FRUIT REPORT

Dunstan Times, Issue 3148, 18 December 1922, Page 5

FRUIT REPORT

(By Telegraph)

REILLY'S CENTRAL PRODUCE MART. LTD., report Scarcity of Slurmcr 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 and cherries have caused prices to recede. We received and sold— Apples Stunners choice to 14s, Canadian to 22s 6d. Local tomatoes Local to ,2s lb, Christchurch is 3d, to is yd. Strawberries rod to 2s id per pottle Cherries— 4Jid to iso.d lb. Black Leaf ~4 o''—iolb tins 70s. 2lb tins 18s, %\b tins 53 6d. Gargoyle red spraying oil, in barrels 5s gal; 4 gals 5s 6d, 1 gal 6s 6d. Oranges Navels 22s 6d, plain \6s to 20s, Sydney Valencias 17s 6d. Butter— is od to is 6d. Beeswax—to is % <;d to is 6d Bacon pigs Prime porkers 7d, baconers 6d to 7d: heavy weights to 6d; Choppers 3?4 d - Golden Bay Bacon—Rolls hams 11 id, boneless is 1 id. Honey— bulk to 6>£d, lb. Sections 8s to us; 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 iHdLettuce—is od to is 6d. Pollard —iso"s 13s 6d, Parsnips 6s Swedes 2s 6d Cauliflowers—to 15s, Cabbage to 7s. Green gooseberries 4d to s^d. French Beans is 9d. New potatoes —Locals to Bid Auckland y/ 2 & to 4d per lb.