FRUIT AND PRODUCE.

Evening Star, Issue 14626, 24 July 1911, Page 3

FRUIT AND PRODUCE.

Messrs T. E Shiel and Co. report: Produce. —Steady business has been ruliiiz ri.hi through the past week. Deliveries of potatoes, if anything, have been above requirements. The market has continued steadily to rec.de.

Chaff. —Prime bright, heavy oat sheaf—white oat up to £4 os, black £4 7s 6d, medium up to £4 ton. Straw Chaff. —Oaten, 55s to S7s 6d ; wheaten, 40s to 45s ton. Clover Hay.—Last year's Takni grown, £3 10s per ton. Fowl Wheat. —Good whole, 3s Sd to 3s 4d ; broken, 2s lOd to 3s. Potatoes. —Beet table Up-to-Datcs, £5 to £3 10s; Hcrwents, £3 15s per ton. Seed Po.aloes. —Steady d. maud. Choice, specially hand-picked Up-10-Datcs, 90s; Ashleaf' kidneys. British Queens, Sutton’s Abundance, White Elephants, £5 per ton ; Sutton's Seedlings, Sutton's Supremo, Puritans, up to £6 ton. Fugs. —Slow of sale, Is 4d to Is 5d ; guaranteed, stamped, Is 6d ; preserved, ]ld to Is Id pti (L-v.cn, according to aualiiy. Butter. —Very scarce. Srcrekcepers'separator pats, lid to Is Id lb ; storekeepers' bulk, lOd to lid per lb ; poor quality, 6d to £a lb. Hontv. —Short supplies. ■ Bulk, _4d ; £lb pate, os to 5s 3d ; pound pats, os 6d to 6s ; 2ib pats, 7s 6tl to Bs. pjgg.—Good demand for bacon weights. 130's to 160's, 4d to 4id lb; choppers, up to 4d. Hams; 'Mild cured, 161b to 18ib, 8d lb ; rolls, Fruit, —This last few weeks heavy con- j eir-nmente of fruit have been arriving from Hobart and Sydney, but the Rarorongan shipment is expected in the coming week. Oranr.es and bananas should be itt better demand, as there is only a small quantity in the boat this time. Vegetables are vgit scarce. llobr.rt Apples.— Choice scarlets, S.P.M.s, \ew York pippins, 8s 6d to 9s care; stoned pippins,-French crabs, 7s 6d to 8s case. E a rot on can oranges, 7s 6d to 8s case Sydney Fruit- —Mandarins, 7s 6d to 10s for "gins ; packers, 7s to 8s 6d. Passions, 6s. Pines, 8s to 9s case. _ Svdaev lemons, 6s; Milduras, 8s 6d to Ss 9d. „ . . . „ Sevillcs, 7s; Poormans, 6s 6d to 7s. Pie melons, £7 ton. Walnuts, 7id lb. Peanuts, lb. Cabbagot, 5s 6cl to 6s sack. Cauliflowers, 7s sack. Onions. —Melbourne, £o ton ; Can turban’s, £5 ton. 1 Poultry.—Large roosters, os 6d to 3s 9d pair; old roosters, 2s 6d ; hens, 2s 6d to 2s 9d pair ; ducks, 3s 6d ; turkeyi,—cocks 8d lb, hens 6d lb.