AT THE MARTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 149, 27 June 1933, Page 4

AT THE MARTS.

APPLES DULL OF SALE.

VEGETABLES SELLING BETTER. ' BANANAS CHEAPER TO-DAY. Very few hothouse grapes arc now being sent in, and tomatoes grown under glass ; are also in shorter supply. Lemons meet with ready sale, but for apples and pears the market continues dull. Oranges arc a little cheaper this week. A further shipment of this fruit is due on Wednesday. Bananas were quitted at lower prices to-day. (Quotations arc: — Fruit. Apples: Delicious, 3/ to 5/ per case; Brighton, 4/0 to 0/; Ballaiats, 5/ to 0/', Stunners, 5/ to 0/0; Munros, 4/ to 5/; Granny Smith, 0/ to 7/0. Pears: Coles and Nelis, S/ to 11/; P. Barry, 7/ to 8/0. Passions: 0/ to 11/. Oranges: Californian, 32/0 to 30/; Island, repacked, 18/ to 24/. Mandarins: Fiji, repacked, 15/ to 18/ per bushel case. Grape fruit: New Zealand,, large, 4/6 to 5/ per case; small, 2/0 to 3/0; Californian,. 37/. Tomatoes: Hothouse, extra choice, 13/ to 15/; others, 0/ to 12/0: outdoor, 4/ to 8/. Bananas: 10/ to 14/0. Guavas: 3/ to 3/9. Tree tomatoes: New black, 5/ to 0/; others, 3/ to 4/0. Lemons: Extra choice, cured, 12/ to 15/; others, 8/ to 9/. Grapes: Choice Colmans, to 2/4',2 per lb; others, lOd to 1/4. Cape gooseberries: 3d per lb. Vegetables. The market for onions is very quiet. Heavy supplies are being sent in, a large proportion of which are soft and sproutI ing. Deliveries of both cabbage and caulij flower have been rather short, and higher j prices were obtained. Kumaras are getting scarcer, but supplies of Brussels sprouts have been fair, and the demand good. Heavy supplies of Southern potatoes have reached this market and large Tiiantitics of swedes continue to be sent in. Quotations are: — Potatoes. Southern, white, 0/0 per cwt; Dakota, 7/9; swedes, I/O to 2/0 per bag; onions, 1/ to 2/0: kumaras, 4/ to 0/6; cabbages. 2/6 to 0/0 per sack; 011 benches, 1/ to 3/0 per dozen; cauliflowers, 4/ to 8/6 per sack; 011 benches, 1/ to 5/6 per dozen; pumpkins, 2/ to 5/ per cwt; cucumbers, 4/ to 0/0 per dozen; carrots, Od to 9d, or 2/ to 2/0 per bag; parsnips, 2/ to 3/3 per bag; beet, Od to 1/ per dozen; turnips, (M; raitisb, i/'; spring onions, 0d to Od per bundle; spinach, Od to 1/3 per dozen; leeks, Id to 3d per bundle; French beans, Od to 1/3 per lb; Brussels sprouts, 4d to r.'/ad per lb; marrows, 1/ to 2/0 per dozen: melons, citron, 4d to lOd each; lettuce. 1/0 to 6/6 per case; celery, cooking, Od to Od per bundle; dessert, 1/ to 2/9; rhubarb, 1/ to 3/ per dozen. E£33 and Butter. Supplies of eggs are quite equal to the I market's requirements, consequently prices I show 110 change this week. Quotations are:—First grade hen eggs, 1/7V4 per dozen; B grade, 1/6 V&; C grade, \/'iVz. First grade duck eggs, l/6Vi per dozen; B grade, 1/5%; C grade, 1/4V-i. Farmers' butter, 9d to Ud per lb. Poultry. At to-day's auctions the supply of poultry was medium and the demand was fair. The prices paid remain about level. Selling rates were as follow: — Cockerels: Heavy breeds, prime, 3/0 to 5/ each: not prime, 3/ up; light breeds, prime, 2/0 to 3/0; not prime, 1/0 up. Fat roosters: lleavv breeds, prime, 1/9 to 2/3; light breeds, 1/3 to 1/9. Fat liens: Heavy breeds, 1/9 to 2/0; light breeds, 1/ to 1/9. Pullets: Heavy breeds, best, 3/ to 4/; smaller, 1/6 up: light breeds, best, 3/ to 4/; smaller, 1/0 up. Drakes: Young, prime, 1/9 to 2/0. Ducks: Young, 2/ to 3/; old, 1/6 to 2/. Drakes: Old, 1/0 to 2/. Turkey hens: 3/ to 4/0. Gobblers: 4/'G to 8/. I