THE CITY MARKETS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22109, 15 May 1935, Page 7

THE CITY MARKETS

HEAVY VEGETABLE SUPPLIES SEVERAL LINES CHEAPER Tomatoes continued to sell freely at the City Markets yesterday, but supplies of outdoor varieties are rapidly diminishing, and glasshouse-grown are now taking their place. Passion fruit were in short supply and realised high prices. The season for persimmons is now practically finished. The demand for Fiji mandarins was not very keen, although the fruit was of good quality and very sweet. There was again a fairly good demand for hothouse Colman grapes, which have sold well throughout the season. Cooking apples were in good demand, as were dessert apples and pears, but lemons were dull of sale. There were heavy supplies of all vegetables, several lines, especially lettuce, being very cheap. Cauliflower, most of which is now coming from Ohakune, brought high prices, but cabbages eased slightly in price. Carrots were also cheap, and there was a glut of kumaras. Peas and beans are becoming very scarce and good quality sorts realised high prices. Hothouse beans are now appearing on the market, and supplies of Brussels sprouts arrived from Ohakune. With the arrival of Southern potatoes, the market weakened considerably. The supply of poultry was heavy and the demand fair. Values remained practically unchanged. Prices were:— FRUIT Apples, Delicious, 5s to 7s 6d; Sturmers, 5b to 6s 6d; Granny Smith, 5s to 8s; Ballarats, 53 to 6s; Giant Jenitan, 6s to 8s; Dougherty, Ss to ss; pears, Coles and Xelis, 9s to 10s; passions, 12s to 15s; persimmons, 3s to 4s; oranges, Californian, 35s to 375; Jamaican, 365; lemons, cured, 9s to 123; others, 4s to 8s; mandarins, Fiji, repacks, 16s; grapefruit, Californan, 30s; tomatoes, hothouse, 5d to 6Jd lb; outdoor, extra choice, 8s to 9s case; others, 2s up; bananas, 15s to 18s; tree tomatoes, black. 3s 6d to 4s Gd; others, 2s up; pines, Queensland, according to count, 13a to 225; grapes, hothouse, Colman, extra choice. Is 3d to Is 5d lb; others, 9d to Is 2d; coconuts, 12s Cd sack.

FIELD PRODUCE Potatoes, 3s to 5s bag; Southern, 7s to 7s 6d cwt.; ewedes, 2s to 4s bag; onions, 7s to 8s fid; kumaras, 2s to 3s 6d; cabbages, 4s to 7s'Back; on benches, 2s to 3s 6d dozen; cauliflowers, 9s to 13s sack; pumpkins, 2s to 6s cwt.; cucumbers, 3s to 6s dozen; carrots, 4d to 7d; parsnips, 9d to Is 3d; beet, 4d to 8d; turnips, 6d to Is; radish, 3d; spring onions, 3d to 4d bundle; spinach, fid to 9d dozen; leeks, 2d to sd; green peas, 7s to 12s bag; French beans, 3s to 8s; Brussels sprouts, 3d to 4d lb; marrows, 6d to Is dozen; melons, citrons, unsaleable; lettuce, fid to 2s case; celery, cooking. 8d to Is bundle; dessert, la 3d to 2s 3d; rhubarb, fid to 2s dozen. POULTRY Cockerels, heavy breeds, prime, 2s 6d to 4s 6d; not prime. Is 3d up; light breeds, prime. Is 9d to 3s; not prime, Is up; fat roosteis, heavy breeds, prime, Is 9d to 2s fid; light breeds. Is fid to Is 9d; fat hens, heavy breeds. Is 9d to 2s 9d; light breeds. Is 3d to Is 9d; pullets, heavy breeds, best, 3s fid to 5s 6d; smaller, Is fid up; light breeds, best. 3s 6d to 5s 6d; smaller, Is fid up; drakes, young, prime. Is 9d to 2s 9d; smaller, Is up; old,' Is 6d to 2s 6d; ducks, young, 2a 6d to 3s fid; old, 1b 6d to 2s fid.