IN IKE MARKET PLACE

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 136, 30 August 1927, Page 2

IN IKE MARKET PLACE

ORANGES IN DEMAND APPLES EASIER Oranges are well sought after and are firm at from 17s 6d to 18s 6d for Cook Island varieties, and 19s to 22s for Sydney navels. Bananas bring firm values. Apples are slightly easier. Field and garden produce is well supplied. The big Cook Island shipment which came to hand last week was quickly absorbed. Over 20 per cent, of the shipment was waste, while approximately 6,000 cases were sent South. The balance will carry the local market on till the arrival of the next shipment in about a fortnight’s time. With the labour trouble experienced on the other side, there will be no shipment of citrus fruit from Sydney this week. The Tofua, from Fiji with bananas, is due on Monday next. Dessert pears sell freely at late quotations. In the field and garden produce section there is little alteration in values. All seasonal lines are well supplied, and prices keep within the range of the average housewife. Prices under the hammer at to-day s auctions in the City Marts ranged as follows: FRUIT Apples: Delicious, 7s to 9s 6d a case; Hawke’s Bay Sturmers, 9s to 10s; Nelson Sturmers, 7s to 8s 6d; Granny Smith, 11s to 12s; Pride of Australia, 8s to 10s: Doughertys, 6s to 8s; Pioneers, 8s to 9s 6d: Monroes. Ss to 10s. Pears: Nellis. 8s to 12s a case: Coles. 6s to 10s: Keiffers, 6s: Josephine. 9s to 10s; P. Barrys, 8s to 9s; Vicars, <s 6d to Bs. ... . Lemons: Local, association pack, l~s t>a to 16s a. case; local, tree, ripe, 6s to i_s. Tomatoes: Hothouse, Is 6d to 2s a lb. Tree tomatoes: 3s 6d to 6s a case. Grapes: Sydney white, 10s to 20s a C Bananas: Repacks, 22s 6d to 2Ss a case. Mandarins: Ex-cooler, 12s to -0s a case. VEGETABLES Potatoes: Southern, 7s to 7s 6d cwt. Kumeras: Island, 9s to 10s 6d cwt; iauranga, 8s to 10s. Pumpkins: Ordinary, 4s to 6s 6d cwt: Crown and Triuinble, 8s to 11s. Swedes: Is 9d to 2s 3d a. bag. Onions: Good, sound, Arm. os 6d to 6d a bag: Australian, 6s 6d to 7s 6d a CT cibbage: 2s to 6s 6d a sack. Cauliflower: 2s to 6s 6d a sacw. Lettuce: Is 6d to 5s case. ~ Rhubarb: 3s 6d to 6s a dozen bundles.