MARKET QUOTATIONS

Taranaki Daily News, 16 September 1939, Page 4

MARKET QUOTATIONS

NO MATERIAL CHANGE NEW PLYMOUTH PRICES No material changes occurred in market prices at New Plymouth during the week. Quotations are: — Fruit: Australian navel oranges, 5 and 6 for ls; bananas, 6d 1b; cooking apples, 2V2lb for ls, Granny Smith 6d lb; Tauranga lemons, 6 for ls: tomatoes, hothouse, ls 4d lb; New Zealand walnuts. ls lb; Winter Cole pears, 6d lb: cooking pears, 31b for ls; pineapples, ls 6d to 2s; passion fruit, 12 and 14 for ls; tree tomatoes, 6d lb; rhubarb, 6d and 8d bundle; Taranaki grapefruit. 6 for ls; Australian grapefruit, 3 for ls; Californian ribier grapes, 2s lb. Vegetables: Onions. 3lb for ls; potatoes, local 41b for ls; island kumeras, 21^1b for ls; new carrots, 3d bunch; cabbages. 3d to ls each; lettuce, 3d to 4d each; turnips, 3d bunch; parsnips. 4d bunchr; eelery (best). 6d to lOd a stick; leeks, 3d bundle; cauliflowers, 6d to ls 3d each; pumpkins, 3d lb; swedes. 2d lb; spinach. 3d bundle. Meat: Sirloin, 9d lb; lamb. forequarters lfld lb. hindquarters ls lb: steak. 8d; corned beef. 7d and 8d lb; prime rihs, 8d lb; rump steak, ls lb; sausages, 6d lb; tripe, 8d lb. Mutton: Legs 9d, forequarters 7d, hindquarters 8d lb; chops, lOd lb; pork. lld lb; veal, lOd and ls lb. Eggs: Selling, ls 5d dozen. Butter: First grade ls 6d, dairy ls 3d; cheese, ordinary lld lb. mature ls ld lb. Bacon: Rashers ls 2d to ls 5d, whole hams ls 3d, cooked and pressed 2s 3d lb, shoulders ls lb. Poultry Prices. L. A. Nolan and Company report a small entry and a slight easing in prices at their sale of poultry at New Plymouth yesterday. Prices were: Hens, 2s 6d to 4s 5d; cockerels, 2s ld to 4s 8d; chickens, 6V2d to 9d: pullets (small), 2s 6d; bantams. ls 6d to 2s; broodies. 3s to 4s; ducks, 3s ld to 3s 2d; turkey hens, 5s 3d; gobblers, 9s 6d. Wholesale Eggs. Prices realised at Webster Bros.' wholesale auction of eggs at New Plymouth were: Hens, ls 51^d to ls 6d; mixed, ls 4!£d to ls 5%d; ducks, ls 4d to ls 5d.