GOOD FRUIT PRICES

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 417, 27 July 1928, Page 12

GOOD FRUIT PRICES

POULTRY IN DEMAND VEGETABLES IN AMPLE SUPPLY A slight improvement was shown in the City Markets this morning in the demand for dessert apples. Sales of oranges have slowed up this week. Cooking apples are in steady demand but pears are still very slow on the markets. Banana repacks have advanced, but lemons are easier in value. Most lines of vegetables are in ample supply, and there is a keen demand. To-day’s poultry auction was well supplied and birds met with keen competition. Values were very firm, at late quotations. The supply of cockerels has decreased and prices have hardened. Hens and ducks were in demand, but there was no notable change in values. In the small stock market, pigs were in good supply and prices were satisfactory. To-day's quotations: FRUIT Apples.—Sturmers, 6s to Ss a case: Delicious, 6s to 8s 6d; Ballarats, 7s 6d to 8s 6d; Doughertys, 4s to 6s 6d; Granny Smith, 9s to 10s; Munroes, 6s to Bs. Pears. —Nellis and Coles, Ss to 9s 6d; Cooking, 6s. Tomatoes.—lsland, 6s to Ss 6d a box; hothouse, 4d to Is a lb. Oranges.—lsland. 12s to 13s: Sydney Navals, 14s; Poorman, 8s to 10s. Demons.—9s to 16s. Tree Tomatoes.—ss to 10s. Bananas.—Repacks, 20s to 275. Mandarins.—Sydney, 14s to 16s. FIELD PRODUCE Potatoes. —Southern, 8s to Ss 6d a ewt; new, 3d to 6d a lb. Onions.—Southern, 10s to 13s a cwt; Japanese, 16s a crate. Kumaras.—Tauranga, 13s to 16s a cwt. Cabbage.—Ss to 18s a sack. Cauliflower. —4s to 17s a sack. Swedes.—2s to 4s 6d a bag. Pumpkins.—ss to 12s 6d a cwt. Citron Melons. —Is to 3s a sack. Beans.—ls to Is 6d a lb. Dcttuce.—ls to 5s a case. Cucumbers.—ss to 7s 6d a dozen. Vegetable Marrows. —3s to 5s a dozen. Cabbage.—On benches, 2s to 7s a dozen. Cauliflower.—On benches, 3d to Is 3d each. Celery.—ls to 5s 6d a bundle. Rhubarb.—3s 6d to 5s a dozen. Spinach.—9d to Is a dozen. Spring Onions.—3d to 5d a bundle. Pumpkins.—On benches, 6d to Is Cd each. Radishes.—6d a dozen. Carrots, Parsnips, Beet and Turnips.— 9d to Is 6d a dozen. Leeks. —4d to 7d a bundle. POULTRY Cock Chicks.—2s to 2s 9d. Prime Heavy Cockerels.—6s to 6s 3d. Prime Lighter Cockerels. —4s to 4s 6ck Light Cockerels. —2s 9d to 3s 7d. Heavy Hens.—3s 9d to ss. Lighter Hens.—3s to 3s 10d. t . Roosters.—3s to 3s 6d. Ducks.—O'd, 2s 9d to 3s 6d. Voting: 4s 6d to 5s 6d. Drakes. —2s !)d to 3s 6d. Moscovy Ducks.—3s to 4s 4d. Moscovy Drakes.—4s 6d to 6s. Turkey Hens.—6s 6d to Ss. Goblers. —12s to 3 9s. Pullets.—Forward: 6s 6d to Ss 6d; smaller, 3s to 4s 6d. SMALL STOCK Pigs.—Weaners, 8s to 12s: slips, 1.4 s to 18s: porkers, £2 2s _6d to £2 10s; baconers, £3 5s to £4 ss. BUTTER AND CHEESE Merchants report receipt of London cables reading as follow: — Amalgamated Dairies, Ltd., from their London house under date July 26: “Butter: ‘Anchor’ unchanged at 186 s; market very slow; some resales at 182 s to 184 s; Danish, 174 s f.o.b. Cheese: 109 sto 110 s, after 108 s; market quiet.” Leonard and Son, Ltd., from their London principal, A. C. Rowson, under date July 25: “Butter market quiet and prices easier at 182 sto 184 s. Cheese: 110 s; market quiet.” Joseph Nathan and Company, from their London principals: “Butter, 180 s to 182 s; market weak. Cheese: 108 sto 110 s; nothing doing.” MINING NEWS WAIHI. —The following information has been cabled to London: In the No. 9 level of the south branch of the Dreadnought lode driving east in the Grand Junction area the next 21 feet assays 34s a ton; the width of the lode varies from 2 to 3 feet. In the No. 10 level in the south branch of the Dreadnought lode driving east in the Grand Junction area the next 21 feet assays 23s 9d a ton; the width of the lode varies from 1 to 5 feet. In the No. 11 level of the Hmpire lode drivingeast in the Grand Junction area the next 57 feet assays 17s 9d a ton.