AT THE MARTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 176, 26 July 1940, Page 4

AT THE MARTS.

DEMAND FOR PARSNIPS.

PUMPKIN RATES LOW.

TRICES EASE FOR GRAPES.

Tair prices were realised for parsnips at the city auction markets to-day. This vegetable is in good supply. Values were high for sprouts, which are also fairly plentiful, though for pumpkin, supplies of which are large, prices were low. Once again stocks of cabbage and cauliflower wore heavy with a resultant low return. There was a ready sale for fair quantities of lettuce. Though values for hothouse grapes are still high, they have eased somewhat compared with last week. Values for tree tomatoes were a little lower to-day, a£ supplies were somewhat heavier. Fruit. Prices were:- Apples: Delicious. 6/ to 8'- per case; M(Liver's Winesap, 6/ to S/; Salome. 6/ to 7,'; Ballarat, 5/; Sturmcre, 8/; Granny Smith, 6/ to 8/. Pears: Winter Nelii», 9-' to 17/: Peter BaTry, 6/. Tomatoes: Hothouse. (id to \/VA per lb; tree tomatoes, New Black. 0/6 to 10/ yer case; Yellow, 6/ to B,'G. Lemons, C/G to 15, (i per three-quarter bushel caee; bananas, 28/; grapes, hothouse, 3/ to 4/10 per lb; paasion.», 10/ to 18/ per case; grapefruit. New Zealand, 6/ to 9/; small, 4/ to s'; Cook Island oranges, 18/6 to 23/6. Vegetables. Prices were:—Beet, 6d to 1/ per doaeu; celery, cooking. 6d to 1/ per bundie; dessert, 1/3 to 3/: carrots. 2/ to 4/6 per bag, or Gd to 1/ per dozen; -cauliflowers, 3/6 to 5/3 per sack; on benches, 1/G to 2 9 per dozen: cabbages, 1/6 to 4/6 per fiuck: 011 benches, 1/6 to 2/ per dozen; cucumbers, 6/ to 9/ per dozen; hothouse beans. 1/ to 2/ per lb; green peas. 1/6 to I'll per lb; kutnaras. Island. 4Vid to Slid per lb: Tauranga. !)/ to 12/0 per bag; leek* _'d to 4d per bundle; lettuce, 2/ to 7'G per case: marrows. 2/6 to 3, 9 per s»aik; onions, choice. 6/ to 7/ per Iras; medium, 4/ to 5/; potatoes, southern, 5/9 to t>, 3 per cwt; Ohakune. 3/G to 4/3 per bag; new, 2d to 4d per lb; pumpkius, choice Crown or rriuinble, 6 to 11/ per sack; medium. 3' to 5,'6; paienips, 3/ to 7/ per bag, or 9d to 1/3 per dozen: radish, 6d to 1/ per dozen; rhubarb, 4/ to 7/ per -dozer.; spinach, 9d to 1/3 per dozen; spring onions, 9d to 1.3 per bundle: swede.*, 2/6 to 3 6 per bag; turnips. 9(1 to 1/ petdozen; Brussels yprouts. 7d to Sd per lb. Poultry. At to-day's auctions the supply of poultry was medium and the denian-l was keen. l*i ices are higher all round. The inquiry w.is good for all table bii.is. Cockerels: Heavy breeds, piinic. 7/ to 10/ each; not prune, 5/ to C ; light bre<d.i, prime, 5/ to 7.'; not prime, 4' to s'. Fat hens: Heavy breeds. 5/ to 7/; light breeds, 4, to o/. Drakes: 1 oun;r, prime, 3'o to 5/. Eggs, Farmers' Butter. Cut Flowers. l-.ggs. Hen: Large. 1 per dozen: Vo'i/"""' 1 3'-4. Duck: Lai ge, 1. medium. l'7'.<i: small. 1 's'> Fa I liters' Butter.— 1/4 to l" 7 per' lb. (ut 1- lowers. — A large quantity of .llowors came forward and the demand geneially was good. Prices have improved since luesdny for most lines of Iceland poppies nnd anemones. The general tone . wad better than earlier in the week.