THE MARKET BASKET

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22071, 29 March 1935, Page 7

THE MARKET BASKET

BUTTER PRICES DECREASE VEGETABLE SUPPLIES IMPROVE With the exception of a decrease of Id a pound in the price of both first and second grade butter, there has been little alteration in the values of foodstuffs during the past "week. First grade butter is now selling at Is a pound and second grade at lOd. Supplies of vegetables are improving and the prices of cabbage and cauliflower show a decrease of 2d, both selling at from 6d to Is each. Ihe passion fruit season has nearly finished and values are higher. Good quality bananas are still scarce but there has been no change in prices. Mushrooms are still fairly plentiful. Flounder and hapuka are still scarce but fish rates remain unchanged. There is no variation in the price of meat, eggs, bacon and ham. Values are: — FRUIT Apples, cookers, Gravenstein, Ballarat, 4d; pears, Louis Bonß, 3d to 4d a lb; oranges, Californian, 3s to 4s; Jamaican, 2s 6d to 4s; grapefruit, Sunkist, 4d to Gd: pines, Fiji. Is to Is 6d; lemons, local, Is to 2s; bananas, Fiji, 4d to 5d per lb: tomatoes, 6d to 8d; grapes, local, hothcnise, Is 4d to 2s; outdoor, 8d per lb; peaches, Is to 3s a dozen; plums, 4d to 6d a lb: mangoes, 4d to 8d each; passion fruit, Gd to Is a dozen; rock melons, small, Gd to Is; large, Is to 2s; mushrooms, 8d to Is. VEGETABLES Potatoes, 2d a lb; kumarns, 2d; onions, local, 3d; Canadian, 3d; pumpkins, 2d to 3d a lb; cabbages, 6d to Is each; cucumbers, 3d to sd; lettuce, 3d each; radish, spring onions, turnips, parsnips, carrots, spinach, beet, 2d to 4d; green peas, C<l a lb; benns, 4d to Gd; French. 4d to Gel; spring marrows, 6d to lOd each: caubflowers, Gd to Is each; celery, 4d to 8d: leeks, 4d. MEAT Beef.—Rump steak, Is per lb; undercut, Is 2d; beef steak, Gd: stewing steak, Bd; sirloin, Bjd; prime ribs, Gd; prime ribs (boned and rolled), 8d: wing ribs (three chine bones), 7Jd: topside (4lb and over), sd; thick flank, 4d: bolars, Sid? double ton rib, 4Jd; chuck; rib, 4d; rolled back _ rib, Gd; corned round, 7d; corned brisket (boned). 6Jd: brisket and flat rib, 31d; thin flnnk, 2d; gravy beef or shin meat, 4d; minced beef, -Id; tripe, Gd; dripping, fid: snet, 4d; sausages, sd; sausage meat, 4d: whole shins or legs, ljd; hnlf shins or legs (thick end), 2d: half shins or less (knuckle end), ljd: ox kidneys, la; ox tongues. 7d: ox tails. Gd; wholo loins, 7d; whole rumps. Bd. Mutton.—Sides, 7}d per lb; whole legs, B}d; cut legs, 9d; sliank end (Gib or under). Sid; hindquarter. 8d; forequarter, fid; shoulder, 7d: shank end of forequarter. fijd; peck (best ends), 7d; loin, B|d; middle loin chops, lid; leg and Tib chops, fld: neck chops (best end), 8d; stewing chops, Gd: flaps, 3d; cutlets (trimmed). Is Id; sheen s fry, fid; kidnevs, 3d each; tongues. 3d; sheep's head (dressed), Gd; sheep's brains. 2d - , , Lamb.—Soring, foreauarter. 3d: hinnqunrtor, lid; legs. Is 2d; loin, lid: side, 10d; chops. Is. Venl.—Fillets. 8d: loins. Gd; cutlets and venl steak. lOd: chops. 7d; shoulder. 4d: quarters. 3d; rolled veal. fid. Pork.—Leg, lOd; loin, 10d; foreloin, with blade, 8d: pork chons, lid; corned hand, 8c!: corned hellv, lfid: pork sausages, 7d. These are cash prices at the shopß, booking and delivery being a penny a pound extra. FTSH Schnapper, whole, 5d per lb; trimmed, Gd; smoked, lOd ; skinned fillets, 9d; ternklhi, whole, 4id: smoked, Gd: kippered fillets, Id; trevalli. whole, 2d per lh; ! smoked. sd; John Dory, wholo, Gd; fillets, 9d to lOd per lb: lemon fish, fillets.- 4d; silver strip, fid; hapuku steaks, lOd; wings, smoked, 7di cod smoked, la: gurnard, whole, 3d; barracouta, whole. 4d; simoked. Gd; kinpers, Scotch. Is; crayfish, Gd per lb: mussels, fresh, Is Gd a. dozen; pickled, Is Gd n bottle; rabbits, Is each: hares. Is Gd each; mutton birds, Is each; cod fillets, Scotch, Is fid per lb; findon haddocltß, Is 3d; moki steaks, Bd; smoked steaks, 7d. BACON AND HAM Bacon.—Shoulder rashers, Is Id ner lb: rib rashers. Is sd; by piece, Bhouldor cut, 10Id to Is 2d. TTnm.—Wholo, Is 2id per lb; in raßhers. Is 6d; cooked, pressed, rolled, 2s. BUTTER AND CHEESE Butter.—Factory, first grade, Is per lb: second grndo, lOd; farm butter, lOd per lb. Cheese.—Ordinary, 8d; more matured, Is to Is Gd. EGGS Duck, Is lOd a dozen: hen, first grade, 2s COTTON AND WOOLLENS BIG GERMAN PURCHASES LONDON, March 27 The Lille correspondent of the Daily Mail says Germany continues her heavy purchase of woollen and cotton goods in the industrial areas of Northern France. She is also buying raw materials at almost any price. She is said to have bought 5000 tons in the past three days at far above the normal price, one afternoon paying 5d a lb. above the morning offer.