THE CITY MARKETS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21520, 17 June 1933, Page 7

THE CITY MARKETS

POOR DEMAND FOR APPLES 1 <) CABBAGE LOWER IN PRICE The demand for apples was very slow at the City Markets yesterday, and pears also met with only moderato inquiry. There was a rise in values for extra choice ripe tomatoes, while tree tomatoes were unchanged on sale. Passion fruit wero a shade lower in price, the demand beipg less keen. Oranges again met with good demand, but bananas were easier on sale. A slackening in the demand for lemons caused a drop in prices. Tho season for hothouse grapes is nearing an end, and prices rose .by a few pence a lb. Heavy supplies of cabbages caused a fall of Is 6d a sack and about 6d a dozen. Cauliflower, which mot with a good demand, also were a shade easier in price. There wero heavy supplies of celery, the demand being fair. Pumpkins were slow of sale owing to heavy supplies, while kumaras also were in ample supply. Brussels sprouts, which are increasing in supply, sold fairly well, and there was a fair inquiry for lettuce of good quality. Demand was steady for root vegetables, which were in good supply. An average supply of poultry found little inquiry, prices generally being lower. Values for eggs wero unchanged. Prices were:— FRUIT Apples, Jonathan, 5s 6d to 7s 6d ft case; Delicious, 3s 6d to 5s 6d; Brighton, 4g 6d to 6s; Ballarats, 5s to Gs 6d; Stunners, 6s to 7s 6d; Munros, 4s 6d to 5s 6d; Granny Smith, 6s to 8s; pears. Coles and Nelis, 8s to 10s; Keiffers, 5s to 7s 6d; P. Barry, 7s to 8s 6d; passions, 6s to lls; .cuavas, 3s to 4s: persimmons, Is 9d to 2s__ 6d; oranges, Island, according to count, 17s to 245: Californian Valencias. 355; mandarins, repacks, bushel cases, 14s to 18s; grapefruit, local, large, 5s to 6s; small, 3s to 4s; Californian. 375; tomatoes, hothouse, 6# to lis; outdoor, 4s to 8s; bananas, 15s to 20s; tree tomatoes, now black, 5s to 6s: others, 3s to 4s 6d; lemons, choice fcured. 13s to 15s; tree ripe, 8s to 10s; pines, Fiji, 14s to 15s Od; grapes, Coleman, extra choice. Is 6d to'ls 9d per lb.; others, lOd to Is 4d, FIELD PRODUCE Potatoes, local. Is to 4s a bag; Southern, white. £6 to £6 10s a ton; Dakota Red, £7 10s to £8; swedes. Is to 2s 6d a bag; onions. Is to 3s 6d; kumaras, 2s to 3s 9d; cabbage. Is 6d to 5s a sack; on benches. Is to 2s 6d a dozen; cauliflower, 4s to 9s a bag; on benches, Is 6d to 6s a dozen; pumpkins, Is to 3s a sack; best Crown, 4s to 5s a cwt.; cucumbers, 5s to 7s a dozen; carrots. Get to 9d; parsnips, Is to Is 3d; beet, 8d to Is 3d; turnips, 6d to 9d; radish, 6d to Is: spring onions, 3d to 5d a bundle; soinach, 6d to' Is a dozen; leeks. Id to 3d a bundle; beans, hothouse, Gd to Is Id a lb.; Brussels sprouts, 2Jd to 34d a lb.; marrows, Is to 2s a dozen; melons, citrons, 4d to 9d each; lettuce. Is to 5s 6d a case; celery, cooking, 6d to 9d a bundle; dessert, Is to 2s 6d; rhubarb. Is 6d to 3s Od a dozen. POULTRY Cockerels, heavy breeds, prime, 8s 6d to ss; not prime. 2s up; light breeds, prftne.. 2s Cd to 3s 6d; not prime. Is 6d up; fat roosters, heavy breeds, prime. Is 6d to 2s; light breeds. Is 3d to Is 6d: fat hens, heavy breeds, Is 9d to 2s Cd; light breeds. Is 3d to Is 6d; pullets, heavy breeds, best, 3s to ss: smaller. 