AT THE MARTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 228, 27 September 1938, Page 6

AT THE MARTS.

DEMAND FOR GRANGES. i SUPPLIES STILL SHORT. i POTATOES IN OVER-SUPPLY. ' ' i The demand for apples on the O.ty Markets was fair for choice quality dessert lines to-day, and cooking apples et.ld well. Tree tomatoes. now becoming scarce, were in good demand. A fewcases of hothouse tomatoes came to hand. Fresh supplies of Queensland pineapples arrived by the Maupganui and were in fair demand at low prices. There "-as

scarcely any inquiry for lemons, the market being over-supplied and values very low. New Zealand grapefruit were in better demand, and Australian oranpes sold readily, supplies beinfe still short. Ripe bananas had a better inquiry to-dny. The Mariposa is due on Friday with fresh supplies of Californian grapes. To-day's prices were:— Fro it. Apples.—Delicious, local, 4/ to 6/ per, cases; Hawke's Bay, 5/ to 8/; Dougherty. 5/ to 7/; Granny Smith, S/6 to 11/3; Rome Beauty, 6/ to 8/6; Statesman, G/_ to 8/; Sturmer, 4/ to 8/6. Perns: P. Barry. 5/ to 7/ per case;-Winter Xelis, 4/6 to 8/. Tree tomatoes: New Black. 9/ to 11/ per case; Yellow. 7/6 to 8/C; Xo. 2, 4 6 to H/. Grapefruit: New Zealand, ex choice, 6/6 to 7/6 per case; j others, 5/ to 6/. Lemons: Choice picked counts, 0/ to 8/ per case; others, I 3/ to f>/. Bananas: Ripe. 15/ to 21/6 Tier case. Pines: Queensland, 11/ to 15/ ■, er case. Crapes: Californian, white. 26/ per chest: black. 35/. Passion fruit. 8/ to 10/6 per case. Mushrooms, about 3/ ;-er lb.

Vegetables. ! The market was overaupplied with potatoes. South Island and Ohakune selling at low rates. New potatoes are commenting to arrive in good quantities, mainly from Pukekohe, and only choice lines are in demand, others being hard to sell. Pupplies of green vegetables -were smaller. Cabbage and cauliflowers, however, wrre still in fair supply, and best quality Jii.es realised good prices. Kumaras were p'.-n----tiful and cheap, while celery was marketed in fair quantities, though supplies are becoming short and high prices ..re ruling for good quality lines. was very plentiful to-day and sold at 'ow

prices for so early in the season. Good supplies of Australian onions were available at moderate rates. Hothouse cucumber* and beans sold well, but carrots were plentiful and cheap, and parsnips noc as dear as they have been recently.

Quotations: — Vegetables.-Asparagus, 6<l to 1/ per bundle; beet, Od to 1/ per dozen; eele-y, cooking, 9d to 1/3 per bundle, dessort, 1/6 to 4/; carrots, 1/6 to 5/ bag, or Cd to 1/ per dozen: cauliflowers, 6/ to 10/ per sack, on benches, 1/ to 3/ per do7en; cabbages, 2/6 to 11/ per sack, on benches, 1/ to 4/ per dozen; cucumbers, hothot.se, 6/ to 9/ per dozen; French' beans, hothouse, 1/6 to 2/3 per lb; green peas. 6d to lOd per lb; Kumaras (Island), 8/ to 10/ per cwt, Tauranga 3/6 to 5/ per bag; leeks, 2d to 4d per bundle; lettuce, 2/6 to 9/ per case; onions, 11/ to 12/ per b.?; Potatoes: Southern, 5/ to 6/ per cwtOhakune. 3/ to 4/6 per bag: new, No 1, j l%d to 3d per lb.. No. 2, 1/ to 4/ >>er bag. Pumpkins: Choice triamble, 9/' to' 17/ per sack; medium, 3/ to 8/ per sick I Parsnips, 7/ to 10/ per bag, or 1/ to 1/6 per dozen; radish, 6d to 1/ per ddV»nrhubarb. 3/ to 6/ per dozen; spinach, 1/ to 2/ per dozen; spring onions. 6d to 1/ per bundle; swedes, 3/ to 4/6 \or bag; turnips, Od to 1/ per dozen. Poultry. " >> w

At to-days auctions the supply of poultry was medium and the demand was fair for most lines. The prices paid remained about the same as last week. Selling rutes were as follows:— Cockerels: Heavy breeds, prime, 5/ to 6/ each; not prime, 2/6 up; light breeds, prime, 2/6 to 3/ each; not prime, 1/6 up. tat roosters: Heavy breeds, prime, 2/6 to 3/6 each; light breeds, 2/ to 3/ each I Hens: Heavy breeds, 3/ to 5/ each: lurht breeds, 2/6 to 3/6 each. Pullets: Heavy breeds, best, 4/6 to 6/ each; smaller. 2/ up; light breeds, best, 4/ to 7/emaller, 2/ to 3/ each. Drakes, yjuna prime, 3/ to 4/ each; smaller, ir to 3/. Ducks: Young, 3/ to 4/ each; old, 2/ to 2/6; drakes, old, 2/ to 2/6; (j.ese, 3/ to 5/ each; turkey hens, 5/6 to 7/6 ea> hgobblers, 7/ to 10/ each. Eggs, Butter, Flowers.

Egg prices were unchanged as follows — Hen: First grade, 1/4% per dozen: B grade, 1/3%; C grade, ll%d. Duck: First grade, 1/4% per dozen; B grade. 1/3%, C grade, 1/1%.

Farmers' butter, 1/ to 1/2 per lb. Cut Flowers.—Moderate supplies of flowers were marketed to-day, and die demand was fairly good. A few tulips ; re now commencing to appear, while daffodils are becoming scarce and realising pood prices.