POTATOES DEARER

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 610, 12 March 1929, Page 12

POTATOES DEARER

PEACHES STILL CHEAP Good quality potatoes are scarce on the City Markets and a rise in rates has taken place. On the fruit benches, peaches continue to be cheap on account of the number of lines affected by ripe rot. Tomatoes have improved in value. Too many inferior apples are coming forward on the markets and good lines are bringing satisfactory prices. The shortage of oranges will be relieved when a large shipment of Californian Sunkist arrives to-morrow. The market for Te Kauwhata grapes is brisk. Bananas are selling well. In the vegetable market there are heavy supplies of most lines and the demand is fair. Quotations: FRUIT Pears —Bon Chretien. prime quality, green, 7s to 9s; ripe, 4s 6d to 8s; L.R.J., large, prime. 6s to Ss; Packham’s Triumph, 4s to Ss 6d. Blackberries —4d to 6d a chip. Peaches —Golden Queen, 3s to 6s; Lippiatt’s Late, 2s 6d to ss; others, 3s to 4s. Plums—Doris, 7s to 10s. Tomatoes —Special, round, smooth, 3s to 6s: No. 1 firm, 2s to 4s 6d. Apples—Cox Orange, 6s to 10s; Gravenstein, choice coloured. 5s to 9s; inferior, 3s to ss; cookers, prime. 4s to 5s 6d; smaH, 2s to 3s; mixed varieties, 2s to 2s 6d. Lemons—Best quality, 10s to 15s; others, Gs to Bs. Bananas—Ripe, large cases. No. 1. 24s to 295; medium, 10s to 16s; No. 2,7 s to 12s. Passions—No. 1,3 s 6d to 4s 6d a case; No. 2,2 s to 3s. Grapes—Te Kauwhata. 7s to 9s 6 a crate: hothouse, prime, Is to Is 6d a lb: others, 6d to lOd. Cape Gooseberries — to 5i a lb. Sweet Corn—3s to 4s a half-bushel case. FIELD PRODUCE Potatoes—Good, large, free from blight and rust, 4s to 6s 6d a bag; others, Is to 3s 6d. Onions —2s 9d to 3s 3d a bag. Kumeras—2-d to 2d a lb. Cabbage—2s to 12s 6d a sack. Cauliflower—4s t ol2s a sack. Swedes—2s to 3s 6d a bag. Pumpkins—3s to 5s 6d a cwt. Green Peas—4s to Ps a bag. Beans —Is 6d to 5s 6d a bag. Lettuce—ls to 5s a case. Cucumbers—3d to Is a dozen. Yege table Marrows—ls to 2s 6d a dozen. Water Melons —Heavy supplies; 3d to Is 6d each. Rock Melons—2d to Is 3d each. Cabbage—On benches, 2s to 5s a doz. Celery—ls to 3s a bundle. Rhubarb —Is 6d to 2s 6d a dozen. I Spinach—ls to Is 6d a dozen. Pumpkins—On benches, 3d to Is each, i Spring Onions —6d to Is 3d a bundle, i Radish—6d a dozen. Carrots, Parsnips, Beet and Turnips— Sd to Is 2d a dozen. Leeks —3d to 4d a bundle.