ORANGES MUCH DEARER

Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 138, 7 March 1929, Page 5

ORANGES MUCH DEARER

MID-WEEK RETAIL PRICES. 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 quoted. Fruit. —Pears, 4d. (eating), and 4d. (cooking); tomatoes, 4d. to 6d. lb.; bananas, I/- to 1/6 doz.; N.Z. lemons, 2/- doz.; Californian lemons, 2/6 to 3/-; cocoanuts, 4d. and 6d.; raspberries, 1/6; peaches, 6d- to lOd. lb.; plums 3d. to Bd. lb.; grapefruit 6/doz.; hothouse grapes, 1/10 to 2/-; Californian oranges, 3/6 to 4/- doz.; nectarines, 6d. to lOd. lb.; new seasons apples (cooking), 51b I/-; (dessert), 4d. to 6d. lb.; William pears, 4d. lb.; cape gooseberries, lOd. to I/- lb.; blackberries, 6d. lb.; passion fruit, 1/- to 1/6 lb. Vegetables.—Cabbages, 4d. and Bd.; marrows, 4d. and I/each; carrots, turnips and parsnips, 3d. bunch; beetroot, 3d. bundle; onions, 3d. lb.; potatoes, 5 to 81b. for I/-; lettuce, 3d. to 4d. each; .rhubarb, 4d. bundle; sweet turnips* 3d. to 6d. lb.; cucumbers. Id. to 4d.; apple cucumbers, 2d. and 3d.; rhubarb, large bundle, 6d. to I/-; French beans, sd. lb.; green peas, 4d. to 6d. lb.; butter beans, 6d. lb ; pumpkins, 2d. lb. Groceries.—Best eggs, 2/2 doz.; good table butter, 1/7 lb.; pure whey butter, 1/5 lb.; cooked ham, 2/2 and 2/6 lb.; prunes, 4d. lb.; 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, 1/- lb.; new season's French walnuts (shelled), 2/6 lb.; Californian prunes, 30-40's, Bd. lb.; mild Cheddar cheese, I/- lb.; matured Cheddar cheese, 1/4 lb. Fish.—Round fish, sd. lb.; flat fish, !/-; smoked fish, 1/2; hapuka, 6d. Meat.—Chops for stewing, Bd. lb.; corned pork, lOd. and I Id. lb.; gravy beef, sd. lb.; sirloin of beef, lOd. lb.; ribs of beef, 7jd. lb.; legs of mutton, LOd. and 1 Id. lb.; mutton chops, lOd. and I Id. lb.; tripe, 6d. Jb.; mincemeat, sd. lb.; beef sausages, sd. lb.; pork sausages, lOd. lb.; corned beef, 5Jd. and 7-Jd. lb.; spring lamb, 1/1 to 1/2 lb.