FRUIT REPORT
(By Telegraph) REILLY’S CENTRAL PRODUCE MART. LTD., report Satisfactory business consignments of all descriptions are sufficient for our requirements and have been placed at prices satisfactory to consignors and customers. We received our first consignment of spring lettuce which realised 3s 3d per dozen, eggs have bced in full supply at is 3d to is 6d per dozen. We received and sold:— Violets —4 ]4 d to to lod. Narcissi Aucklands to is 6d, Chch to as per dozen. Apples—Choice Delicious to 13s od; Cleos to 12s 6d, Sturmers to 10s 6d, Lord Wolseleys 9s 6d, other desserts 5s 6d to Bs, cooking 5s fid to 99. Pears—Winter Coles to 3d Winter Nelis to d. Easter Beurre 3d. Vegetable Marrows—l4s to 16s Tomatoes—Chch. Firsts to is 6d, Walnuts icj-d to is 3d. Potatoes—Oamaru to 7s fid ; Taieri to 8s fid cwt, Prime quality £6 os ex truck. Seed potatoes Findlay's Early Bsauty ißs, jersey Benne 28s: Henderson’s Early Puritan ifis: Up to Date 7s fid, Arran Chief 5s fid. Oranges—American 465, Tahiti 255. Bananas—Ripe 40s. green Suvas 25s Butter— is 7d to is Bd. Beeswax—to is fid to is 8d Bacon pigs Prime porkers 7d, baconers 54’d to fid: heavy weights to sd; Choppers 3#d. Golden Bay Bacon—Rolls ntfd hams 1 boneless is lid. Honey— bulk to lb. Sections 8s to 1 is; half pound pats to 5s doz; one pound pats 9s fid doz. Eggs—Stamped is fid; Cased 153 d Preserved is 3d. Onions, Canterbury 16s» Melbourne 20s Pollard—1 50 l s 13s fid, Carrots— 4s od to 5s fid. Parsnips bs Swedes 2s fid. Cauliflowers—l» 14s, Cabbage to 3s. Poultry . Hens 5s to ns d ; pullets los to ns od ; cockerels 5s 4d to 14s ; ducks fis to 7s qd, geese 6s to 8s all at per pair. Stud cockerels andJPekin drakes 10s to 25s each 1 ncubaiors—Henderson’s Champion No 3 .£l2 1 os; No 6 £ls. Petaluma 1 20 egg £l4 10s. Jubilee 10S egg £ls ; 216 egg £26 , 324 egg £34 ; 504 egg £43.
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Dunstan Times, Issue 3131, 21 August 1922, Page 5
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340FRUIT REPORT Dunstan Times, Issue 3131, 21 August 1922, Page 5
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