FRUIT REPORT

Dunstan Times, Issue 3146, 4 December 1922, Page 5

FRUIT REPORT

(I3y Telegraph) REILLY’S CENTRAL PRODUCE MART. LTD., report Scarcity of Stunner apples, green gooseberries, onions, prime bacon and porker pigs, young cockerels and good goslings. Full supplies of strawberries tomatoes. - local potatoes, grapes, spring vegetables, butter and eggs, the demand being equal to the supply. Heavy consignments of green peas and cherries have caused prices to recede. Wc received and sold— Apples Sturmcrs choice to 14s. Canadian to 22s 6d, Local tomatoes Local to 2s lb, Christchurch is 3d, to is qd Strawberries icd to as id per pottle Cherries— 4>£d to isqd lb. Black Leaf “40'' —tolb tins 70s. alb tins 18s, tins 5s bd. Gargoyle red spraying oil, in barrels 5 s g a| : 4 g als 5 s 6d > 1 g al 6s Oranges Navels 22s 6d, plain 16s »o 20s, Sydney Valencias 1;s 6d. Butter— is od to is 6d. Beeswax—to is §d to is 6d Bacon pigs Prime porkers 7c!, baconers bd to yd: heavy weights to 6d; Choppers 3 d. Golden Bay Bacon—Rolls hams boneless is isd. Honey— bulk lb. Sections 8s to 1 is; half pound pats to 5s doz; one pound pats 9s 6d doz. Eggs—Stamped is id; Cased is od Onions, Melbourne 19s. American 22s special quality. Green peas—2d to 4 Vd, Lettuce—is od to is bd. Pollard—lso"s 13s 6d. Parsnips 6s Swedes 2s 6d Cauliflowers—to 15s, Cabbage to 7s. Green gooseberries 4d to 5/sd. French Beans is qd. New potatoes —Locals bja'd to BJd Auckland 3#d to 4d per lb.