IN THE MARKETS

Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 110, 3 February 1931, Page 12

IN THE MARKETS

Fruit and Vegetables

WELLINGTON PRICES Values of fruit and vegetables sold at Wellington yesterday are quoted by Market Gardeners, Ltd., as follow: — Fruit.—Raspberries, 7/6 per bucket; tomatoes, 4/- to 11/6 per case; plums, 2/9 to 6/- per case; W.B.C. pears, 2/6 per case; greengages, 7/- to 8/6 per case; cucumbers, 2/- to 3/- per box; American oranges, 43/to 45/- per case; Gravensteln apples, 3/8 to 4/- per half case; Gravensteln apples, 9/to 9/3 per bushel case; cooking apples, 5/6 to 6/- per bushel case; W.B.C. pears, 5/to 6/- per bushel case; Burbank plums 6/to 7/- per case; apricots, 4/6 to 10/6 per case. Vegetables. —Local potatoes, 6/- to 8/- per bag; local onions, 11/- to 12/- per bag; cauliflowers, 3/10 to 6/- per case; cabbage, 3/- to 4/1° per case; lettuce, 6d. to 1/6 per case; carrots, 4/6 to 5/3 per case; broad beans, 5/- per case; swedes, 2/- to 2/3 per case; potatoes, 3/6 to 5/6 per case; marrows, 3/6 to 4/6 per case; peas, 4/- to 14/6 per sack; swedes, 33/6 per sack; cucumbers, 1/- to 2/6 per dozen; rhubarb, 2/- to 4/- per dozen bunches; French beans, sd. to 6id. per lb.

A Market Review.

A review of supplies and prices of fruit and vegetables In the Wellington markets during January is given by the local fruit inspector in his report to the Director of the Horticulture Division, Department of Agriculture. During the month supplies of apples have only been moderate. Small lines of Sturmers have been offering of fair condition. New Beason’s apples have only been of fair quality, owing to the fruit being small and immature. Dessert varieties are in good request. Peaches have been coming forward in good supplies and opening up in varying condition. Some choice lines have been offering, but owing to insufficient wood, wool, or packing, consignments have been opening up in bruised condition. Consignments have been mainly coming forward from the North Island. Plums have only been In fair supply and opening up in good condition. Some very choice lines of Santa Rosa variety have been coming forward from Hawkes Bay and realising good prices. Pears have only been In medium ‘ supply of fair quality. Toward the end of the month W.B. Cretlen variety were coming forward of better grade and quality. Cherries have only been in medium supply and meeting with good demand. Consignments mainly coming forward from Otago and opening up in good condition. Nectarines have only been offering in small lots, the quality being fair. Apricots have been in short supply. This fruit has been opening up In good condition, but a good deal of it has been small and Immature. Anything choice offering is finding a good demand. Black currants are coming forward In good supplies and opening up in fair condition. Red currants have been in short supply, and meeting with good demand; the condition generally has been good. Gooseberries in early part of month were in good supply; later in month supplies eased off considerably and prices firmed. Strawberries have only been In medium supply. Raspberries were coming forward in fair supplies toward end of the month.

Vegetables of most classes have only been in medium supply, except green peas, which have been coming forward in good supplies. The condition generally has been good and the packing satisfactory. The following prices may be taken as a fair average of those obtained at auction during the month:—

Fruit.—Apples: Sturmers, 6/- to 13/- per 401 b. case; Irish Peach, 10/- to 14/-; Red Astrachan, 7/- to 12/-; Beauty of Bath, 5/- to 5/6 per 201 b. case; Gravensteins, 4/6 to 5/6; Alfrlstons, 3/6 to 4/6. Peaches: Hales and Carmen, 6/- to 10/1 per half case; Wiggins, 5/- to 9/-; Triumph, 4/to 7/-; Inferior quality, 3?- to 4/-. Plums : Burbanks, 4/- to 8/-; Santa Rosa, 8/- to 12/-; Cherry plums, 3/- to 7/-; Rivers Early, 6/6 to 10/-. Pears: Jargonelle, 3/to 5/-; "W.B. Cretlen, 5/- to 7/-. Cherries, 13/- to 27/-; nectarines, 8/- to 10/-. Apricots: North grown, 5/- to 10/-; Otago grown, 5/- to 17/-. Black currants, good quality, 6d. per lb.; others, 6/- to 7/6 per case. Red currantSj 6/- to 10/-; gooseberries, 7/- to 9/-; strawberries, 9d. to 1/6 per punnet; raspberries, 6/6 to 10/- per 10 to 121 b. bucket; loganberries, 8/- to 10/per bucket.

