AT THE MARTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 307, 28 December 1934, Page 4

AT THE MARTS.

. TOMATOES GO CHEAPLY. 1 APPLE SUPPLY EXHAUSTED. POULTRY MARKET WEAK. 1 j Tlie price of tomatoes collapsed to-day, 1 owing to the arrival of very heavy sup- J plies. Good quality strawberries are selling at fair rates, but there is no demand i for poorer quality. Choice dessert apri- 1 cots, peaches and plums are selling well, ' and there is a brisk demand for oranges j and bananas The demand for rasp- j berries is poor and these are selling very j cheaply, as the supply is heavier -ban J usual for this time of the year. The ! supply of local apples, which have been kept in cold storar" since last season, 'is | expected to come to an enu very soon. Quotations are: — Apples: Canadian, 18/ per case; Delici- ( ous, 3/ to 6/; Stunners 2/ to 0/; Gravenstein, cooking, 3/ to 5/0; ptlier cookers, 2/6 to 5/. Pears: Nelis, 3/ to 0/6. Cherries: 10/ to 14/. Apricots; 4/ to 13/3. Peaches: 4/ to 10/6; in crates, 9/ to 18/. Strawberries: Captain Cook, lid to i/i per' chip; Marguerite. 6d to lOcl; Helenslea Surprise. 1/ to 1/2. Raspberries: 4/ to 4/6 per tin. Plums: Choice, 5/ to 7/ per case; others, 1/6 to 3/6. Lemons: Cured, 9/ to 14/; others, 5/ to 8/6. Tomatoes: Hothouse,. 1/6 to 4/6; outdoor, 1/ to 3/. Bananas: 20/ to 32/. Pines: Queensland, 13/ to 17/; 10/ to 12/. Grapes: Hothouse, 1/4 to 1/10 per lb. Mushrooms: 1/6 per lb. Vegetables. The market«is over-supplied with cucumbers, and those of inferior quality are unsaleable. Heavy supplies of potatoes have brought the price down, while onions are also hard to quit owing to larger supplies. There is a keen demand for lettuce and for the new season s pumpkins if the quality is good. Quotations are:— Potatoes, 2/6 to 4/ per bag; swedes, 2/ to 3/; onions, 2/ to 3/6; cabbages, 3/ to 9/ per sack; on benches, 1/6 to 2/6 per dozen; pumpkins, new season's, 3d to 2/ each; cucumbers, 2d to 1* per dozen; earrots, Sd to 1/3; parsnips, Od to 1/3; beet, Sd to 1/6: turnips, 6d; radish. 6d; spring onions, 6(1 to 1/6 per bundle; spinach, flu to 1/3 per dozen; green peas, 5/ to 15/ per bag; French beans, 1/ to 4/6; marrows, 1/ to 3/6 per dozen; water melons, 2/ -to 2/8 each; lettuce, 3/ to 7/ per ;ase; rhubarb, 1/3 to 3/ per dozen. Poultry. At to-day's auctions the supply of poultry was medium and the demand was fair. The prices paid show that there is not a keen demand for poultry oetween Christmas and New \ ear. Selling rates were as follow: —. Cockerels, heavy breeds, prime, 2/6 to 4/ each; not prime, Od up; light nreeds, prime, 1/6 to 2/9; not prime, 6d up; tat roosters, heavy breeds, prime, 1/9 u o 2/9; light breeds, 1/3 to 2/; fat liens, heavy breeds, 2/ to 3/3; light breeds 1/6 to pullets, heavy breeds, best, -/0 to , smallei;. 1/6 up; light breeds, best, 2/6 to 4/; smaller. 1/6 up; drakes, young, prime, 2/ to 3/; smaller, 1/ up; ducks, voting, 2/6 to 4/; old, 1/ to 1/6; drakes, old 1/ to 1/6; geese, 3/ to 4/; turkey hens, 3/0 to 5/6; gobblers, 5/6 to 10/6; cockerel chicks heavy breeds, 3d to 9cl; light breeds, Id to 6d; guinea fowls, 3/ to 4/. Egg Values. The values for eggs is as under:—Hen eggs: A grade. 1/3 per dozen; B grade, 1/2. Duck eggs: A grade, 1/2 per dozen, B grade, 1/1. i "