FRUIT AND PRODUCE MARKET.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 177, 26 July 1913, Page 9

FRUIT AND PRODUCE MARKET.

Business iu the fruit, produce, and poultry mantels has been tairly active since last reiKirt, aDd supplies generally _iye oeea good, m produce otic» mere >vas. a noticeable drop iu potatoes, supplies of whicli | ,vere lal. I.v heavy. i.s;rite s-.ucs were m-,de at reduceu values. Clearances no«v having been effected, [lie market has a ttriu forwari. tendency. Ouious were in supp,/ equal to require aim Is, and without a,.y change iu vatne. in green vegeiaoies Uie supply was Heavy, a.id geuur-.uiy of excellent quality. suck lines as cauliflowers and .snowing lurlfier reductions ou last weeK's | values,. Grain vvas quiet al about last week's j quotation. The supply of baiter mis some wliat short. IJncs submitted al auciiou sold ul c'.i advance on lasi week's raits, there vv.-.s a considerable increase in .tie .supply o. eggs. For ires-h guaranteed. I..st vv.. k"s v.-rl'ies ,vere urainuiut-d, while l.i.r quaunI ttes ot preserved and cliilled submitted soid I :IL very iow prices. Cheese, ham. ami bacon j showed a,, cnauge. Tiie fruit market lias | been fully suppned, more particular,}- with | apples. There is practically uo ituprov-puieut ,lo report lu prices realised for local growu. I the majority of which were on tne small i side. Southern shipments oi a cooking j variety sold at considerably better values ! than the local coloured. Only a few pears e.iuie to "hand t rooi the 'South, mostly in poor condition. Sydney fruit arrived geuerally in bad order, leaving heavy losses to t'le shipper. There were tairly heavy supp_>.ot poultry, chiefly of sood qualitv, and liisjh prices ruled throughout. Field Produce.— Potatoes: Local, prune, _ 10/' to £j JU>/; medium, £4 io £T, :, Onions Imported, 10/ to _/. .Daily l'roduce.— Butter: Farmers' in PnutS, 1/2 to 1/2'; prime farmers', bulk, lid: prime milled. i u bulk for export 1 1i factory. 1/3. K-ggs: Fresh, hen. 1,.'. to LtU; | ■■•"■k, l ( is- 1/4 preserved id to if);, --hill jed. 0,1 to <Jd. I fruit.—Apples: Local, coloured. extra 1 superior, case. '.),' to lo : good. S/ to 0/: box. L'./ to 4/: poor, small, case, :(,• io 4/: mefiium. | B/ to TV'"; TnriUiiiii.-iu. 111/. Tears. I desert 10.' to 13/. cooking 8/ to lu . Toruati.e.*, hoin.',u=e. s: to I'.ui per I ili; oranges, local :: to :■/ case. Island 12 to 1.*",/ case. Sydney S to fl/ case, poor mai: !•■ •', :., 7. rjse. ,1,,. small 3/ to 4/ case: I I 'nous. local, prime */ to :, case; rough mid lcoiir.se :; i,, :, . Sydney to,' case; passion fruit. Sydney 7, ,i io S,ti per box; vv.i.uute. "■(I per III; pines. 3/ |o 10/ crate. Poultry.- Hers, onllnarr, 2! to 2/5 each- . good. J, c, i„ g ;, : 3/ t„ e'/. taMe roosters, hravy to 4.T1. medium 3 to " fi. light 2/ to 21'.', special to 1(1/8; ducks, '2, to 3/0 each; geese. .''.,'(l to .V!l each; turkey gobblers. (L to 13/0 each; turkev hens. 5/ to 8/ each.