LOCAL FOOD PRICES.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 95, 23 April 1926, Page 4

LOCAL FOOD PRICES.

1 II ; TOO MANY APPLES. -■ ; PUMPKINS,'ALSO A GLUT. , - The fruit marts continue to be overmipplied with email and inferior grades of apples and these are almost unsaleable. Better sorts have sold as follow:—Delicious 3/ to 6/ per case, Ballarat Seedling 4/8 >o 5/6, Jonathan 3/ ' t0,6/, Golden Kusaets 3/ to 5/6, Sharpe's I Late Red 2/6 to 3/, Northern Spy 3/6 tor 4/6. Good dessert pears are in short supply, but a lot of Keifers have been ■ arriving on the market in an over-ripe condition. Prices have been: —rßeurre deil 4/ to 4/6, Keifers 3/ to 5/, .Coles 10/ to 11/. Hutt-grown tomatoes have been very ; plentiful. They have met with a keen ' demand hut at lower prices—2/ to 4/ . per case. Outdoor grapes are nearly done, 7/ to 10/ per case, hothouse, 1/ to 2/3 per ■ lb. Other prices:—Tree tomatoes, 4/ to 7/ per case; cape gooseberries, 7d to 8d per lb; bananas ex Tofua. 19/ per case, - re-packed 25/ to 30/, re-packed orangee 20/, lemons 8/ to 15/. '. Vegetables. . ■ -Potatoes are still in good supply and Jbring from 3/ to 4/9 per sugar bag. There.has been a heavy supply of onions but of poor quality, bringing. 4/ to 9/ per cwt, prime 11/6 to 14/. The market* lor . pumpkins is gliitlcu, and these (have- realised from 3/ to 7/ per , cw't. 'Eumaras are - coming in ■ more ■freely. / "Present price is to lid per : r ::-\ ;...■ .. ~ ■■; /,■■ Other, sales have been:—Swedes 2/ "; per sugar bag, Citron melons 3/6 to 4/ per-cwt," cucumbers 2/ to' 3/6: per 'doz., lettuce. .1/6i-t6 6/ per case, cabbages' 3/ ■' to T/r per. sack,' cauliflowers' , 3/' to 13/, bean's 2/ per bag, peas 2d to.3d per lb, celery 6d to 2/ per biihdle, rhu- ■: batb ; 2/6 ,to ,3/6 per doz., marrows 1/6 -to •3/-.'per .doz., carrots,, beets, turnips Ind 6d to 10d per doz. lots.. •;- ■;•'■■ "- "" . ' vFisTl. j. • •..;.- :,-■'; V ■ There; hais been a good supply of j. fresh 'fish' during the week. Garfish or v piper as , they; are commonly called, have '■. ' made- their ; appearance in the. shops. Eetail ptices are::— lYesh. fillets, schnapper, 'terkkihi .and trevalli, 3d to 4d each'; •' John' Dory,■' 1/.'. per lb;; kihgfish, 10d : per lb; kippered fillets, 1/ per lb; •■. ■■lemon fish, 8d per lb; gurnard, creamnßfi'ahd mussels, 2/ per dozen; v piper, 1/3 per dozen; whitebait, 9d per gjassj fresh 'schnapper and trevalli, 6d to : 8d each:" mullet,; 9d to 1/6; hapiika 'and kihgfigh, 1/ per lb; flounder, 4d to 1/6. Smoked fish: Schriapper,; lOd |por ( lb; mullet, ' lOa-.t trevalliy 9d; '.kippers/. 9d pjer .pair; eilver strip, 8d pewlb;.;crayfish, 10d. to 1/ per ib;Xrabbits, 1/ each; *■'- v %

The high.. price ruling for eggs in Auckland' resulted in supplies being sent acrpss from, Australia, which is somewhat" unusual. These are of course drilled aggs. l ' At the auction marts this week hen eggs sold from ; 3/3 to ,3/3-$ per: dozen; pullet eggs 2/7 and 2/9, arid duck eggs .3/ 'per. dozen. Ketail riates to-day are.: Fresh hen eggs 3/6 _t0 3/8 per'dozen, ;pullets.7 3/4 to 3/6. duck eggs ■&-iT''- '■' ,""-""" x ■ 2." ' ".

Butter and Cheese. . Factory butter is quoted 1/9 per lb, cash: across the cbunteir-for superfine, 1/8 for first grade, 1/7 for second grade! Farmers' make is offered at 1/5 *to .1/6 per lb.a. At'auction ;.this week farmers' butter sold from 1/3 up to 1/7' . , per lb. .':.'.- ' Bacon and Ham. Whole hams are quoted retail at 1/4 ' to 1/5 per lb, rashers 1/9 to 1/10. Bacon, in cuts 9Jd to 1/5,-rashers-1/4 to 1/6 per'lb.*■■" v *_«.' •_' ■ ' * ".-. '.."■ Poultry. ; ' i At the local auction marts to-day there was a fair entry and better .prices for-•' ofilj ducksl - Values were f-VHeavy i- prime cockerels. 4/3 to 6/3 each; lighter, ' 2/9-to 4/; heavy prime hens, 2/9 to 3/?;. lighter, 1/6 roosters, 1/6 to 3/3; -young drakes, prime, 3/, to .4/6; old ducks, 2/ ~tOa:3/6; pullets about to-lay, . 7/6 to 10/6; others, 5/6 to 7/6.