In the Market Place

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1066, 2 September 1930, Page 11

In the Market Place

EGG PRICES LOWER FIRST ASPARAGUS SOLD Rapidly increasing supplies and only a moderate demand have driven egg prices still lower, a decrease of an average of one penny a dozen being noted at the City Markets auctions this morn- | ing. Over-supplies of nearly every vegetable in season has led to low prices, kumeras from Tauranga alone showing a beter return. This is due to supplies having fallen off with low values ruling some weeks ago. Cabbage, cauliflower, lettuce, celery and swedes have come forward in too great quantities for the market. New potatoes are in good supply. Values quoted lor a shipment of Californian onions which arrived „last week were not up to expectations, and these have been selling only slowly. The season’s first asparabus came to hand late last Friday, realising from 2s to 3s 3d a bundle. There will be no direct shipment of fruit from Sydney this week, hut supplies in hand will be sufficient to tide the market over until the next boat. Mandarins from the cooler are bringing from 9s to 12s 6d, according to condition. Apples are still dull, as are also Poorman orange? and lemons, which are in very large supply. Island oranges are seling well, bananas also meeting with a good demand. Passions, in short supply, are dear. Tree tomatoes are dull of sale except for prime quality. Farmers’ butter remains firm at lid to Is 2d, although the price for the factory product fell one penny a pound last week. Supply and demand are moderate. Quotations: FRUIT Apples.—Delicious, 4s to 8s; Doughertys, 3s to 6s; Sturmers, Gs 6d to 8s; Munroes, 4s to 6s; Ballarats. Gs to 7s Gd; Grannie Smith, 8s to 10s. Pears.—Coles, 5s to 8s Gd; Nells, Gs to 10s; p. Barrys, Gs to 7s Gd. Tomatoes.—Hothouse, 5d to Is 2d lb Tree Tomatoes.—2s to 5s 6d; dark variety, 7s to 10s Gd. Lemons. —Choice, 7s to 9s; others, 5s to 6s. Passions.—Bs to 14s. Grapefruit.—Large sizes, picked counts, Ds to 10s Gd; small, 4s to ss. Poorman Oranges.—Large, 7s to 8s; small, 2s Cd to 3s. Grapefruit.—Californian, 44s to 455. Oranges.—lsland repacks, according to count, 14s to J6s; Australian Navels. 10s to 13s; Australian Mediterranean Sweets, 8s to 10s. Bananas.—No. I’s, 24s to 255; No. 2 s and mediums, 15s to 225. Grapes.—Cauifornian Red Malagas, 33s to 36s barrel; Californian Red Malagas, 20s case; Californian White Malagas, 26s barrel; Californian White Malagas, 10s to ISs case. FIELD PRODUCE Potatoes.—Southern, Gs to 6s Gd cwt; new, 2d to 3id lb. Onions. —Californian, 18s Gd bag, or £1 a crate; local, 12s to 15s cwt. Kumeras.—lsland. Us cwt; Tauranga, 8s 6d to 10s Gd cwt. Cabbage.—Market glutted, Is to 5s sack. Cauliflower.—Market glutted, Is to 4s sack. Swedes.—la to 3s 9d bag. Pumpkins.—7s to 14s cwt. Beans.—Hothouse, Is 6d to 2s lb. Lettuce. —Is to 5s 6d case. Cucumbers.—Hothouse, 5s to Ss doz. Vegetable Marrows.—ls Gd to 2s 6<l doz. Cabbage.—On benches, Is to Is 6d doz. <Cauliflower. —On benches, Is to 4s doz. Celery.—6d to 3s bundle. Rhubarb.—3s to 4s Gd dozen. Spinach.—9d to Is 3d dozen. Pumpkins.—On benches, Is to 2s Gd each. Radish.—6d to 9d dozen. Spring Onions.—Gd to Is bundle. Carrots, Parsnips, Beet and Turnips. —ls to Is 9d dozen. Leeks.—3d to 5d bundle.