In the Market Place

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 642, 19 April 1929, Page 10

In the Market Place

BANANAS SCARCER LOW APPLE RATES There were fewer bananas offering in tho City Marts to-day, and values were higher. Apples have dropped in price and the demand is very slow. Pears, too, are hard to clear, even at low rates. Passions are in shorter supply, and there Is a fair demand for good hothouse grapes. Outdoor grapes, however, are on a poor market. Oranges continue to sell well. Tomatoes are still offering at decreased rates. Mushrooms are now coming forward in large quantities, and are meeting with a satisfactory demand. There is no lessening in the supplies ot the chief lines of vegetables. Rock melons have now gone off the market. Quotations; FRUIT Apples.—-Cox’s Orange, 9s to 12s; Delicious, 3s 6d6 to 6s; Jonathan, 4s to 6s 6d; Ballarats, 5s to 6s 6d; Munroes 4s to 5s Gd; Northern Spy, 4s to 6s. Pears.—Louise Bon, 6s to 7s; Faekham's Triumph, 4s to 6s 6d; Clairgeau, 2s 6d to Is; Beurre Diel, 3s to 4s; iveifters, as to 4s; Coles, 3s to 6d 6d; Nelis, 4s to 6s 6d. Tomatoes.—Best local. 4s to 6s; seconds and small. Is bd to 2s 6d; Tlutts, 2s 6d to 4s. Passions.—3s 6d to 6s. Cape Gooseberries.—3d to s’d. Tree Tomatoes.—2s Od to 4s. Persimmons.—2s 6d to 3s. Grapes.—Hothouse, extra choice Colman, is to Is 9d; others, Col man, Sd to 10d; Golden Queen, 9d to lUid; Hamburgs 9d to Is; To Kauwhata, outdoor, 5s to 7s box. l 0 Oranges.—Sunkist, 32s 6d: Fiji, Ss to Mandarine.—Fiji, 6s to 11s. Bananas.—Repacks, 25s to 325. Lemons.—No. 1, lus to 13s; No. 2, Gs to 9s. Egg Fruit.—2s a small box. Mushrooms.—4d to Is lb. FIELD PRODUCE Potatoes.—Southern, 7s to Ss cwt; local, 2s 6d to 4 s bag. Onions.—Ss to 9s cwt. Kumeras.—Cs to 4s 6d bag. Cabbage.—2s to 9s sack. Cauliflower.—7s to 11s sack. Swedes.—ls 6d to 3s bag. Pumpkins.—3s to 6s cwx. Green Peas.—ss to 10s bag. Beans.—3s to 6s bag. Lettuce.—ls to 3s dozen. Cucumbers.—ls to 2s 6d dozen. A egetable Marrows.—ls to 2s doz. Water Melons.—3d to Sd each. Cabbage.—Cm benches. 2s to 5s dozen. Celery.—is to 3s 6d bundle. Rhubarb.—3s to 4s 6d dozen. Wpinacli.—ls to Is 3d dozen. Pumpkins.—On benches.—4d to Is 6d each. Spring Onions. —2d to 6d bundle. Radish.—6d to 9d dozen. Carrots. Parsnips, Beet and Turnips.— 4d to 9d dozen. Leeks. —3d to 4d bundle. POULTRY Cock Chicks.—Heavy breeds Is 6d to 2s 3d: light breeds, Is 6d to 2s. Heavy Hens.—3s 3d to 4s Go.' Lighter Hens.—2s 2d to 3s Ed. Pullets.—White Leghorn, forward.—s s .Gd to 7s: Black Orpington, 5s Gd to 6s 6d. - Roosters.—2s 6d to 3s 9d: Pullets.—Small. 2s to 3s 3d. Prime Heavy Cockerels. —5s to 7s 9d. Light Cockerels. —3s to -is. Drakes.—Young 2s 9d to 3s 6d. Ducks.—3s to 3s 6d. Muscovy Drakes.—4s to 5s bd; Ducks, 2s to 4s 9d. Goblers.—Ss to 13s. Turkey Hens.—ss to 7s. Geese.—3s to 4s.