MARKET CONDITIONS

Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 57, 5 September 1934, Page 3

MARKET CONDITIONS

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

Reference to the market conditions of Wellington fruit ami vegetables during last month is made in reports from tlie fruit inspectors to the Director of the Horticulture Division of the Department of Agriculture as follows: — Apples were in good supply, but the quality of most lines was poor, the fruit generally being of poor colour and in many instances shrivelled. The source of supply is. mostly fruit kept in ordinary storage, very little arriving from cool store. Prices are still low, due mainly to poor quality fruit offering. Delicious are the only variety showing slight improvement in values. Fair quantities of pairs have beon arriving and opening up in fair condition, the fruit generally consisting of small sizes. New Zealand-grown lemons have been in fair supply, and values have eased slightly. The condition has in the main been good. Small linos of poormai) oranges have been arriving during the month, and these mainly have been of fair quality, though sizes have been' on the small side. Vegetable* of most classes, both root and green, have been in failsupply, and the conditions generally have been satisfactory. The following prices may be taken as a fair average of those obtained at auction during the month:—Apples, Stunners 3s to as per bushel case, Delicious 3s to 7s, Jonathans, Bnllarat, Rome Beauty, and Washington 4s to ss, Dougherty 3s Od to 4s Cd, Statesman 3s 6d to 4s; pears, Winter Coles 8s to 9s, Winter Nclis 6s 6d to 7s 6d, P. Barry 5s to 6s, Vicars 4s Od to as 6d; lemons, Hs to 16s per ease; poorman oranges, 5s to 7s 6d; cauliflowers, On to 15s per sack; cabbages, 4s to 7s; spring cabbage. 3s 6d to 4s 6d per case; lettuce, os to Us; spinach, 6s to 9s; leeks, 3d to 6d per bunch; celery, Is 6d to 2s 3d per bunch of six heads; carrots, 3s to.4a per sack; parsnips, 4s to 3s 6d; pumpkins, 10s to 12s; marrows, 7s to Ss; spring onions,-9d to Is 3d per bunch; onions, 4s to 6s per cental bag; potatoes, £5 to £6 per ton; new potatoes. 3%d to 3%d per lb- green peas (according to quality), 9d to Is 3d; cucumbers, hothouse, Us to lbs per dozen. „ At Auckland the markets have been yell stocked with all fruits in season. lucid produce is in good supply, some very hue lines being offered. The demand, however, is poor. At Christchurch the vegetable market has been well supplied with practically all seasonal varieties of vegetables, potatoes have been very plentiful, and onions have been in ample supply. Satisfactory supplies of both hothouse and outsidegrown lettuce have also been available, and these have sold well. Ihe demand has been quite good, and prices have been generally fair to good. 4t Dunedin local fruit has been practically confined to apples, pears, and lemons. Apple prices have fluctuated considerably, and at present the demand is poor. Pears have remained in good demand, but lemons have mostly been of fair quality only, and have not been m favour °Mar^t aG^ers, Ltd. Wellington, announce values of fruit and vegetables sold at yesterday's sales: — Fruit-Apples: Delicious 3s to 7s 4d per case, Jonathans 3s to ss, Stumers 3s bd to 7s ''d Statesman 2s 6d to 4s, Granny Smith 5s to Bs, Ballarats 4s to ss; pears. Winter Coles 7s to 8s; lemons, 8s to us, I poorman oranges, 7s to Bs. Vegetables-Swedes, Is 6d to 2s 3d per case; turnips, Is to Is 4d; cabbage, os 7d to 6s 4d; silverbeet, 2s; parsnips 2s 9d to 3s Cd; carrots, 3s 6d to 4s sd; lettuce, 7s to'lss; ' cauliflowers, 2s Oil to _/s 8d; ouion* 2s; beetroot, 5s Od; pumpkins, l-s to 13s per sack; carrots, 3s Gd to 4s; turnips, Is Od per doz. bunches; rhubarb, os to 12s; carrots, 3s Gd to 4s; leeks, 3s to G<- cucumbers, 8s to 10s per dozen Laerv and Co., Ltd., George ihomas md Co., Ltd:, Thompson Bros., -Ltd., Townscnd and Paul, Ltd.. D. Bowie and Co . Ltd.. and W. Burbidge and Co. report present values as follows:-Apples, Fancy Stunners, 3s to 6s per bushel; Jonathans, 3, to ss; Delicious, 3s to 6s; Granny Smith. 6s.to Ss; cooking apples. 2s 6d to 4* Pears, Choice Winter Coles, 6s to Ss; Winter Xelis. 4s to os; cookers, 3s to is Passions, 20s to 2os per half-case. Lemons, cured, 12s to 14s per bushel; others. 7s to Os. Grapefruit, >ew Zealand. Os to 10s. Poorman oranges, 6s to 7s Cucumbers, 12s to 18s per dozen. Potatoes. Dakotas, £4 ss.to £4 los per'ton; Button., £5 to £5 15s. Onions, Broxvn Spanish 7s to 8s per cental bag. Cabbage, spring. 3s to 5s 6d per banana case; savoy. 5s to 7s 6d per sack, lettuce. 5s Od to 10s per banana case. Cauliflowers, lis to 18s per sack. Sprouts. 5s to is per sii"-ar ba". Marrows. 4s to 5s per banana "case. Pumpkins, grey, 10s to 13s per sack Spinach. 4s to 7s Gd per banana case Carrots. 2d to 3d per bunch. Parsnips. 4s to 5s nor banana case. Swedes. ■•>* (id to 3s. White turnips, Is to Is bd. Spring onions. Is to Is 6d per bundle. Beetroot. 4d to 3d per bunch. Celery. Is to 2s. Leeks, 2d to 4d. Kggs, _fresh. first grade. 10d to lid per dozen. Honey 7s Od to 8s Cd per dozen sections. \\ alnuts, 4d to 6d per lb.