A GUIDE TO THE HOUSEWIFE

Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 18, 15 October 1927, Page 8

A GUIDE TO THE HOUSEWIFE

PREVAILING PRICES IN THE CITY

American grape fruit arc selling at 9d. and lOd. each; pineapples are 3/ . to “eh; passion fruit are 2/6 and 3/- doz.; tonmtoes are 8d to 1/JO lb., and 3/- lb. (hothouse); Californian grapes are 1/2 and 1/6 lb.. rhubarb is 4d. and 6d. per bundle; eating apples are 4d. and 6d. lb., cooking apples arc sd. lb.; mandarines aro 1/6 to »/- doz.; dessert peat s aie 6d. and Bd. lb.; lemons are 1/6 to 3/- doz., and oranges are / /• d ° Z ‘ New laid hen and duck eggs aro 1/9 doz.; cooked ham « s “/ 6 Prunes are 6d. lb.; salmon is 6d. to 1/8 per tin. Mild cheese is 11(1..and 1/- lb.; matured cheese is 1/- and 1/4 lb. N.Z. Stilton cheese is 3/- lb. Good fable butter is 1/8 lb., and pure whey butter 1/6 lb. Condensed milk is Od. and 1/- per tin; dates are Sd. per packet, and 4d. Ib. (loose). Sugar is 16/6 for a 701 b. bag. or 3d. Ib. Bulk honey or clover honey sell at 10d. lb.; rice, sago, barley and tapioca are all 3d. lb , . ~ Green peas are lOd. and 1/- lb. Asparagus is 8d„ lOd. and 1/- bundle. Cauliflowers are 3d. to 9d. each, and cabbages 2d. to 6d. each; new potatoes are 4d. and 6d. lb.; onions are 3d. lb., or 51b. for 1/-.; cucumbers are Od. to 1/3 each; lettuce are 2d. to 6d. each, and celery id. to 1/- per stick; leeks are 3d. per bundle; carrots, parsnips and turnips are 3d. per bundle. Spinach is 4d. per bundle, and swedes 3d. lb. Gravy beet is Sd per lb.; sirloin ot beet Is 9d. lb., and ribs of beef are 7d Ib.; legs of mutton are 9d. and lOd Ib.. and mutton chops sell at 9d Ib Tripe. 6d per Ib.; mincemeat 5d Ib.; corned beef 7d. and Bd. per Ib.: beef sausages are 6d Ib.. and pork sausages B<l and Hid lb. Oysters are still Bd. doz. (in shell), and 1/- doz. (opened . 1' at fish is 1/-per Ib., and round fish Bd. and 9d. per lb. Smoked fish is 1/3 lb. Crayfish are from 6d. upwards (according to size). Whitebait is 5/- per 1 These quotations apply to cash prices over the counter in the city, and, in most cases, do not include delivery. Suburban prices are not quoted.