LOCAL FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2767, 10 May 1916, Page 8

LOCA L FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

..'■'.. /MARKET CONDITIONS. : _l\'uit'inspectors of the 'Horticulture Division report as follows on tho ebudi , turn of locally-grown fruit and vegetable; in shops, and auotion rooms, and th< . .market condition of these for thevmonth jut April:— .. ■-■-.■-. i--'..S _' Wellington—There is a good, suppl}- of iruit," principally apples, doubtless du« -.■to.Jack,of; boats for export. lYuifc gen.erally.is.in fail' condition, although riperot and.-leaf-roller, is prevalent m sonic . instances.' Packing is far from peridot, and growers are warned not to -use wrapping, paper to cover blemished fruit. Prices ruling are: Apples, dessert; Jonathan, 6s. to 75., inferior 4s. 6d. to ss. per .case, the inferior are Jacking in colour; Cos's Orange ss. W. to 105.,' interior 3s. to is. per. case; cooking. Lord Wolseley, .-Cleopatra, A Aliriston; Dunn's Favourite, i'ive Groira Pippin, all atiis. 9d. to 4s. M.. ■. .-for good samples; pears, Winter Cole Us. ■ t0.&.;-Winter Nehs Bs. to 95., Keiffer's Hybrid 3s:-Gd. to 65., Vicars 3s. 9d. to os.-, J&urrc.JJiel 3s. tkl: to 75.; tomatoes, Hutt -Bs.. to:10s.;-onions, 'market well'supplied, Sos. pei-.. ton'; potatoes, not. in good con- ■ ditdon, £l per ion; vegetables'in good de- . mand .at excellent prices,', - . Ohriatchurch.—l'ruit market has been Kept fairly busy.- . Tomatoes,'apples, and : [peal's'have como forward in heavy supply; other fruit it. making fair pricL's. , Green yeogtables ai'e in short supply, po- :. tatoes,' and. onions plentiful. Averago prices' aVe; Apples, dessert ss, to 75., cooking Is'. to;ss., pears 3s. *oss„ tomatoes Jd. to l£d. per lb., grapa'ls. to Is. 3d. per 1b.,, lemons 13s. to 14s. per case, mush- '.- rooms sd. to 6d. per lb., cape gooseberries sd. to (id. per lb., cauliflowers Is.'to 6s. Gd. per ! doz.;.cabbages 3s. to ss:, pio melons 8s; to. 9s. poi; sack, marrows ss. to ss. Cd. per sack, onions Ji2 10s. per ton.cs forks, potatoes £i 15s. per ton ex forks. puhe'din.—Supplies of fruit havefallen off. .Condition of. fruit has been very good., .The prices ruling were: Apples, in short supply, dessert. very ' much in demand, good lines bringing ljd. to 3Jd. : per lb., cooking apples 25.. Gd. to 4s. Ud. -per bushel; tomatoes-falling off in supply, local .hothouse ajd., Christchurch ljd. to--3d., per. lb., Alexandra I*4. to 3d., ib.; quinces,. Id. to lfd. lb.; grapes; local, Sd. to Is., inferior 4Jd. to GJd. lb.; cucumbers, outside 3s. to is. per box, hothouse, small, 25.. to 3s. per dozen; vegetables,', cabbages in poor supply Is. to 3s. per dozen, table carrots : sd. to 9d. per dozen',,. 2s. 6d. to 4s. per bag, rhubarb 3s.'6d. per cwt., cauliflowers very scarce, small 2s.- to 2s. 9d..per dozen, largo is. to 55., French -beans Id. to ljjd.' lb., broad beans.-ls.'-small bag. : .'"'."!'- ' Bluff.—Fruit has been plentiful .-jcars glutted the. market for • a time. Plums and peaclus .are -about' finished,; and toiuatoesi though ..plentiful at, the "beginning of .theVnionth, 'are now scarcer. .All lines examined were "clean, Otago Central fruit Especially being of very good quality. Current -prices were: Apples, dessert 6s. to- Bs. .'per case, cooking.2s. to 55.; pears, dessert; 4s'. Cd; to'Gs. Gd., cooking 3s. to is. 6dr;.- tomatoes'.'.ld. to 5Jd. per lb., poaches: 2d. to '2}d„ plums" lid. to 2d., quincesi-lld. to 2Jd., -melons " 7s. 'cwt., potatoes, prime'..£4-10s. to £a .-10s;, O.T.C.S. £i, onions 4s. 6d; : to ss.,bag, carrots and parsnips Is. 6d. to 2s. fimall bag; swedes Is. 6dV. to 2s. saclf, cabbages;2s. to ; .3s. 6d. jack. ""." :■',: " :-:. ..;.-.■•■.:-,: , ;v