AT THE MARTS

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 303, 23 December 1941, Page 2

AT THE MARTS

CHRISTMAS FRUIT KEEN DEMAND ENCOUNTERED Bidding was keen for all dessert fruits at the city markets to-day. Prices varied for good supplies of strawberries, and there was a good demand for loganberries, which were scarcer. Good quality cherries were sought, and tomatoes, in shorter supply, had a keen demand. A few choice peaches realised satisfactory rates. The first of the season's hothouse grains were traded. Apricots were very dear: Potatoes, in short supply, again made record prices. Most vegetables were in firm demand owing to the holidays and brought high prices. Lettuce was cheaper. Prices were:— Fruit.—Apples: Delicious. 7/ to 13/ per ease. Tomatoes: Hothouse, extra choice. Arm. 1/8 to 1/854 Per It; others. 1/ to 1/5; outdoor, crinkled. 6d to 1/3. Oranges: Australian. 18/ to 28/8 per case. Bananas: Original, ripe. 28/6 per case. Grapefruit: New Zealand. 21/ to 25/ per case. Lemons: 11/ to 19/ per case. Peaches: Dessert. 12/ to 18/ per three-tray crates. 5/ to 9/ per case. Plums: Dessert. 5/ to 9/ per case: cooking., 3/ to 5/; others, 3/6 to 4/6. Grapes: Hothouse. Black Hamburg, 3/11 to 4/ per lb. Apricots: Thames, 18/9 to 26/9 per case. Strawberries: Captain £ .""i™ choice - 2 / 6 t° 2/# Per chip: others. 2/ "» 2'. 5 ' Loganberries: 1/3 to 1/8 per chip. Wonberries: 1/4 to 1/7',4 per chip. Gooseberries: 11/9 per case. Cherries: 10/9 to 24/ per case. Red currants: 8/ to 10/3 per case: others, 4/5. Black currants: 15/3 per case. hJf l . e * e ., t ? b ! ea T: AsparaßUS - 6d 40 1/3 P«r bundle: k 6/ .. per caae - or 1/ to 2/ per dozen; n.r l?T'«*,C !° ? 7 P er lb : carrots. 10/ to 18/ tn taf , 0 4 / L per doren; cauliflowers. 12/ to is/ per sack; cabbages. 6/ to 14/ per sack: to ad ii /6 9/ ! dozen : French beans. 6d to Bd per lb, stringless beans, 9',4d to 1/ per lb: ranta P fn/' 18/# i. per csße: kumaras. Tauca£l- J, per ,? ag: lettuce. 2/ to 5/ per j 7 PfJ dozen: onions, new seasons, 214 d to 3',jd per lb; potatoes, new. No. 1. 5d to 6d per lb; No. 2. 2d to 4d ner ltapumpkins, newseaßon's4d to 5d per lb; parsnips'. J. , T, P®r esse, or 2/ to 3/ Dfr dozen* radish MinLJ/ ?f, d 05 en; rhubarb. 2/6 to 4 6per dozeSi 1/8 Der' hImHU • 25 r d ° zen: spring onions. 9d to 1/ to 2' per dolei^ eS 6/ 40 9/ P " baß: tural P s ' th^ o rii t^,oCi The su ,PPly of poultry was medium and «/6 light" breeds,**!^To JlL™ 3 s&& 1/2',4-per lb. Cut flowers^Th2r» 5 » butter: }' supply of flowers am iw l a moderate able Improvement Chrf»fm?c showed considerof lilies were especlalv sm,T5? a ? d other v * r '«ies prices were very hiKh Bt " In some instances