AT THE MARTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 178, 29 July 1932, Page 4

AT THE MARTS.

EGGS IN FAIR SUPPLY. ISLAND ORANGES IN DEMAND. > ' > MANDARINS ARE CHEAP. ) " ' As there will not be any arrivals of ) fruit from Australia next week, stocks of oranges and mandarins should be worked down before the next shipment is }to hand. Island oranges have been in ? fair demand this week, but locally-grown marmalade oranges only realise low prices. Tomatoes from the Islands and from Australia met with only fair demand. Apples and pears still rule low in price and are , slow of sale. Ripe repacked bananas met ' with ready sale. Quotations are:— Apples: Delicious, 3/ to 5/ per case; } Jonathans, 3/ to 5/; Ballarats, 4/ to 5/6; Granny Smith, 5/6 to 7/; Munroes, 4/ to 5/; Salome, 4/ to 4/6; Stunners, 5/ to 5/6; Parlins Beauty, 3/ to 4/6. Pears: Coles and Nelis, 6/ to .7/6; Keiffers, 4/ to 5/. Passions: Local, 5/ to 9/. Oranges: Island, ) according to count. 11/ to 14/; Australian 5 Navels, 7/ to 9/. Grapefruit: Local, 3/ to ' 4/6. Mandarins: 6/ to 9/. Tomatoes: I Hothouse, 10/ to 18/; Australian, 6/ to j 6/6; Island, 13/ to 14/6. Lemons: 4/ to ) 8/. Tree tomatoes: 3/ to 5/6; Black, 5/ to 7/. Pines; Australian, 12/ to 14/. Bananas: No. 1, up to 18/; No. 2 and . mediums, 10/ to 14/. Vegetables. ) Celery met with better inquiry this week. Supplies of cabbage and cauliflower ' continue very heavy and pumpkins arc 1 still hard to quit. The market is over Slip- ' plied with carrots this week and low price: , ruled. Fine kumaras are still coming forward from Tauranga. Quotations are: — Potatoes, Southern, 7/6 to 8/ per cwt; new, VAA to 2%d per lb; onions, local, 7/ to 8/6 per bag; Southern, 7/ to 12/ per cental; kumaras. Island, 7/ per cwt; Taurange, 5/6 to 6/6; cabbage, 1/6 to 3/6 per sack; cauliflower, 2/6 to 4/6; swedes, 2/ • to 3/ per bag; pumpkins, 2/ to 4/ per 1 cwt; citron melons, 1/6 to 2/6 per sack; green peas, 7d to Bcl per lb; beans, hot- ) house, 8d to 1/6; lettuce, 6d to 4/ per ) case; cucumbers, hothouse, 3/ to 6/ per • dozen; vegetable marrows, 1/6 to 3/; cab- > bage, loose, 1/ to 2/; cauliflower, loose, ' 6d to 5/; celery, 9d to 3/9 per bundle: rhubarb, 2/ to 4/6 per dozen; spinach, 6d to 1/3; pumpkins, loose, 2d to 6d each; spring onions, 4d to 9d per bundle; carrots, parsnips, beet and turnips, 3d to > 6d per dozen; leeks, 2d to 4d per bundle; • Brussel sprouts, 3V6d to 4V£d per lb; . chokos, 6d to 1/ per dozen. 1 Eggs and Butter. ) The demand for eggs, which increased > when the sharp fall in price occurred, has 1 still been maintained in spite of the slight ! recovery in prices. Supplies of both hen and duck eggs have been moderate this ; week. Quotations remain unchanged at 1/4% per dozen for first grade hen and duck, 1/3% for B grade and l/VA for C grade. Farmers' butter sells at 8d to ll%d per lb. Poultry. At to-day's auctions the supply of poultry was small and the demand was fair. The prices paid remain about level, except for prime table birds, which were a little dearer. Selling rates were as follow: — Cockerels: Heavy breeds, prime, 2/9 to 5/ each; not prime, 2/ up; light breeds, prime, 2/ to 3/; not prime, 1/ up. Fat roosters: Heavy breeds, prime, 1/9 to 2/3; light breeds, 1/3 to 1/0. Fat hens: Heavy breeds, 2/ to 2/9; light breeds, 1/6 to 2/. Pullets: Heavy breeds, best, 2/ to 3/9; smaller, 2/ up; light breeds, best, 2/6 to 3/9; smaller, 2/ up. Drakes: Young, prime, 2/ to 3/; smaller, 1/6 up. Ducks: Young, 2/ to 3/; old, 1/ to 1/6. Drakes: Old,- 1/ to 1/6. Geese: 2/6 to 3/6. Turkey hens: 3/ to 5/6. Gobblers: 5/ to 12/.