VEGETABLES, FRUIT, AND MEAT

Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25327, 29 October 1947, Page 8

VEGETABLES, FRUIT, AND MEAT

mutton and pork prices is scheduled J from November 1. Prices of beef ail veal will remain unchanged. With exception of spring cabbage and one 3 two other lines, ceiling prices of veeZ tables will increase on November 1. fha return to wintry conditions has brougM cauliflowers ana cabbages back to" public favour. Blenheim glasshouse tomatoet which are retailing at 4s per lb, have hal a steadying effect on the market fJ locally-grown hothouse produce which h fetching up to 5s 6d per lb in the shond Asparagus from Blenheim has also ChPtn* ened the market for locally-grown aspatS gus. The green peas arriving on the market from Waimate are in excellmS condition and are in greater demand than those from Nelson. Lemons are scarce, and the market is bare of oranges. A muS consignment of bananas reached retailert last week, but at only five cases to a shoa they did not last long. A comparatively new line of sweetened orange juiot, product of Jamaica, is selling readily fruiterers’ shops at 2s 3d a Uh. Prices this week in detail are aa lows:— Fruit and Vegetables Apples, lb, up to 6&d; bananas, lb, 7<|j lemons, lb, lOd (Australian). U oranges (Aust.), lb, lid, (Island) 7? grapefruit (Jamaican), lb, lid; pea.s it>* up to 9jd; cabbages, lb. 3Jd; carrett lb 3d: onions, lb, sd; parsnips, lb, 4A potatoes, lb, IJd; pumpkins, lb. 6d; silver beet, lb; 4jd; swedes, lb, lid; kumeras, lb. 6d; spring cabbage, lb. 51d. (AH governed by price orders.) For purposes of comparison Canterbury October wholesale prices, as given in the latest price order, are: carrots, cwt 19s 6d or 2d per lb; parsnips, 25s M vr 3id per lb; swedes, 8s 6d or about Id per lb; cabbage (main crop) 19s $d or i bout 2jd per lb; cabbage, spring varifflM 3 Is cwt or about 3Jd per lb; silver iMet 27s or nearly 3d per lb: pumpkins. 38i II or nearly 4Jd per lb; onions, fji.q., £9 a ton, or about 3d per lb. In the case of the following lines, retail prices are given beetroot (bunch). 3d to 6d; cauliflowers, 6d to is; celery. Is to 2s; lettuce, 3d, 4d, 6d; passion fruit, fid to 8d each; rhubarb. Is to Is 6d (buncii); spinach, 6d (bunch); tree tomatoes 2s; radishes.-3d (bunch); spring onioni, 4d (bunch); leeks, 6d (bunch): new nobtoes, .7d per lb; asparagus. 2s and 2s Id (bunch); peas. Is 6d per lb; cucumbcn, 2s 6d per lb; broad beans. Is 6d per lb; tomatoes, hothouse, to 5s 6d per lb; tomatoes, glasshouse, 4s per lb; Jamaican orange juice, 2s 3d a tin. < - Ei«s Heavy grade, 23 3jd a dozen; standartl. 2s Id; medium. 2s; pullets, 18 9Jd; duck. 2s Id. Retail Meat Prices Veal: fillet, Is Old. 10|d; loin, IOJd, BJd; stewing, 7jd. 6id; soup meat steak, is Ud, Hid; rump steak. Is 4Jd W lid; cutlets. Is Ijd. llld; roiled. Hid. &id; stuffed. Is ©id. IOJd. Beef.—Rump steak. Is 6id, Is fillet, Is. BJd, Is sd; porter-house steak, bone in. Is 6id. Is 3jd; and bone out. Is IOJd, Is 64d; tender-boy steak. Is 2Jd, Is; thick flank or top rump steak, Is IM. Hid; top side steak. Is fid. Hid: skirt steak. Is. lOd; chuck steak. Ila. Sid: blade or boalor steak. Is OJd. lOid; sirloin. Is 2Ad. Is; sirloin, rolled and boneless, Is 5Jd. Is 2jd; prime ribs, is, 10dl prime ribs? rolled and boneless, Is 3d. Is Oid; chuck ribs, 9d, 7Jd; chuck ribs, rolled and boneless. Is, lOd; back ribs, rolled and boneless. Is Oid, lOJd; wing ribs, bone in. Is 2ld, Is, and bone out Is did !• 3jd; blade, rolled and boneless, Hid. topside. Is lid. Hid; gravy beef and ihin 9d - corned silver side, Is 2d, llid; rolled brisket, corned or otherwise, IOJd. 9d; brisket, on the bone, 6d, Sid; flat rib. 7d. 6d Legs and shins: whole, sid, sd: halves, thick end. 6d, 5Jd; halves, knuckle end. sjd. sd; thin flank. sd. 4WMutton—Legs, whole, Is 2jd. Is; shank end. up to six lb. Is 3Jd. Is Id; thick end, Is 2j<f. Is; middle flllet. Is 3Jd, Is M; fore quarters, whole, 9d. 7Jd; shank end, 9Jd. 8d; Spanish neck, 10Jd, 9d. Shoulders: whole, lid. 9id; shank end. Hid. 9}d; blade end, Is. lOd; neck and breast, Sjd. 7Jd. Neck: best end. 10d, BJd: scrag end 8)d. 7Jd Loin: middle, Is 2d, lUdl rib end. Is. lOd; chops, loin middle. 1» *d. Is lid; rib, Is Id. lid: shoulder, trimmed, Is Id. lid: leg or chump, Is 3jd, Is IoSpanish neck lljd, 9Jd; stewing, lid. Did; flap. 7d. 6d. Flans, whole. 4d. 3jd; cutlets: French. Is 6d. Is 3d; stuffed roll, » 4d. Is lid. Prices for third grade mutton from Id to 2d below second-grade schedule Lamb.—Fore-quarter. Is, lOd; hlndouarter. Is 2d, lljd; legs. Is 4Jd, Is 1W: Join. Is 4Jd. Is IJd; loin, rib end. Is 2W, Is: chops. Is 4id, Is lid; chops, crumb*. Is sid. Is 2d. Pork —Stuffed, Is 7d. Is 3jd: rolled. 1« 6d. Is 3d; leg. Is 4d, Is Hd; loin. Is 4d. Is IJd. Chops, loin. Is 6d. Is 3d: toi* loin. Is 3d, Is Oid: fore loin, Is 2d. HWCorned, hand. Is Oid. lOJd; belly. M 2i a « PRICE OF SILVER LONDON. October The price of silver is: spot 3s 7fd * n ounce, forward 3s 7Jd an ounce.