FRUIT MARKET

Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20986, 14 October 1933, Page 10

FRUIT MARKET

CHRISTCHURCH Increased supplies of all classes of vegetables are available, and prices are as follow: —Cauliflowers, best quality 7s to lis a dozen, others 3s to 7s; sprin* cabbage, best quality, 3s to 4s a dozen* others Is to 3s; root varieties, 6d to Is 4d a dozen; white turnips, uo to Is 4d a dozen; spring onions, Is to Is 4d a dozen; lettuces, best quality 2s to 3s 3d a dozen, others Is to 2s; potatoes, b'-st quality, Is to Is 9d a sugarbay; spinach, supplies are plentiful and are realising 9d to Is 3d a dozenrhubarb, supplies are plentiful, outdoor Is 6d to 2s 3d a dozen, forced up to 3s a dozen; radishes, 9d to Is 3d a dozen; watercress. Is to Is 3d a dozenleeks, 6d to Is 3d a dozen; oniona' first grade Brown Spanish Id per lbothers 2s to 3s a sugar-bag; ■supplies are plentiful, yesterday's values being 4s to 6s a dozen; new potatoes, supplies are increasing, best quality to 4Jd per lb, others ljd to 2-'.d; green peas, supplies are scarce, realising 3s 6d to 3s 7d a peck; cucumbers, hothouse up to lOd per lb. I Supplies of local hothouse tomatoes are available. Yesterday's values were from Is 6d to 2s OJd per lb, according to quality. Apples—Delicious supplies ex cool store are available at from 8s to 10s a case, according to quality; Jonathans, up to 7s 6d a case for best quality; Lord Wolseleys, 7s 6d to 8s a case; Sturmers, best quality uo to 8s 6d a case, others 4s to 7s. New Zealand lemons —Plantiful supplies are available at from 8s to 15s a case, according to quality. PearsSupplies are scarce; Winter Cole up to Gs a half-case. A shipment of Hawaiian pines came to hand during the week, and values were from 22s 6d to 2os a crate, according to quality. A shipment of 1 Cook Island bananas and tomatoes, also Californian grapes, is expected early next week.

DUNEDIN TT.IM ASSOCIiTIOX TEL.EGSAJI.) DUNEDIN, October 13. Supplies of apples are on the light side. A few lots are still arriving from Canterbury cool stores, and Taieri growers are also forwarding •small quantities to the marts. Supplies of Central Otago apples are about finished. Small supplies of pears from Canterbury cool stores are reaching the market. The marts are bare of supplies of South Australian oranges. The next shipment is due on Tuesday week, ex the Wainui, from Melbourne, Supplies of New Zealand-grown lemons have eased off, and the market has firmed. A line of Fiji-grown bananas is expected next Wednesday, and a line of Rarotongan on the following day. In the meantime, the wholesale market is bare of supplies. Christchurch hothouse tomatoes are becoming more plentiful and are meeting with a good demand. A feature of the week has been the arrival of heavy supplies of asparagus from Christchurch. Up to the middle of the week, prices ranged round about 7s.a dozen bundles. Later, owing to a heavy consignment, values fell to 4s a dozen, and to-day prices moved up to 6s. Small lots of new potatoes, chiefly grown on the Otago peninsula, reached the market during the week. Prices varied from 8d to Is per lb. Rhubarb is in over supply.

GENERAL MERCHANDISE

GROCERIES

There have been no outstanding market movements during the week, and trade is steady, with turnover keeping up. Fancy soaps, New Zealand make, are in some cases quoted on a new reduced price list, and supplies of eggs are still very plentiful, and tue market is holding up well considering the quantity available. The market for dairy and separator butter is weaker, following on recent lower prices for factory butter. New season's herrings, fresh herrings, and herrings in sauce are landing out of the steamer Coptic. These ! lines will be welcomed on the local market, as stocks have not been large for some time. Crystallised Cherries. A good quality line of crystallised cherries, manufactured in New Zealand, and guaranteed equal to the best French, is again on the market this season. This line compares very favourably as regards price, with foreign cherries, and it accordingly offers a very favourable opportunity for grocers to cover Christmas requirements. Dannbian Beans. This line is again being offered for early arrival from London. Prices are 10 per cent below Madagascar beans, which are now fairly low in price. Danubian beans offer a competition line for grocers wishing for something cheaper than Madagascar and better than haricots. Bran, and Pollard. The Australian market for both bran and pollard remains firm. Sydney quotations are £5 10s f.o.b. f6r both lines, but a lower quotation by 10s. a ton can be obtained from Melbourne for bran and pollard, both f.o.b. Chillies. Quotations recently cabled from London show a fairly high price for chillies. The line has, however, a very limited sale in New Zealand, but any movement overseas will cause a corresponding move in the price of cayenne pepper. Zanzibar Cloves. Zanzibar cloves for arrival in February are reasonably cheap, according to quotations cabled this week. This iine has been fairly low for some time, in common with most spice commodities. Cloves sell very freely from February to May, and the" present quotations are worth grocers' consideration. Singapore Markets. There is nothing to report from Singapore, as markets there are practically stationery, with but slight fluctuations between different houses quoting for New Zealand. There has been some enquiry for sago and tapioca for next dispatch (due to leave Singapore December), but so far very little business has been done. Pineapples are quiet at the moment, with a tendency for a weaker market, due to the winter s.eason in Euj rope reducing the consumption there. ! Barley Peas. Quotations this week for Australian Cape barley is 2s Id, malting quality 2s 6d, milling peas 4s 3d, all f.o.b. Melbourne. ! BEET SUGAR QUOTATION j 'Received October 13, 3.5 p.m.) ' LONDON, October 12. i Beet sugar. November, 5s lid. 1 I'UOPEKTY SALE I Ford and Hadilekl, Ltd., report haV" • ing sold on account of the trustees in ths I estate of the late G. Hydo. a property at 77 Madras street covnnrising a I dwelling of flw rorm-= -:d ?0 perch-.* ! of land, to Mr Cro-.v ;