MARKET REPORT.

Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 60, 11 March 1921, Page 2

MARKET REPORT.

I TURNERS AND GROWERS. LTD. Trrni>r< asci Grower?. Ltd., I report That, taking fruit on the whole. , pn<-es This week were a considerable , improvement on the previous week, wifa the exception of totuatoe3. for whioh values ; were about the sam». No imported trait is : available at the present tiros, the next shipment of han-anas being due from Fiji in about eight days" time. Prices ;o-d»y i ranged as follows:—Gravenstein apples. . choice 12 ro i?i . medinm 7 to I*~> : prime cooking apples T to S 6. medium No. 246 j to 6': Scarlet Pearmains. choice sample 7 to 10 . medium 5 6 to 7 ; i'oi's orange pippin, choice, wrapped 9 to 10,. poor quality 5 to 7 : Northern Spy. few choice ■ romine to hand f> to 10. very green 6 to 8, : well i-oloured Delicious, Srsi quality 10■ to 12 . windfalls c to 7 : Jonathan's, choice local grown, wrapped 8 to 10 . medium 5-' " to 7 . Choice hothouse crapes. Colemans 2 to 2 B. Hamb'crgs 1 to 1 S. according to =ize and quality. Outdoor Grapes. Albany Surprise. TV Kauwhata. of which we handle the hulk of supplies from the leading fruitgrowers, prices ranged from 11 to 12 c per bos. A few odd boxf* at higher prices. Choice Swanson lines. 10 « to 11 6: Albany grown, loose, in boxes. 7 to 9 . Figs, larire size S to 10 . small •"> to 7 . r Lemons, choice 13 to "JO ilocall. medium s 8/ to 12 . Peaches, choice 7 to 11 . medinm S to 7 . Peirs. extra choice Louis Sons 10 to 12 . srood fair line." 7 to 9,. poor 6 : Bon Chretien, es cool store. 10 to 12 : cooking varieties. .> to •': otlier dessert. .' Capiaumont. etc. 6 to 8 : Pacfcham's triumph. 10 to 12 . Quinces, scarce. good demand, good 7 :o 3. medinm and poor •5. to 6 Passion*, prime 8 to 7 . second i grade S6 to 3 . Tape cooseberries at prices equalling 1 to 1/3 per 11). Bananas, few only, good 13' to 20 . poor quality 3 t« •10 . Island -intnses. market bare. Tooiato<"=. choice 2 tf to 4 . medium 1 6 to 2 ••. i Produce.—Kumaras, lid to l|d per lb: onions. H io 8 0 per cwt: potatoes. ■" f> 10 6 per owt: Swedes. 4 ?. per cort: pumpkins r> 0 per cwt: picklintr onions. l}d per lb: water melons. M to 3 8 each: cabbages. M to 3/ per dozen: cucumbers. 8d to 6 6 per dozen: beetroot, fid per dozen: beans, lid r>er lb: pens. 4d per lb: celery. '1 t9 , 2'B bund'.o: lettuce. 7d per dozen: .-pr'ni I onions od per dozen: citrons. 4 tf per cwt. ; Dairy Produce.— Eggs. 2 S to ":4j per dozen: butter. 1 <U to 2 "1J per lb. I Poultry.-Heavy supplies. Laree num- » ' bers of Mrds are comine to hand in poor I , condition. f.>r whvn ther' i« very llrti- ! demand All in eood condition sold at i 'satisfactory prices. Rosters up to 5 ea<-n. : i others S e'to fi fi: hens 4 to 7 . P'Kir 2 to i IS/; cockerels. 1 c to 4 ; .lucks, old 'i 9 to g< * . J each, yonnz 3 c to R : f«ung drakes. 2 3 to