free from blight and rust, 4s to 4s 9d: others, 2s to 3s 9d. Onions: 2s fid to 3s 3d bag. Kumeras: lid to 2d lb. Spinach: Is to Is 6d dozen. Pumpkins: On benches, 3d to is each. Cabbage: 3s to 15s sack. Swedes: Is 9d to 2s 6d bag. Pumpkins: 3s to 6s cwt. Green peas: 5s to 10s bag. Beans: 3s to 7s bag. Lettuce: Is 6d to 5s 6d case. Cucumbers: 3d to Is dozen. Vegetable marrows: Is to 2s fid dozen. Water melons: 6d to 2s each. Rock melons: 3d to 2s each. Cabbage: On benches, Is fid to 4s bd dozen. Celery: Is to 2s 9cl bundle. Rhubarb: Is to Is 6d dozen. Spring onions: fid to Is 4d bundle. Radish: 6d dozen. Carrots, parsnips, beet and turnips: 6d to Is dozen. Leeks: 3d to 4d bundle.