A GUIDE TO THE HOUSEWIFE

Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 14, 11 October 1927, Page 12

A GUIDE TO THE HOUSEWIFE

PREVAILING PRICES IN THE CITY New laid ben and duck eggs are atiU l/« honey sell at lOd. lb.; rice, sago, barley and tapioca arei aB 3ffi Ib^ Cook d ham is 2/0 lb. Prunes are 6d. lb.; salmon is fid. to • i-/ . per „ cheese is nd. and 1/- lb.; matured cheese is 1/- and 1/4 lb. N.Z. Stilton ChEe are !/• to 1/0 per lb. Asparagus is lOd. and t/Caulifloivers are Sd. to 9d. each, and cabbages 2d. to Gd. each; new pota10d. to 1/8 each; lettuce are 2d. to 6d. each, and’ stick; leeks are 3d. per bundle; carrots, parsnips and turnips are 3d. per bundle. Spinacli is Gd. per bundle, and swedes Sd. lb. Californian grapes are 1/2 and 1/6 per,lb.; tomatoes are now 84.t0 1/10 lb. Grape fruit are Bd. and lOd. each; pineapples are 1/0 to 2/3 each; rhubarb is 4d. to Gd. per bundle. Passion fruit are -/« doz., eating apples are 4d. and Gd. lb., and cooking apples sd. lb.; dessert pears are Gd. and Bd. lb., and cooking pears 4d. lb.; mandarines are 1/6 to 3/- doz., tree tomatoes are Sd. Ib.; lemons are 2/- to 3/- doz., and oranges are 2/Graw beef is Gd. per lb.: sirloin of beef is Od. lb., and ribs of beef are 7d. lb.; legs of mutton are 9d. and lOd.Jb., and mutton chops sell at Od. lb. Tripe, Gd per lb.; mincemeat Gd. lb.; corned beef «d. and Sd. per lb.; beef sausages are Gd. lb., and pork sausages Bd. and lOd. lb. Oysters are still Sd. doz. (In shell), and 1/- doz. (opened). Flat fish is 1/- per lb., and round fish Sd. and 9d. per lb. Smoked fish is 1/3 lb. Crayfish are from Gd. upwards (according to size). Whitebait Is 5/- per. These quotations apply to cash prices oveg the count®' in thfl in most am, do jwt include ddivroh