COMMERCIAL NEWS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 37, 23 November 1940, Page 8

COMMERCIAL NEWS

FRUIT AND PRODUCE. THE ASHBURTON MARKET. Prices at the fruit and produce market at Ashburton on Friday were as follow: Cabbages—3d and 4d. Chaff—6s 6d to 7s 6d a sack. Potatoes—ls 9d sugar-bag, 4s sack. Wheat—lßs, 20s to 22s a sack. Honey—9d to Is lb. Onions 2Jd to 3d per lb, 9s a sugar-bag. ; , ; Apples—Delicious 12s, Sturmers 8s to 10s, cookers 7s 6d. Lettiice—2d and 3d each. Shallots—3d lb. Cauliflowers—4d to 9d each. Carrots—ls 6d a sugar-bag. Parsnips—2s 6d a sugar-bag. Rhubarb—4d to 6d a bundle. Seed Potatoes—ld and l£d per lb. Gooseberries—3d and 4d per lb. Broad Beans—3d per .lb.

GftAIN AND PRODUCE. THE CHRISTCHURCH MARKETS. I v (Special to the '9 Guardian-.”) CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. 'Substantial quantities of small seeds are at present required by the Government for dispatch to the North Island, and tenders have been invited for; the supply of ; a number of descriptions. ’ these • purchases will doubtless clean up stocks of ceYtain lines, they appear to have had little effect on the market. Prices,for. nearly all lines remain where they have been for. §ome weeks, t , Apart from the Government orders, there is little of interest in the-; -markets. A few : sal‘es>' of ’potatoes for April-May-June are reported at up to £5 f.o.b. for ISuttons, but only a very small amount of this business has passed. ';; "... A small demand; still, exists for chaff, but good quality is extremely hard to find. The price being mentioned is £4 15s. .. .Red clover is slightly weaker, and lirifceed.has been reduced, but in neither line is there much activity. The following are quotations to farmers on trucks at country stations, unless otherwise indicated. Wheat—Milling, f.o.b. Tuscan, 5s lid, Hunters 6s Id, Pearl 6s 3d, Marquis 6s sd. (Final payment of 3d a bushel on all wheat at the end of the year). Oats —A Gartons 3s 9d to 4s, B’s 3s 3d to 3s 6d; Algerians 3s 6d to 3s 9d; Duns 4s to 4s 6d, according to sample. Ryegrass—Perennial and Italian 6s to 7s, accoYding to sample. Cocksfoot—9d (nominal). White clover—2s to 2s sd. Red Clover—ls. . ( Partridge Peas—6s 9d to 7s. Chaff; —£4 15s (nominal). Barley—Malting, ex stack, 4s e> stock 4s 72d; Cape, 4s to 4? 6d; black, 6s to 6s 3d. Onions—£l6, sacks extra. Linseed—f.a.q., £2l.