AT THE MARTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 10, 12 January 1934, Page 4

AT THE MARTS.

TOMATOES MUCH CHEAPER. MOEE LOCAL APPLES. I CHEAP POULTRY TO-DAY. Although no more Canadian apples are available, larger supplies of local apples are now being received. Tomatoes are also more plentiful, resulting in cheaper j prices. Some of the lines coming forward are inferior in quality, and these change hands at low prices. A good demand ie being experienced for choice dessert plums. As the end of the season approaches strawberries are now becoming scarcer, and prices higher. Quotations are: — Apples: Albany Beauty, 5/ to 11/ caee; Astrakhan, 3/ to 8/; Stunners, Hawke's Bay, 10/ 10 13/; Gravenstein, choice coloured, 5/ to 7/6; others, 3/ to 4/; green cookers, 3/ to S/. Apricots: 4/ to!)/. Pears: Beacon, 4/6 to 5/o'. Peaches: Extra choice coloured, in trays, 8/ to 10/; others, 5/ to 7/; cases, 2/9 to 4/3. Black Currants: .5/6 to 6/. Mushrooms: 4/ to 16/ tin. Btra\vberriet>: Captain Cook, Jld to 1/1 chip; Marguerite, 8d to lid; Helenslea Surprise, 9d to lid. Plume: Choice dessert, 4/ to 5/; others, 1/6 to 3/6. Oranges: Californian, 32/ to 35/. Mandarins: 12/ to 12/ I}. Lemons: Cured, 10/ to 12/; others, 0/ to 0/. •Raspberries: 6/6 per tin. Grapefruit: Californian, 28/ to 30/. Tomatoes: llothouse, 4cl to 7d Jb; outdoor, choice ripe, 4d to 4Vid lb; others, 1/6 to 3/6 case. Bananas: 15/ to 21/. Cape gooseberries: 4d lb. Grapes: Hothouse, 1/ to 1/5 lb. coconuts: 12/6 sack. Vegetables. No further supplies of kumaras will be available until the new eearsou's crop conies in, the supply from the Islands being iinished. All other vegetables are in good supply, cucumbers, lettuce and onions being particularly plentiful, but'priced are well maintained. Quotations are:—Potatoes, 3/ to 5/ bag; swedes, 2/ to 3/3 bag; onions, 2/ to 2/9 bag; cabbages, 2/ to 4/ sack, on benches 1/ to 3/ dozen; cauliflowers, on benches, 1/ to 3/ dozen; pumpkins, new season, 8/ to 10/ cwt; cucumbers, 6/ to 2/ dozen; carrots, 4d to 7d dozen; parsnips, 9d to 1/ dozen; beet, 6d to 8d dozon; turnips, 3d to sd; raalsli, 6d dozen; spring onions, 8d to 1/ bundle; spinach, 6d dozen; green peas, 2/6 to 7/ bag; French beans, 3/ to 6/ bag; marrows, 1/ to 3/3 dozen; lettuce, 1/ to 4/6 case; celery, dressed, 1/3 to 1/9 bundle; rhubarb, 9d to 2/ dozen. Poultry. At to-day'a auctions the supply of poultry was the largest for sonic years, and the demand was very fair, but at considerably lower prices. Selling rates are as follow: —Cockerels: Heavy breeds, prime, 1/0 to 3/9 each; not prime, (id upwards; light breeds, primp, 1/ to 2/; not prime, 4d upwards. Fat roosters: Heavy breeds, prime, 1/ to 1/6; light breeds, -9d upwards. Fat hens: Heavy breeds, 1/6 to 2/3; light breeds, 9d to 1/. Pullets: Heavy breeds, best, 3/ to 4/6; smaller, 1/ upwards; light bre-eds. best, 3/ to 4/6; smaller, 1/ upwards. Drakes: Young, prime, 1/6 to 2/; smaller, 6d upwards. Ducks: Young, 1/ to 2/6; old, 9d to 1/. Drakes: Old, 9d to 1/. Eggs Dearer. A further riee in the price of eggs lias taken place, rates now being:—First grade hen egge, l/V/b per dozen; B grade, 1/0%; C grade, ll%d per dozen. First grade duck'eggs, 1/0% per dozen; B grade, llMsd; C grade, 10 x M.