LATE COMMERCIAL

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18017, 8 March 1924, Page 14

LATE COMMERCIAL

THE FRUIT MARKET

CHRISTCHURCH. Vegetable.? were in plentiful supply this week ui;d prices were muck the same as last. During the week a shipment of Fiji bananas arrived in an orer-ripe condition. Consequently, the demand for green bananas was keen and they made up to 40s a case. First-class dessert a;>ple3 sold in the Gs 6d for the best. A shipment of American oranges and Cook IsUnd bananas and possibly Island oranges i 3 due to arrive in about ten days' time. As supplies are short, keen competition is expected. Quotations are as follows: Apples, Nelson, per case £s to lCs 6d; apples, iocaj, per case lis Gd; apples,-cook-ing, per case &s to Gs lid; bananas, Fiji, per case 40s; cotoanuts, sack 18s; grapes, firsts, pel ib Is 7£d; grapes, seconds, per |l'o Sd to Is; lemons, 'Frisco, per case 37s Id; oranges, Talencias, per case 4'oi; Passions, Auckland, per case Sj to 10b; pears, cooiiing, per case 5s to 6s; pears, dessert, per lb up to 3d; peaches cooking, per ib 3d; i>eachej, dessert, per lb Ckl; = strawberries, per lb Is 9d to 2s; blackberries, dpt lb 3d to tomatoes, sauce, per ib" Id to 2d; tomatoes, dessert rjer lb up to 4^d; beans, French, lid to <nd- beet, per doz bdls. Is 3d; cabbages, per'doz 8.-. 3d; cauliflowers, per doz up to 5s- carrots, per uoz 6d; cucumbers, hot-h-jjse, per lb 3£d; celery, per bdl up to G-*d* preen peas, per ;peck Is 3d to 2s sd; lettuce?, ner doz Gd to 3s; marrows, per do/. 2d to 5? ; potatoes, per s.b. 3s €d .to 4-. Gd; onions, local, l>er s.o. 4s; onions, ppr cwt fa Ed; parsnips, per doz Is sd; turnips, per doz 6d; spinach, per doz 2a Gd; swedes per s.b. 2s 6d.

AUCKLAND

SPECIAL TO "TIIE PRESS.")

AUCKLAND, March 7. Apples of all varieties hud a ready sale today. Gravensteins sold at 7» to lis per case for best, Cox's Orange Pippins at 10s to 12s Delicious at Cs to 10s. Large supplies of second grade apples brought from 3s to 5s case. Cookers sold at 5a to C 9 per case for both. Bon Chretien pears are about finished, 'lhcy sold to-day jit 9s to 1-** r>er case. Pakham Triumphs fetched Sh to .12s and other grades 5s to C(5 Gd nor case. Peaches realised 4s to 7s Gd T>er ense, hothouse grapes 9d_ to .Is 9d per lb, cutdcor grapes 12s to 14s, bananas oranges 455, and lemons 20s, all per cas-e. dunedin. (special to "the press.") DUNEDIN, March 7. All fruit continues to be quickly bought up. Nectarines and plums meet an especially good demand. Dessert apples are now on the market from Ne.son and Otago Central. The supplies of tomatoes, owing to the dry weather, are now drawing to a close. Grapes meet with a ready sale. Latest wholesale prices are —Nectarines, cases 6s to 8s Gd, extra choice in crates to 9d> per lb; pears, Bon Chretiens 3d to 5d per lb, others to 3d per lb ; apples, dessert 10s to 12s per case, cooking 6s, Taieri grown dessert 6s to 10s p-er case; plums, dessert special 5Jd to 6Jd per lb, choice to 4d, prime to 3d, other sorts to 2'-I, cooking plums 5s 6d to 6s 6d per half case; tomatoes, Christchurch outside grown ljd to 3d per lb, local hothouse 4d to 6d per lb, Otago Central 2d to 3d per lb; lemons, Californian 38s to 40s per case, Italian 22s 6d; bananas, ripe 33s to 355; oranges, Californian to 455; peaches, dessert in crates 6d to 7d per lb, cases 7s to 8s 6d per case; grapes, local Is to Is 4d per lb.

POULTRY AND EGGS. Large entries of poultry came forward during the week and prices were good for first-class birds. Prices a pair were: —Table chickens 5s to 15s, hens 2s to 6s, ducks 4s to 9s, ducklings 4s to 10s, geese 7s to 9s, turkeys 14s to 225, pullete 6a to 19s. The Canterbuiy Co-op. Poultry Producers' Ltd., report that during the week the supply of eggs 6howed a falling off and that prices have a hardening tendency. Price!" for "Chain" brand are: —First grade hen eggs Is Sd, second grade hen eggs Is 7d, duck egffa Is Sd.

PAHIATUA EWE FAIR. MASTERTON, March 7. At the Pahiatua ewe fair 17,000 sheep were yarded, and all were disposed of except 650, the 16,350 sold averaging 24s each. The quality -was well up to former years, although in come instances lacking the usual good condition, especially those coming from the parts of the district which had been afiected by the recent dry weather.

The bulk of the four-year-old and five-year-old ewes, suitable for crossing with Southdown rams, were secured by Manawatu buyers. Other outside district buyers operating came from To Kuiti, Stratford, Waikanae, Hastings, Sandon and Cambridge. The Akitio Station consignment was the outstanding entry of the five-year-old ewes, the 1200 Komney cross making, 25s lid to 263 3d, and the Lincoln cross 24s to 24a 6d. The four-tcoth ewe 3 from the same station sold from 25s to 28s.

FAT STOCK PRICES.

(PfiESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) WELLINGTON, March 7. The New Zealand Meat Producers' Board advises that the following prices are being offered for fat stock for export:—

Auckland—Wethers 641b and. under 6d, ewes 641b and under prime woolly lambs 421b and under 3d, 431b and second quality SJd. \ Poverty Bay—Wethers 641b and under ed, ewes 6(lb aud under 4£d, prime woolly lambs 421b and under B|d. Hawke's Bay—Wethers 641b and under 6!d, Glib and under 4Jd, prime woolly lambs 421b and under 94, second quality Bid, prim® ox beef 22s per 1001b. Wellington—Wethera 641b and under Gjd, ewes 641b and under sd, prime woolly lambs 421b and under 9fi, 431b and over &id, second quality BJd. Canterbury—Wethers 641b and under 6Jd, ewes 641b and' under 5Jd, prime woolly lambs 421b and under IOJd, 431b and over l(>id, second quality 9Jd. Southland—Wethers Mlb and under 6id, ewes 641b and under 4-Jd, prime woolly lamT>3 421b and under 9£d, 431b and over 9d.