THE SHOPPING BAG

Northern Advocate, 28 October 1932, Page 9

THE SHOPPING BAG

GOOSEBERRIES TO HAND

ONIONS STILL EXPENSIVE. (Special to “Northern Advocate.”) AUCKLAND, This Day. The heavy downpour of ram last Monday, while damaging strawberries approaching ripeness, still should prove beneficial for the berries in course of development. New seasonfs English gooseberries are now on the market. Pines are fairly plentiful, and oranges, lemons and mandarines arc in good supply. Quotations are as follows: — Fresh hen and duck eggs, lid per dozen. Bacon, in cuts, Old to IGd per lb; rashers, Od to 1/; whole hams, lid per lb; rashers, 1/. First grade factory butter 1/3 per lb. cash across the counter, Id extra when booked. Second grade, 1/2 per Ibi Farmers’ butter, 1/ per lb. Cheese, mild, full cream, lOd to 1/ per lb; medium matured, 1/2 to 1/3 per lb.

Apples; Delicious, Stunner, Winesap, and Granny Smith, -id per lb; cookers, 3d to 4d per lb. Pears: Winter Xelis, 4d per lb; Winter Cole, 4d per lb. Oranges: Island, 1/6 per dozen; large 2/; Australian navel, 2/ per dozen; marmalade, lid to 1/ per dozen; Queensland, Fi.ii pines: Od to 1/ each. Tomatoes: lid to Sd per lb. V. Tree tomatoes: 4d per lb. Bananas: 3d to 4d per ,Ib. Mandarines: 6d to 1/ per dozen. Lemons; lid to 1/ per dozen. Passions: 1/ to 1/6 per dozen. Loquats: fid per lb. Californian grapes: White, 1/ per lb; coloured, 1/4 per lb. -Strawberries: 1/3 to 1/6 per chip; •Captain Cook, 1/0 to 2/3 per chip; English gooseberries; Sd pcr lb. Southern potatoes: 81b for 1/; new, 3d to 4d per lb. Swedes: Id per lb. Pumpkins: 41b for 6d. Island kumeras: 41b for 6d. Onions: 4d per lb. Celery: Table to 6d per head; for soup, Id. Cucumbers: 6cl to !>d each. Rhubarb: -Id to 6d per bundle. Lettuce: 2d to 3d each. Cabbage: 3d to Od each. Cauliflower: -Id to 8d each. Green Peas: ,Sd per lb. Runner beaus: 1/ to 1/4 per lb. Asparagus: Od to Od per bunch. Carrots, parsnips, ’turnips, radish, spinach, beets, leeks, spring, onions, lid per bunch. ...