In the Market Place

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 876, 21 January 1930, Page 10

In the Market Place

PEACHES CHEAPER NEW BANANA SHIPMENT Larqcr quantities of oeaches are coming forward on the city markets, and present sales show a decline in values. A slight decline was evident today in banana prices owing to the shipment of 9,000 cases, brought from the Blands by the ToDua. Most of these e selling ex wharf up to 235. Shipments of bananas will increase in size steadily from now on: consignments from Fiji are already larger. A good quantity of the Tofua’s fruit i s ripe, and ready for sale. Whether there will be a distribution of the shipment through the province will depend on the condition of the fruit which reached Wellington by the Maui Pomare. Good, large, coloured apples arc selling fairly well, but all lines of plums have declined. There is no demand for small Burbanks. Inferior grades of tomatoes are slow of sale. Strawberries are much poorer in quality, and decreases in price are reported. Hothouse grapes are well sought, and a few choice lines are bringing up to 2s a lb. Quotations: FRUIT Appl.s.—Astrakhan*, firsts, large, Ts to i a case; small, 2s to ss; Gravensteins, , hoi*.e coloured, 8s to 2 0s: small, 2s 6d i'* 4s; windfalls. 2s to 2s 6d: cookeis. 3s .Strawberries.—Captain Cooks, ts to Is 7d chip; Helcnsley Surprise, 9rl to Is Id: Marguerites, 6d to lOd. Bananas.—Ripe, in bushel cases. to j Peaches.—Choice coloured dessert, 6s I

to 7s 6d; Carmens, 4s to ss; stewing, 3s to 4s; Wiggins, 4s to 6s. Apricots.—Choice. 6s to 12s; others, 2s to 4s 6d. Plums.—Tragedy prunes, Ss to 10s; Sultans, 3s to 6s; Burbanks, Is 6d to 3s 3d; Hales’s Early, 2s to 3s; other varieties, l.s 6d to 4s 6d. Grapes.—Hothouse, average, Is id to Is 9d a lb. Black Currants.—9s to 10s a box. Lemons.—Firsts, 12s to 14s; seconds. 6s to 9s. Oranges.—Californian. 40s to 42s 6d. Tomatoes.. —Hothouse, 4d lo 9d a lb; choice ripe outdoor, 5s 6d to 6s 6d a case; firm and half-ripe, 3s to 4s: seconds. Is 6d to 2s 6d. FIELD PRODUCE Potatoes.—New, Is tid to 3s a bag. Onions.—New season’s. Is 6d to 2s 6d a bag. Kumeras.—Tauranga, 10s to 12s Gd a Cabbages.—2s to 5s a sack. Cauliflowers.—ls to 6s a sack. Swedes.—2s to 4s a bag. Pumpkins.—6s to 10s 6d a cwt. Green Peas.—ss to 13s a bag. Beans.—3d to 5d a lb. Lettuces.—ls to 3s Gd a case. Cucumbers.—Outdoor, Kd to 2s a dozen. Vegetable Marrows.—ls 6d to 2s Gd a dozen. Cabbages.—On benches. 2s to Cs a dozen. Celery.—ls 6d to 3s 9d a bundle. Rhubarb.—ls a dozen. Spinach.—ls a dozen. Pumpkins.—9d to 2s each. Radishes. —6d to JOd dozen. Spring Onions. —6d to Is bundle. Carrots, Parsnips, Beet, and Turnips. —9d to 2s Gd a dozen.

HIGH PRICE FOR CALF From Our Own Correspondent. WAIUKU. Monday. A price of 200gns lias been paid by Mi. J. I. Dickey, of Kahekahe. for a ten-weeks-old bull calf of the registered milking Shorthorn strain, which he purchased from Mr. Jonn McGowan, of Waipipi Road. Waiuku The dam of the calf is Matungi Quality stli. and the sire is Matangi Quality 4tlVs Lad. The price i.s the highest reported for any animal sold in the district this season.