TOMATOES SCARCE

Northern Advocate, 7 November 1934, Page 5

TOMATOES SCARCE

APPLES SELL CHEAPLY. [Special to “Northern Advocate.”] AUCKLAND, This Day. Current quotations at the city marts are as follow: Fruit. Apples: Delicious, Hawke’s Bay, 5/ to 7/6 per case; ditto, local, 2/ to 4/; Sturmers, 4/ to 6/6; Granny Smith, 4/ to 6/; Monroes, 3/ to 4/6; Dougherty, 3/6 to 6/; Statesman, 2/ to 5/; Rome Beauty, 4/ to 5/6. Pears: Coles, 8/ to 11/; Nelis, 9/ to 13/. Passions: 9/ to 11/6. Mushrooms: 2/8 per lb. Gooseberries: 6/9 to 7/3 per case. Strawberries: Captain Cook, 1/6 to 2/3 per chip; Marguerite, lid to 1/3; others, 9d to 10. Oranges: South Australian, 17/ to 24/ per case. Lemons: Cured, 6/ to 10/; others, 4/ to 6/. Grape fruit: New Zealand, large, 6/ to 11/; small, 5/ to 7/6; Californian, 28/. Tomatoes: Hothouse, 6d to 1/44 per lb. Bananas; 16/ to 24/ per case. Tree tomatoes: 6/ to 9/; New Black, 11/. Pines: Tonga, 12/. Grapes; Californian, Red Emperor, 24/. Coconuts: 12/6 per sack. Vegetables. Potatoes, new, 4/ to 6/3 per bag; Southern, 5/6 to 6/6 per cwt; swedes 1/6 to 3/ per bag; onions, 3/ to 5/; kumaras, Island, 14/ to 16/ per cwt; Cabbages, 1/ to 5/ per sack; on benches, 1/ to 3/ per dozen; cauliflowers, 1/ to 4/ per sack; on benches, 6d to 2/ per dozen; pumpkins, 20/ to 30/ per cwt; cucumbers, 4/ to 6/3 per dozen; carrots, 1/ to 1/9; . parsnips. 1/6 to 2/; beet, 9d to 1/2; turnips, 4d to 7d; radish, 3d to 4d; spring onions, 3d to 1/ per bundle; spinach, 5d to lOd per dozen; leeks, 2d to 4d; green peas, 2d to 3d per lb; French beans, hothouse, 8d to 1/3; broad beans, LJd to 24d; marrows, new season’s, 5/ to 7/6 per dozen; lettuce, 2/ to 5/ per case; rhubarb, 1/3 to 2/6 per dozen; asparagus, 5d to 9d per bundle. Poultry and Eggs. Cockerels: Heavy breeds, prime, 3/ to 5/ each; not prime, 1/6 up; light breeds, prime, 2/3 to 3/6; not prime, 1/ up. Fat roosters: Heavy breeds, prime, 2/ to 2/6; light breeds, 1/6 to 2/. Fat hens: Heavy breeds, 2/ to 3/; light breeds, 1/6 to 2/. Pullets: Heavy breeds, best, 3/ to 4/6; smaller, 1/6 up; light breeds, best, 2/6 to 4/; smaller, 1/6 up. Drakes: Young, prime, 2/3 to 3/3; smaller, 1/ up; old, 1/ to 1/6. Ducks: Young, 1/6 to 2/6; old. 1/ to 1/6. Geese: 3/6 to 5/. Turkeys: Hens, 4/ to 6/; gobblei’s, 6/ to 14/. Cockei*el chicks; Heavy breeds, 6d to 1/6; light breeds, Id to 1/. Dayold chicks; 8.0., 3d to 4d; L.H., 2d to 4d. Guinea fowls; 3/ to 4/. Ducklins: 5/ to 7d. Hen eggs: First grade, 10|d per dozen; B grade, 9Jd; C grade, 7£d. Duck eggs: First gi’ade, 9£d per dozen; B grade, B£d; C grade, 6£d.