QUINCES IN SEASON

Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 139, 8 March 1929, Page 5

QUINCES IN SEASON

RETAIL PRICES IN THE CITY. A fair indication of what is being charged over the counter in the city is given by the following list of retail prices. Quotations do not include delivery, and suburban prices are not given. There is a new of Australian grapes and oranges upon the market, and quinces, pickl g onions, and eschallots are now obtainable. • Fruit. —Pears, 4d. (eating), and 4d. (cooking); tomatoes, 3d. to 4d. lb.; bananas, 1/- 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 season’s apples (cooking), 51b. I/-; (dessert), 4d. to 6d. lb.; William pears, 4d. lb.; cape gooseberries, 10d. to !/- lb.; blackberries, 6d. lb.; passion fruit, 1/- to 1/6 lb. Fresh in:—Australian grapes, 1/- to 1/3 lb.; Sydney oranges, 2/6 to 3/6 doz.; quinces, 4d. lb. Vegetables.—Cabbages, 4d. and Bd.; marrows, 4d. and 1/each; carrots, turnips and parsnips, 3d. bunch; beetroot, 3d. bundle; onions, 3d. lb.; potatoes, 5 to 81b. for 1/-; 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 1/-; French beans, 4d. to 6d. lb.; green peas, 4d. to 6d. lb.; butter beans, 4d. lb.; pumpkins, 2d. lb. Fresh in:— Pickling onions, 51bs. I/-; eschallots, 51bs. 1/-. 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, I/- 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, 1/- lb.; matured Cheddar cheese, 1/4 lb. Fi s h.—Round fish, sd. lb.; flat fish, 1/-; 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, 10d. lb.; ribs of beef, 7|d. lb.; legs of mutton, lOd. and 1 Id. lb.; mutton chops, lOd. and 1 Id. lb.; tripe, 6d. lb.; mincemeat, sd. lb.; beef sausages, sd. lb.; pork sausages, 10dL, lb.; corne<d beef, si<l. and 7id, lb,; spring lamb, J/J< u Jia LZ2 lb* ' ‘