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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 75, 21 December 1928, Page 5

CITY RETAIL QUOTATIONS The following list of cash retail prices gives a fair indication of what is being charged over the counter in the city. The quotations do not include delivery. Suburban prices are not Fruit.—Pears, 6d. (eating), and 4d. (cooking) i hothouse tomatoes. 1/2 and 1/4 lb.; bananas 1/- to 1/6 doz ; pineapp es, 6d. and 1/3 each; oranges, 1/6 andl3/- doz.; tomatoes, 1/6 lb.. N 7 lemons 1/6 to 2/- doz.; Californian lemons, 2/0 to 3/-; Californ’iangrapes, 1/6 lb.; Island oranges. 3/- doz.; S y dn y oranges, 1/6 to 3/- doz.; gooseberries, 4d. lb.; cherries, 1/6 to 2/lb.; fresh strawberries, 1/6 to 2/- punnet; apricots, 1/- and 1/4 lb., passion fruit, 1/6 doz.; cocoanuts, 3d and 4d ; raspberries, 1/6 and 2/-; peaches, 1/- to 1/4 lb.; plums, 6d. and Bd. b. Vegetables.—Asparagus, 1 0d. bundle; cauliflowers from 3d. to 8d ; cabbages. 3d. and 6d.; marrows, l Od. and 1/- each; carrots and turnips, 3d. bunch; parsnips. 3d. bunch; beetroot, 3d bundle; onions, sd. lb.; potatoes, 51b. for 1/-; lettuce, l|d. to 4d. each, spinach, 6d. bunch; rhubarb, 4d. bundle; sweet turnips, lid. to 6d. Ib.; cucumbers, 1/- and 1/6; new potatoes, 3d. and 4d. b.; old potatoes, 2d. a lb.; broad beans, 6d. lb.; rhubarb (large bundle), 6d. to 1/-; French beans, Bd. to lOd. lb.; green peas, 3d. and 4d. lb.; watermelon, 6d. lb. . « /•» n_ Groceries. —Best eggs, 1/6 doz.; good table butter, 1// lb.; pure whey butter, 1/5 lb.; cooked ham, 2/2 and 2/6 lb.; prunes, 4d. Ib.; mild cheese, 1/- lb.; matured cheese, 1/4 lb.; N.Z. Stilton cheese. 3/- lb.; condensed milk. 6d. and 1/- per tin; dates, 6d. packet, and 4d. lb. loose; sugar, 14/3 (delivered) for 701 b. bag; bulk honey and clover honey, 9d. lb.; rice, sago, barley and tapioca, all 3d. lb.; Spanish muscatels, 1/6 packet; Californian muscatels, lOd. packet; Turkish figs, I/- lb.; new season’s French walnuts (shelled), 2/6 lb.; Californian prunes, 30-40's, Bd. lb.; mild Cheddar cheese, 1/- lb.; matured Cheddar cheese, 1/4 lb. Fish. —Round fish, sd. lb.; flat fish, I/-; smoked fish, 1/2; hapuka, 6d. Meat.—Chops for stewing, Bd. lb.; corned pork, lOd. and 1 Id. lb.; gravy beef, sd. lb.; sirloin of beef, lOd. lb.; ribs of beef, 7|d. lb.; legs of mutton, 10d. and I Id. lb.; mutton chops, lOd. and lid. Ib.; tripe, 6d. lb.; mincemeat, sd. lb.; beef sausages, sd. lb.; pork sausages, lOd. lb.; corned beef, 5Jd. and 7|d. lb.; spring lamb, 1/1 to 1/2 lb.

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