PRODUCE PRICES

Taranaki Daily News, 1 December 1934, Page 11

PRODUCE PRICES

FEW CHANGES DURING WEEK. NEW PLYMOUTH QUOTATIONS. There have been few changes in produce prices at New Plymouth during the week. In the vegetable list beans and peas have become substantially cheaper, but fruit remains practically unaltered. Dairy produce shows little alteration, but ■ eggs are a penny a dozen cheaper. - Yesterday’s quotations weer':— Fruit: Apples, Delicious 4d, cookers 4d, Stunners 4d; plums, 4d and 6d per lb; cherries, Is 6d per lb; oranges, South Australian Valencias, 5 and 6 for Is; lemons, Tauranga, 10 for Is; banaans, 21b for Is; hothouse tomatoes, Is per lb; grapes, Is per lb; strawberries, Is 6d per chip; gooseberries, 4d per lb; red currants, 8d per lb. Vegetables: New poatoes, 61b for Is;, kumeras, 41b for Is; onions, 51b for Is; cabbages, 2d and 3d each; cauliflowers, 6d and 8d each; lettuces, 2d, 3d and 4d; green peas, 4lb for Is; broad beans, 3d per lb; asparagus, 6d a bundle; local grown, 9d; spinach, 3d 'a'bundle; silver beet, 3d a bundle; rhubarb, 5d and 6d a bundle; French beans, .6d per lb; beetroot and carrots, 3d a bundle. Beef: Sirloin, 7d per lb; beef steak, 6d; corned beef, 6d and 7d per lb; prime ribs, 6d and 7d per lb; rump steak, 9d per lb; sausages, 4d per lb; tripe, 6d per lb. Mutton: Legs, 7d and 8d per lb;, forequarters, 5d per ib; hind quarters, 6d and 7d per lb; chops, 6d and Bd. Miscellaneous: Pork. 8d and 9d per lb; veal, 6d and 8d per lb. Butter: Factory, first grade, lid per lb; whey, 9d per lb; dairy, 8d per lb. Cheese: Ordinary, 7d lb; matured, lOd Bacon: Rashers, from Hd to Is Id lb; by piece, from 8d per lb. Ham: Whole, Is per lb; cooked, pressed, Is 8d per lb; shoulders, 9d per lb. Eggs: Hen, buying, lid, selling Is; duck, buying lOd, selling lid; duck, 9d to lOd. POULTRY PRICES. SALE .AT NEW - PLYMOUTH. L. A. Nolan and Company report a full entry at their poultry sales yesterday with prices well maintained. Prices were: Hens Is 9d to 2s 8d; roosters, Is 4d to 2s Id; ducklings,' Hd to 2s 3d; ducks, Is 6d;'chicks, Had to cockerels, 9d to 3s 7d; turkey hens, ss; gobblers, 3s to 3s 3d; guinea fowl, 2s.