In the Market Place

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 562, 15 January 1929, Page 10

In the Market Place

POORER STRAWBERRIES

GOOD PEACHES PLENTIFUL Strawberries are falling off in quality. Many which arrived on the markets to-day were over-ripe. Prices remain the same for the inferior grades, but the better-qual-ity fruit is meeting with a keener inquiry than has been the case since Christmas. Good quality peaches are plentiful. Prices show a slight drop. T EMONS are still meeting with a steady demand. Tomatoes are in heavy supply, and there are ‘fair quantities of plums. Gravensteim apples have now reached the markets. They are selling well. Figs are becoming scarce. In the vegetable market there is still a glut of potatoes. Blight, due to rain during the warm weather, has impaired the quality to a great extent. An improvement in prices is expected about the end of the month. Cabbages are in over-supply. Cucumbers are also plentiful and prices are low. Quotations: FRUIT Strawberries.—7d to Is; special varieties, Sd to Is 3d. Apples.—Gravensteins, large forward, 10s to 14s; medium, 7s to 9s: small, 4s to ss; Astrakhans, large, coloured, 10s to 12s; small, 4s to 6s; large cookers, 7s to 10s; small, 4s to 6s. Oranges.—San Francisco. 30s to 37s 6d; Sydney, 10s to 14s. Grapes.—Hothouse, Is 3d to Is 9d. Loganberries.—9d to Js 2d a chip. Figs.—6s to 10s. Mushrooms.—ls 6d to 2s 6d a lb. Tomatoes.—No. 1 quality, 3s to 4s 6d an 18-201 b. box; No. 2 quality, Is 6d to 2s 6d. Peaches.—Choice, 6s to Ss; others, 4s to ss. Black Currants.—7s to 9s a 121 b box. Apricots.—No. 1,10 s to 12s; others, 7s to 9s. Plums. —Choice varieties, Sultans, etc., 7s to 10s; Burbanks, 3s to ss; others, 3s to ss. Bananas.—Ripe, repacked, A grade, 24s to 275; medium, 16s to 20s; seconds, 10s to 15s. Lemons.—Best, 14s to ISs; others, Ss to 12s. FIELD PRODUCE Potatoes.—New, 2s to 4s Gd a bag. Onions.—3s to 4s a bag. Kumeras.—Udtf to 2d a lb. Cabbage.—6d to 2s a sack. Cauliflower.—4s to Ss a doz. Swedes.—2s to 3s a bag. Pumpkins.—4s to Ss a'cwl. Green Peas.—2s to 5s a bag. Beans.—ls 6d to 3s 6d a bag. Lettuce. —Is to 5s a case. Cucumbers.—6d to 2s a doz. Vegetable Marrows.—6d to Js Gd a doz. Cabbage.—On benches, Is to Is 6d a doz. Cauliflower. —On benches, 4s to 8s a doz. Celery.—ls 3d to 3s a bundle. Rhubarb.—ls 6d to 3s 6d a doz. Spinach.—9d to Is a doz. Pumpkins.—On benches. Id to Is 9d each. Spring Onions. —6d to Is a bundle. Radish.—6d a dozen. Carrots, Parsnips, Beet and Turnips.— 6d to Is a dozen.