Vegetables.—Cauliflowers, 4/- to 6/- per banana case; cabbages, 3/- to 6/- per banana case; cabbages, 7/- to 9/- per sack; lettuce, good quality, 6/- to 9/- per case; medium quality, 2/- to 4/- per case; green peas, 2/- to 8/- per part sack; beetroot, 2d. to 3d. per bunch; beetroot, 3/- to 7/- per sack; broad beans, up to 4/6 per case; French beans, sd. to 6d. per lb.; carrots, 4/to 5/6 per sack; carrots, up to 3d. per bunch; parsnips, 8/- to 9/- per sack; parsnips, 3d. to 6d. per bunch; swedes, up to 4/6 per case; rhubarb, 3/- to 3/6 per dozen bundles; tomatoes, 10/- to 15/- per half case; tomatoes, 5/- to 6/6 per case. Potatoes: Lower Hutt, 6/- to 7/- per case; others, 8/- to 11/- per cwt.. Cucumbers: Hothouse, 6/- to 0/- per dozen; Auckland, outside grown, 4/- to 8/- per case; marrows, 4/6 to 7/- per case. - ... LIVE STOCK MARKET Feilding Sale At the Feilding sale on Friday the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, had a large entry of store sheep and small yarding of cattle. The market showed a slight hardening tendency on previous sales, buyers operating freely up to certain limits. Practically all of the yarding submitted realised prices slightly in favour of the vendors. F.m. ewes, 5year, 6/- to 7/-; aged ewes, 2/- to 4/6; 4tooth ewes, up to 14/7; 2-tooth ewes, up to 14/6; good w.f. wether lambs, to 6/9.; medium w.f. wether lambs, to 5/8; small w.f. wether lambs, 4/6 to 5/3; small ewe lambs’ to 5/-; b. f. lambs, 5/6 to 7/3; small do.,’ 4/- to 5/3; 2-tooth wethers. 6/9 to 8/7; 18month Jersey heifers, r.w.b., £4/10/- to £5; fat cows, £4/10/- to £5/10/-; Jersey bulls, £l/10/- to £3. Country Sales At Utuwai last week Dalgety and Co., Ltd., had a good entry of sheep, a totai clearance being effected at the following prices:—Sound-mouth ewes, 4/6, 5/2; shoru wether lambs, 4/9: small wether lambs, 2/6, 3/-, 3/6; ewe lambs, 6/6, 6/7, 6/8; b.f. lambs, shorn. 5/8: small b.f. lambs, 2/10; two-tooth ewes, 12/6; one-shear Southdown rams, 2igns.; m.a. Romney rams, 10/6, £l, 30/-. At the special sale of breeding ewes held in Mr. C. T. Keeble’s yards at Fltzherbert on Thursday’, a good yarding came forward and keen competition resulted at the following prices:—Four-year ewes. 6/5, 8/2; five-year ewes, 7/-; four and five-year ewes, 5/1, 6/-: low-conditioned four and five-year ewes. 4/2; aged ewes. 2/4. 3/-. 3/6: m.a. w.f. lambs, 6/-, 7/4; cull lambs, 2/-.

PORK FOR EXPORT ,

Reduction in Prices A further slight reduction in prices Is announced by Auckland exporters of pork. Weights up to 991 b. are now worth 4 3-Sd. a lb.; 1001 b. to 1201 b., 3 3-Bd. a lb. ’The rates prior to the reduction were 4}d. and 3)d. a Ibl Henry Berry Dividend The directors of Henry Berry and Co. (Australasia). Ltd., have resolved to pay on February 2 a dividend at the rate of 7 per cent, per annum t_p preference shareholders for the half-year ended January 31.