AT THE MARTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 20, 24 January 1936, Page 4

AT THE MARTS.

. POTATOES VERY CHEAP. POULTRY AT LOW PRICES. ) ) PEACHES ARE DEARER. | The market was very heavily suppliei J to-day with all classes "of fruit. Then I was a steady demand for good quality ! dessert apples, but no inquiry for sinai 1 fruit. There was also a poor demand foi 1 cookers. Bon Cretien pears have conn 011 the market this week; these, of course ! are all in green condition. Very lighl quantities of tomatoes are available, 011b the best lines, - free of cracks and blemishes, being wanted. There is nc sale for others. The market hits improvec to-day for peaches, good quality realising fair prices. _ Nectarines are arriving in hard condition, find are very subject tc brown rot. A few raspberries sold realised from 6/ to 8/ per tin. A few Captain Cook strawberries are coming forward, good quality fruit realising iair prices. The demand for apricots of good quality was brisk. Hothouse grapes are coining forward in larger quantities, and prices have fallen slightly: The demand for lemons is better this week, and prices show a slight rise. A fresh shipment of Californian oranges arrived to-day, and these relieved a short market. Quotations: — Apples: Gravenstein (coloured), 6/ to 9/, (green) 3/ to 5/; Albany Beauty (coloured), 8/ to 12/, others 3/ to 5/; Astrachan, 3/ to 8/; cookers, 3/ to 4/. Pears: Bon Cretien, three-quarter cases, 5/ to 7/6; half cases, 2/6 to 3/. Peaches: 3/ to 3/6 (cases), 5/ to 9/ (crates). Plums: Sultan, 3/ to 5/; Burbank, 2/6 to 4/6; others, 2/6 to 5/. Nectarines: 5/* to 8/ case. Apricots: 6/ to 10/. Black currants: 6/6 to 7/10. Raspberries, C/ 6to 7/6. Blackberries: 5d to 7%cl chip. Strawberries: Captain Cook, lOd to l/o; others, 1/ to 1/3.. Tomatoes: Hothouse, 3/ to 6/ case; outdoor, choice 2/6 to 3/0, others 1/ upwards. Bananas: 11/6 to 19/. Grapes: Hothouse, lOd to 1/4 lb. Oranges: Californian, 30/ to 37/6 case; Jamaican, 27/ to 32/6. Lemons: Cured 6/ to 8/, others 2/6 to 5/. Vegetables. "V ery large supplies of potatoes are on the market at present, and selling at extremely low prices, and quotations are almost normal. Peas and beans are in good supply, selling at advanced rates. Swedes and cucumbers were a glut on the market to-day, there being practically 110 demand. The market is well supplied wit..i all vegetables in season. Quotations:—Beet',' 4d to 8d dozen; cooking celery,, 1/ bundle; dessert celery, 1/6 to 2/ bundle; carrots, 4d to 8d dozen: cabbages, 2/ to 5/ sack; on benches, 1/ to 1/6 dozen; cucumbers, 3d to 6d dozen; French beans, 1/ to 2/ bag; green peas, 2/6 to 9/6 bag; kumaras, (j/ to 9/ bag; lettuce, 1/ to 4/ case; marrows, 8d to 1/3 dozen; water melons, 1/ to 2/3 each; onions, 2/ to 3/6 bag; potatoes, No. 1, 1/9 to 3/3 bag; pumpkins, 4/ to 7/6 cwt; parsnips, 1/ to 1/6 dozen; radish, 6d to 9d dozen; rhubarb, 9d to 1/6 dozen; spinach, 6d dozen; spring onions. Sd to l/l bundle; swedes, 1/ to 1/9 bag; turnips, 3d dozen; stringiest beans, 3/ to 5/6 bag. Poultry. At to-day's auctions the supply of poultry was extra heavy, and the demand was especially poor for cockerels and voung drakes. The prices paid for other lines showed a falling tendency. Selling rates were as follow:—Cockerels: Heavy breeds, prime, 3/ to 4/6 each; not prime, 3d upwards; light breeds, prime, 1/3 to 2/; not prime, 6d upwards. Fat roosters: Heavy breeds, prime, 1/3 to 2/'; light breeds. 1/ to l/o. Fat hens: Heavy breeds, 1/9 to 2/9; light breeds, 9d to 1/6. Pullets : Heavy breeds, best, 4/ to 5/; smaller, 1/0 to 2/; light breeds, best, 4/ to 5/; smaller, 1/9 to 2/. Drakes: Voung. prime, 1/3 to J/> smaller, 9d upwards; old, Oil to 1/3. Ducks: Young, 2/ to 3/9; old. Od to 1/3. Creese: 2/ to 3/. Turkeys: Hens, 4/ to I 5/6; gobblers, 7/ to 11/, Guinea fowls:

2/ to 3/. ' ■ 0 Butter and Eggs. There has''been a rise in the price o: eggs since last report. Current quotation* 0 are: —Hen: First grade, 1/3% dozen; I 0 grade, 1/2%; C grade, 11 %d. Duck: Firs! 8 grade, 1/2% dozen; B grade, 1/1%; C 0 grade, ll%d. Farmers' butter, 7d to 9d per lb. 0 1