THIS YEAR'S FRUIT.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1031, 21 January 1911, Page 10

THIS YEAR'S FRUIT.

SUPPLIES AND PRICES. {Some,'excellent' simples, of;/sHairke's' coming now. : Yesterday ;tlie^sold'::at■'frbm;'4£' ■to 'ss: per box. .;. *' x ® ,v Zealand " greengages' are coming '.''iH^'freely,;;and . selling at 45., 6d. to ss. : v Nectarinesare' scarce ■ Yesterday's,lvalues .were' 4s:. to ;os: oOßlack ..'pun-ants; are; i'bou't .dope for.t'hc seasori,"-' v Tlieii- price is■ from 76.' to '7s: Gd. . ■• -■; v .f Grapes:' afe-'poljing : iiifreely '.frbmV Keisoiij Auck 1 artd";Vnnd/Wc I!ing to H', hothouses. - The, market-price -fe Is.'/to' ls'.' : ; 4d. Raspberricsr'aro iii. short*supply, Mid are goingc'afe'from 'ss. tb.-'ss£ 6dv& l ; ;buckot'.': ; -.-• 6d.-to 4s: .6d:: ■ This 'time last' year,;the price .ranged from ss. 6d. to 7s. ' N®?,.Zealand- apples are'now. coming on the"riiarkot.: Several lots have already been...sold. Cookers brought ,3s. • to ss. 'per bushel case. . Tnco are :heavy • supplies :of "plums / • °f.-the;- Japanese ■ description; aiid tho - price lis-Is. 6d.- to 2s.jl andi-for.specially ' solect-sd lots 2s.'Gd. to, , 4s. Diamond . plum.s-are selling at from 25.;6d. to : 3s. i. 'Welhngton r gr^n.strawberries are'the only .supplies. Tho Auckland supply is' •'^}W.e?. Tho;quotation isls. -toTs." sd. • There-, are -heavy consignments of . -- ?rimo Wellington-grown aro -bnnging 3s. to-os. Cd. - per half-case, »nd-.Nelson sorts 4s: to os. '.' ■■■ - • >' IMPORTED FRUIT. 'VV\; : > l> . By. tho steamer: from -Melbourno -.yesterday camo fifty; ;boxes:! of cherries, - • which, will ,bp. about >the"]ast shipment '.-the season. Tho fruit was rather small, iu'fair .'condition. They fid 'at- fp>& Bs. :io' 10s/ Rer box of 201b. Vr i am ™ n Cretion pears by the iMelbourne vessel-brought 10sl to i&l' . -Inhere., are • still a few Califomiau '- oranges ;on "the., market-, but -they are - '■.'.meeting with a poor-demand 1 at.Bs. to 10s._ a case. . • _ AVater came-.to hand from -' bydney' and- sold at from 6d. to 3s. each .according -to size.- ..Passion < fruit- is ./selling at from 45.. to 6s. per half case- ; pineapples/ 6s; to 9s. per. double caseand ..Messina.lemons, 13s. per half' case. THE POTATO SUPPLY. NEW ZEALAND TUBERS FAIRLY -CLEAN. bulk ■ supplies of-potatoes coming on.- to the Wellington market at present Otaki, Levin, and Lower ' fffiV,-. So-far, very, little blight' is .noticeable.- -There-is 'a fair- demand at io a ton.- ■ ... -. ■ ■There are. no Australian' potatoes .on. the market. Supplies from this'source ' do-not usually como iii. till about March. The .fact. tliat the blight has-made a .serious appearance ill tho Tasmaiiian . crops is likely . to.. considerably .'shorten , over-sea supplies.-;-