2s up; light breeds, best, 3s to ss; smaller, 2s up; drakes, young, prime. Is 9d to 2s 3d; smaller. Is 6d up: old. Is Gd to I 3 9d: ducks, young, Is 9d to 2s 6d; old, Is 6d to Is 9d. DAIRY PRODUCE Hen eggs, first quality, Is 7id a dozen; B grade, Is Sid; C grade. Is 3jd; duck eggs, first quality. Is s}d; B grade. Is 4}d: C grade, Is 3|d; farmers' butter, 8d to lOd per lb. CANTERBURY MARKETS RISE IN POTATO PRICES [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] CHRISTCHURCH, Friday A sharp improvement in the potato market has set in since mid-week. The main factor is that crops are yielding very moderately in some districts. Another factor is the probability of a further shipment of 1000 tons to South America. Wet weather has temporarily delayed digging and farmers are not offering many lots. The Wingatui sailed during the week with a moderate consignment for tho North. Whites, for prompt shipment, are quoted at £4 5s a ton, f.0.b., sacks included, or £3 5s on trucks, and July delivery at £5 to £5 ss, f.o.b. Dakotas advanced sharply in price during the last few days. Generally this variety owes its premium to a demand from Wellington * but this season Auckland is developing a tastefor the variety. Prices to growers have advanced to £4 2s 6d to £4 5s a ton, or £5 10s f.0.b., sacks included. Onions are worth £3 5s a ton on trucks, but not much is doing in this product. Fowl wheat remains unaltered at 3s Gd a bushel, f.0.b., extra. v Oats show little change. A Gartons are worth 2s to 2s la a bushel on trucks. Tho small seeds market is unchanged. MINING NEWS KING SOLOMON WASH-UP. 650 Z. [BY TELEGKAPH — ASSOCIATION] INVERCARGILL, Friday The wash-up at the King Solomon Deep Mine (Gore) for this week totalled Goo•/.. FRESHFORD RETURN, I3*OZ. [BY TELEGRAPH I'll ESS association] 'INVERCARGILL,' Friday Thb Freshford Gold Dredging Compnny (Waikaia, Southland) reports a wash-up of 13Joz. for 1-10 hours' work. PEDIGREE STOCK SALES The annual sale of Oakview Stud Friesians was hold at Patumahoe yesterday on behalf of Lichtunstein, Arnoldson and Company, by Dalgety and Company, Limited, in conjunction with the Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited. There was a good representative bench of buyers and bidding was.keen. Top prico for heifers was 155 guineas and tho offering averaged 17 guineas. .Hulls sold up to 33J guineas and averaged 16 guineas. Tho sale of pedigreo Southdown sheep, Berkshire pigs and pedigree Jersey cattle was held at Jlossrs. G. R. and H. Hutchinson's farm at Warepapa yesterday. There was a large attendance from all parts of the Auckland Province. Tho stud's Southdown sheep mot with good competition, especially stud rams and ram and ewo hoggots. Berkshire pigs met with extra keen local competition and sold at prices above those ruling at previous nales. Tho cattle met Vith spirited competition from a largo and representative bench of buyers. A feature of tho gale was tho excollortt demand for bulls. Tho top priced yearling bull, a son of tho imported sire from Vernon Sultana, fell to tho bid of Miss Christie, of Hikurangi, at 71 guineas. In the females the top price way secured for Vernon Sultana, the purchaser being Mr. A. E. Wotkins, of tho O.K. Stud, tho prico being (3G guineas. The satisfactory avorago for tho whole herd, including unsound cows held for breeding purposes only, was 22$ guineas, tho | whole of tho cattle being sold with tho exception of Vernon Chorrv Bloom, the New Zealand champion "long distance" cow. The only bull which failed to reach the owner's valuation was Ladylike Masterful, for the last throo years the associate sire at Vernon. Fifty-seven cows averaged 24J guineas, while 32 bulls averaged 20J guineas. The sale was conducted by tho Farmers Co-operative Auctioneering Company. Limited, in conjunction with Alfred Buckland and Sons. '