CANTERBURY PRODUCE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 70, 23 March 1935, Page 4

CANTERBURY PRODUCE.

ONIONS SHOW SHARP ADVANCE. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) CHRISTCHUBCH, Friday. Onions provided the main feature of the market changes of the week. They have jumped to £10 a ton or. trucks from £S last week-end. There has been a steady inquiry from Dunedin and further south, and this is the main cause of the sharp advance. Crops in Canterbury arc very light and growers are confident that values will show further appreciation. There lias been some inquiry from Auckland for prompt potatoes and this has tended to give the market a better tone for spread delivery. Up to £4 15/ on trucks has been paid for prompt delivery. April. May and June delivery is-quoted at £5 15/. f.0.b.. sacks included. The growers' ideas are about £4 10/ a ton on trucks. Oats show no change in value and the market in very quiet. A Gallons are quoted at up to 3/2 a bushel on trucks and B Gartons at 2/10. Algerians are still quoted at 2/6 a bushel to farmers for good quality seed, but the expected demand from farmers for seed has developed to only a very small extent. « Peas remain firm, as previously quoted, at 6/ a bushel on trucks. There is no change in the fowl wheat market, which is very quiet. Chaff is quoted from £3 to £3 10/ a ton on trucks. There is little change in the small seeds market, most classes remaining unaltered. The price of poila:•;! has been reduced by 10/ :i (on. and now is £5 5/ a ton (large) and £5 15/ (small). i