In the Market Place
APPLES DEARER NEW ORANGES TOMORROW Several lines of apples showed an advance in value in the sales in the | City Marts to-day. The market has ! improved. Keiffer and Cole pears have also \ risen in value. The Waipahi’s shipment of Island oranges is expected at Auckland tomorrow. The fruit should meet with a ready demand. Local fruits continue to be fairly I well stocked, and the general tone of the market is sound. Repacked bananas are bringing sat- | isfactory prices. i There are good supplies of all lines I vegetables. Southern potatoes have I advanced slightly in value. 1 Quotations: FRUIT Apples.—Delicious, extra choice, 7s 6d -o 9s: other lines of Delicious, 5s to 7s 6d: Jonathan. 7s to 9s; M unroes, 6s to 7s : 6d; Ballarats. 7s to Ss 6d; Granny Smith, <s to 9s; Lippiatte, 5s to 7s. Pears.—Keiffers. 5-s to 6s: Coles, 6s to 8s 6d; Nelis, 4s to Ss. Tomatoes.—Best local, 6s to Ss: others, 3s to 6s; hothouse. 6d to Is lb: Hutts, 4s to 6s 6d. I Tree Tomatoes.—3s to ss. Passions.—6s to 12s 6d. Cape Gooseberries.—4d to sd. Persimmons.—2s 6d to 3s Gd. Lemons.—No. l's, 10s to 14s; No. 2’s 6s to 9s. Grapes.—Extra choice Colman, is 9d to 2s 6d: hothouse. Colman others. Is to Is fid. Oranges.—Sunkist, 32s to 345:. Island, ex Wellington, 16s to 20s. Bananas.—No. 1 repacks, 28s to 325; No. 2,16 s to 20s. FIELD PRODUCE Potatoes.—Southern, 7s 6d to Ss Gd cwt; local, 3s 6d to 5s bag. Onions.—3s to 4s. Kumeras. —3s to ss. Cabbage.—2s to 8s 6d sack. Cauliflower. —3s to 12s sack. Swedes.—ls 6d to 3s 6d bag. Pumpkins.—3s to 6s cwt. Beans.—4s to 9s bag. Lettuce.—ls to 4s case. Vegetable Marrows. —Is to 2s dozen. Citron Melons.—2s to 3s sack. Cabbage.—On benches. 2s to 5s dozen. Cauliflower.—On benches.—3d to Is Id each. Celery.—9d to 3s bundle. Rhubarb.—ls 6d to 2s 6d dozen. Spinach.—id to Sd dozen. Pumpkins.—On benches. 3d to Sd each. ! Spring Onions.—3d to Sd bundle. Radish. —6d dozen. Carrots, Parsnips, Beet and Turnips.— : 6d to Is dozen. Leeks.—3d to 4d bundle. Chokos.—ls to 2s dozen.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 668, 21 May 1929, Page 10
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