In the Market Place

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 531, 7 December 1928, Page 12

In the Market Place

APRICOTS OFFERING TOMATO PRICES WEAKER Local apricots were offered for the first time this season on the City Markets to-day. Very large quantities of hothouse tomatoes are now being sold. Prices show a weakening tendency, but they are expected to improve shortly. STRAWBERRIES are now plentiful. They are selling fairly freely. The demand is very poor for dessert and cooking pears. Local apples are hard to clear at low rates. Local Delicious have now gone off the market. This week’s shipment of Sydney fruit was large. Red and black cherries and oranges are selling well. The vegetable market is very heavily supplied with new potatoes, green peas, cabbages and cucumbers. The inquiry for all lines of vegetables is fair. To-day’s poultry auction saw heavy supplies, with prices up to those of last week. Choice cockerels are in shorter supply and prices are firm. Lighter cockerels show a slight decrease. Heavy hens are selling at good rates. Light hens are meeting with a good demand at low values. The supply of turkeys is small at present and values are high. Old ducks and young drakes are plentiful. In the small stock market, baconer pigs are bringing £3 6s to £3 ISs; porkers, £2 to £2 10s: slips, 16s to £1 6s: and weaners, to 12s. Quotations: FRUIT Apples: Stunners, 6s to Ss; Doughertys, 3s to 6s; Canadian Delicious, 17s to 18s; Canadian Jonathan, 15s to 17s; Canadian Winesap, 19s; Newton Pippin, 19s. Pears: Nelis (repacks), 5s to 6s; Coles, 4s to 6s; P. Barrys, 4s to 6s. Oranges: Island, 19s to 20s; Sydney Valencias, 10s to 14s. Lemons: 6s to 14s. Tomatoes: Hothouse, No. 1, Od to Is a lb; No. 2,6 d to Sd; outdoor, 3d to Bd. Bananas: 22s to 2Ss case. Strawberries: Sd to Is. Gooseberries: 5s 6d to 6s 6d. Apricots: 8s to 12s. Cherries: Grey town, 9s to 12s: Sydney red, 10s to 14s; Sydney black, ISs to 20s. Pines: Ss to 12s. FIELD PRODUCE Potatoes: New, 5s to 7s bag. Onions: New season’s, lid to 2d lb. Ivumeras: Tauranga, 16s cwt. Cabbage: 2s to 5s sack.. Cauliflower: 3s to 8s sack. Pumpkins: 10s to 14s cwt. Green peas: 3s to 4s 6d bag. Beans: French, 5d to 7d lb. Lettuce: 2s to 5s case. Cucumbers: Hothouse, 3s to 4s 6d doz; outdoor, Is 6d to 6s doz. Vegetable marrows: 2s to 6f doz. Cabbage: On benches, Is to 3s doz. Cauliflower: On benches. Is to 5s doz. Rhubarb: Is to 2s 6d doz. Spinach: 6d to 9d doz. Pumpkins: On benches, Is to 3s each. j Spring onions: 3d to 9d bundle. Radish: 3d to 6d doz. Carrots, parsnips, beet and turnips: 8d to Is 2d doz. Asparagus: 5d to 9d bundle. Leeks: 3d to 4d bundle. POULTRY Day-old chicks: White Leghorn, Id to 7d; Black Orpington, 4d to 7d. Cock chicks: Light breeds, 3d to lOd; heavy breeds, 9d to 2s Dd. Ducklings: Sd to lOd. Pleavy hens: 2s 6d to 4s. Lighter hens: Is 6d to 2s 6d. Prime heavy cockerels: 7s to Ss 6d.. Light cockerels: 4s to 6s. Roosters: 2s 6d to 3s 9d. Ducks: Is 6d to 2s. Drakes: Young, 2s 6d to Ss 6d. Muscovy ducks: 3s to 4s 9d. Muscovy drakes: 4s to ss. Turkey hens: 6s to Bs. Goblers: 14s to 21s. NORTHERN DAIRYING An increase of 94 tons, lDcwt of butter is registered by the Ruawai Co-operative Dairy Company, Ltd., in its returns for the current season to November 30, compared with the figures for the corresponding period of last season. The total payout for November at the rate of Is 4d a lb of butter-fat amounts to' £13,101, compared with £9,046 last year. During November the Port Albert Dairy Company put through 36 tons 12cwt of butter, compared with 30 tons for the same period last season. The output from the factory to date this season shows an increase of approximately 20 per cent, over the figures for the corresponding period of last year.