Whangarei Market Report

Northern Advocate, 19 July 1938, Page 8

Whangarei Market Report

Fruit. —Apples continue to maintain values, but citrus fruits are slow at unchanged values. Quotations: —Ballarat, 7/ to 8/ per case; Rome Beauty, 7/ to ,8/; Sturmers, 6/6 to 8/: Salome, 7/ to-" 8/; G. Smith, 7/8 to 8/6; Jonathan, ,6/6 to 8/6; Delicious. 6/ to .7/6; Dougherty, 5/6 to 7/. Sweet oranges. 6/ to 7/6; New Zealand grapefruit. 5/ to 6/; lemons, 5/ to 7/6.

Vegetables. —With the exception of pumpkins, all vegetables are in good demand and short supply. Quota-tions:—-Cabbage, 2/ tc- 6/ per doz; cauliflowers, 3/ to 9/ per doz; carrots, 5/ to 6/6 per sugar-bag; beetroot. 4/6 to 6/6 per sugar-bag; parsnips, 4/6 to 7/ per sugar-bag; leeks. 5d to 7d per doz; lettuce, 1/3 to 3/ per doz: swedes, 4/ to 6 / per sugar-bag: pumpkin, 5/ to 7/6 per cwt; onions. 11/ It 12'6 per sugar-bag; potatoes, 6/9 to 8/ per cwt; kumaras, 12/6 to 14/ per cwt. Poultry.—All classes of poultry arc selling well, with increasing demand. Quotations: —Heavy breed hens, 3/ to 4/; cockerels. 4/ to 5/9; medium breed hens, 2/6 to 3/6; cockerels. 3/6 to 4/3: light breed hens. 2/ to 3/; cockerels. 2/6 to '3/6. Ducks, 1/6 to 3/; drakes, 1/ to 3/; bantams, 6d to 1/; turkey hens, 4/6 to 7/; turkey gobblers. 6/6 to 10/6; geese, 3/ to 6/6: pullets, good, up to. 9/, others. 3/6J.0 4/9.