In the Market Place

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 624, 28 March 1929, Page 12

In the Market Place

GLUT OF POTATOES

FRUIT SALES IMPROVE The City Markets were well stocked for the Easter auctions to-day. Southern potatoes are still realising good prices, although there has been a decline in value. Local potatoes are cheap. A general improvement in value and demand is noticeable in the fruit market. Cox's Orange, the highest priced apples, have risen in value. Jonathan apples are dearer, too. The best Louis Bon pears are meeting with a keen inquiry. A slight rise has taken place for Te Kauwhata grapes. Little change is apparent in hothouse grape sales. Peaches are meeting with a fair inquiry. Golden Queen peaches are selling well. First-grade bananas are dear. All lines of vegetables were heavily supplied to-day. Poultry has been in exceptionally heavy supply during the past week, most lines being over-supplied on comparatively dull markets. Choice heavy cockerels have maintained their values, but there have been declines in all other prominent lines. Turkeys have come forward in numbers well above the average, but the quality has generally been poor for this time of the year. Quotations: FRUIT Apples: Cox Orange,' choice, 8s to 12s a case; ditto, small., 5s to 7s; Jonathan. 4s to 7s; Large Cookers, 4s to Gs; Delicious, 3s to 7s; Northern Spy, 4s to 7s; other lines, 3s to 4s. Pears: Louis Bons, choice, 8s to 10s: ditto, small, 6s to 7s; Packham's Triumph 4s to 7s; cooking pears, 3s to 4s. Peaches: Golden Queen,, choice, 6s to 7s 6d; ditto, others, 4s to ss; other peaches, 3s to ss. Tomatoes; Best local, 4s to 5s 6d; seconds and small, Is 6d to 2s 6d; Hutt tomatoes, 2s to ss. Tree Tomatoes: 4s to 7s 6d. Passions: 3s to ss. Hothouse Grapes: Colman, choice, Is ;kl to 2s; ditto, No. 2, Is to Is 3d: Hambourgs, 6d to Is 3d. Grapes: Te Kauwhata, 7s to Ss. Mushrooms: According to condition, 2d to Sd. Cape Gooseberries: -Id to 5d Lemons: Local, 6s to 15s. Sweet Corn: 4s to Is 6d. Bananas: First-grade, repacks. 27s 6d to 32s 6d; medium, 15s to 20s; No. 2,1.2 s to 14s. Oranges: Sunkist, 34s to 37s Sd. Blackberries: 4d to 6d. Persimmons: 4s 6d to 6s 6d. FIELD PRODUCE Potatoes: Southern, 8s 6d to 9s a cwt; local, 2s 6d to 3s 6d a bag. Onions: 3s 6d to 4s a bag. Kumeras: Id to ljd a lb. Cabbage: 2s to 12s a sack. Cauliflower: 7s to 10s a sack. Swedes: Is 6d to 2s 6d a bag. Pumpkins: 3s to 5s 6d a cw;. Green Peas: 7s to 12s a bag. Beans: 6s to 10s a bag. "Lettuce: 4s to 9s a case. Cucumbers: 6d to Is 9d a dozen. Vegetable Marrows: Is 6d to 2s 6d a dozen. Water Melons: 3d to Is each. Bock Melons: 2d to 9d each. Cabbage: On benches, 2s to 5s a dozen. Celery: Is to 3s 6d a bundle. Rhubarb: 2s 6d to 4s a dozen. Spinach: Is to Is 3d a dozen. Pumpkins: On benches, 4d to Is 3d each. Spring Onions: 6d to 9d each. Radish: 6d a dozen. Carrots, Parsnips and Turnips: 6d to lOd a dozen. Leeks: id to 5d a bundle. POULTRY Cock chicks, heavy breeds, Is to 2s 3d: light breeds, Is to Is 9d. Heavy hens, 2s 3d to 3s 3d; lighter hens, Is 9d to 2s 9d. Pullets: White Leghorn, forward, 6s 6d to Ss 6d; Black Orpington, 6s 6d to Ss; smaller, 2s to 3s- 3d. Roosters, Is 6d to 3s 9d. Prime heavy cockerels, 5s to 6s 9d; light cockerels, 2s 3d to 3s 3d. Drakes, young, 2s 3d to 3s; ducks. Is 9d to 2s 6d. Moscovy ducks, 3s to 4s 9d; Moseovy drakes, 4s to 5s 6d. Goblers, 6s to 10s. Turkey hens, 3s to 4s 6d. Geese,. 2s 6d to 3s.