THE MARKETS. FRUIT PRICES ADVANCING.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 77, 30 March 1912, Page 2

THE MARKETS. FRUIT PRICES ADVANCING.

Tho New Zealand Farmers' Co-opera-tive Distributing Company, Ltd., reporting on tho market*? la-day, slates thai pulalo prices aro about- Iho sumo as labt wock, but, as Southern supplier are now oll'enng freely, theie is a probab'lity of a weakening in values. * The majority of tho onioii3 now coming in are of inferior quality, and this has a tendency to keep down prices. When thessu aro worked off a, good market i« practically assured' for the later and good-keeping lots. Eggs are totems t and a further advance is probable during the coming -week, Cor both fresh* and preserved lines. Butter is scarce and in koen demand, with higher values. Porkers and other weight pigs have further advanced, and< the supply is far short of the demand ; we strongly recommend consignments. The poultry market is brighter, and good quality birds realise satisfactory prices. There is, however, still a lot of culls coming in. Chaff is now offering in large quantities, and a decline is likely. Farmere' dressed lines of cocksfoot aye slow of sale, and the enquiries for grass eeed for bush country aro email, owing to tho difficulty of getting burns through the unfavourable weather. Both dessert and cooking apples are meeting fair sa l «, the former naving advanced lately. Grapee have been in good demand, also pears. Peachea are higher, with rapidly decreasing supplies. Tomatoes aro lower. Cauliflower are in good demand. Cabbage are etill a. glut in the market. French beans have sold this vtaek up to 2d per lb, The market will be closed on Good Friday and Eaeter Monday, but will be open as uaual on Saturday, 6th April. Prices are as follow •. Vegetables.— Potatoes, Hutt £4 10s to £5, others £4 per ton; onions, £7 10s to £9 per ton ; cabbage, le per sack ; carrots, 3s to 3e 6d per sack ; cauliflower, choice, 7e 6d to 9b 6d per sack ; French beans, 2d per lb ; green peas, 8s to 9s per part eack ; marrows. 2s to 2s 6d per case ; 6wedee, 2s per cwt ; turnips, white, Is to le 6d per Back ; lettuce, fair Is to Is 6d, choice 2s por case. , Fruit— Grapee, Hutt, 8d to 9d per lb; passions, local 4 5e to' 6s per half case; apples, cooking 4s to 4s 6d per case, dessert 6s 6d to 7b 6d per caee; pears, W.B.C. 4s, cooking 2&'6d per half-case; tomatoes, 2s 6d to 5s 3d per half-case ; peaches, cookers 2s to 2e, 6d, dessert 3n to 4e per half-case; quinces, 3s per case. Provisions. — Cheese, beet factory mediums 7d, loaf 7^d per lb ; dressed pork, fO'a to 90!s 5Jd, 90's to 100'e Sid, bacouere 6Jd, choppers (heavy) 3£d to 4d, suckers 7d per lb ; eggs, fresh Is 7d per dozen* preserved eggs, Is 3d per dozen; butter, separator le, dairy lid per lb ; bacon, factory 'tides 9d, rolls 9|d, hams 9d per lb ; honey, 4Jd to 5d per lb ; beeswax Is 4d to Is 5d per lb ; fungus. 4<l per lb 1 ; tallow, tins, 22s cwt; poultry, cookerels 3s 6d to 5s for good birds, table roosters 3s 6d, table hens & 6d to 4s 6d, ducks 3b 6d to 5s 6d per pair, turkey gobblers 9d per lb, henß 8d per lb live weight. Produce.— Maize, 4s 8d por bushel, ten sack lots 4s 7d ; wheat, 4s 6d per bushel, ten sack lots 4s 3d; pollard, £8 per ton, ton lots £7 15s ; bran, £6 per ton, £5 10s ton lots; pig meal, £7 per ton; maize meal, £10 10s per ton ; chaff, oaten, sheaf, £4 5s to £4 10s per ton; hay, prime, £4 to £4 10s per ton ; sucrosin©, £7 per ton; straw, wheaten £2 10s to £2 15s, oaten £2 15s per ton ; linseed oil cake, genuine £13 per ton; oats, feed 2s lOd, duns 2s lOd to 3s per bushef; oats, crushed, 3s 3d per bushel ; seed, Cape barley 4s pet bushel; seed oats, Storm Kings, Algeriaus, 3s 8d per .bushel, Gartons, Exoelwors; . Spatrow-., bills, Black Bivals, 3s 3d to '3s 6d bushel.