FRUIT AND PRODUCE.

Evening Star, Issue 15139, 22 March 1913, Page 11

FRUIT AND PRODUCE.

Messrs Heury F. Moss, Ltd., pram and fruit 'merchants, report for tho week ended to-clay: Produce.—Fair deliveries of most lines have to he recorded this week. There iV however, a. distinctly quiet feeling so far as steady business is concerned. Buviiift- fo--slupment is purely of a. " hand-10-mouth" nature. 'Uus is doubtless owing to tho JNorlhern market, being ; n „. ros j t i ou to quote slightly lower than us at, present. Tim week has seen arrivals of new oats and wheat, while new season's ohaff. hav and turnips have bean coming into the market. Thera is a good demand for table carrot*. Etrgs have been short of requirements, and all reliable eggs forward have been sold at fulls--an.advance of Id on last week's prices, poultry has beoU very plentiful, and anvthmg but well-conditioned lots have bs°n quite neglected. Onions'.—The market- is still very steadv, and all lines coming forward arc easily disposed of. Eggs.—Guaranteed stamped. Is 5d to Is 6d per dozen; ordinary cased, Is 4d. Cheese—December make,' 6d' to 6W for loaf and mediums. I n? ltt ,^ r- ~ Farmers' separator—ilb pats lOd, lib pats 9id; dairy, 9d. l Poultry.—Good demand for well-conditioned birds. Hens, up to 3s; ducks, up to 4s 6d • roosters, young, up to 4s 3d; geese, 5s to 5s 6d; turkeys—hens 6id lb, cocks 7d to Cheese.—New Akaroa, mediums. 6|d lb; local factory. 6id to 7d lb for loaf. iS- lss '~ Goocl .demand. Prime baconers. 140 sto 170's, si.d lb; heavier weights, up to 4!d lb. l Hams, Did lb; side bacon, 9d: rolls, lOd lb; boneless hams, lOfd: shoulders,' Sd; rolled shoulders, 3d: roiled hams, 10id lb' lard, in 361b boxes, 8d lb. Hay.—New season's clover, prime ciualitv baled, £3 to £3 ss. Bran, 95s per ton. Pollard, £6 per ton. Onions—Canterbury's. £9 per Ion: <*ood demand. Pickling onions, good demand'for choice quality. Id to lid per 11>. Potatoes.—A\"e quote extra choice samples up to £5 15s: medium, up to £5 10s. Oats.—Few samples of new season's, particularly Cartons and Algerians, have been in the market (his week, and little business has been done. AVe quote A grade Gartons 2s, B Cartons Is lid, A Sparrowbills Is lid Bs Is lOd. Feed; Danish Is 9d, Black Tartars Is lOd. All price?, net, cash, on trucks country siding. ' Chaff.—Market barelv supplied. Prime old oat sheaf—black oat £4, white oat £3 15s medium up to £3 10s. ' Straw.—Balrf whealen and oaten. 30s to 35s per ton. Fowl wheat.—Plump whole. 5s 4d; slightly shrivelled, 3s 2d; broken, up to 3s. Honey.—Choice nsw season's bulk. 3?d to 4d lb: 51b tins, 2s 3d; 101b tins, 3s 6d to 4s: section honey, 6s per dozen. Beeswax. Is 3d to Is 4d per lb. ' * Fruit.—The market has been a very weak one during the course of the, week, there being an entire absence of any life except for choice dessert- apples and psars. .AVe landed es the Maltai from the Navua 700 cases-of bananas from Suva, the fruit, being in fairly good order. Island oranges are finding their way to the market now, but a:? the fruit is somewhat sour they are only meeting with slight attention from buyers. Tomatoes are quite a drug, and many 'consignments have barely paid freight and charges this week. The season for these. eeems to be practically finished. Pl.nnis.—There is an excellent demand for good damsons, which are readily saleable at 2d per lb; late dessert, 2d to 3d! Bananas.—Choice ripe Fijian, 10s per case, or 2d per lb. Oranges.—Further fhipmenl of Island fruitduo to arrive, 8-s to 9s per double case. Lemons.—ltalians. 150-130's. lis 6d. Apples.—Auckland dessert, ' highly colored, 7s to 7s 6d; Christchurch, extra, choice, 6s 6d; mediiuu, up to 5s 6d; cookers, 4s 9d to 5s (401b boxes). Pears.—Canterbury, 5s 6d to 6s: Hawke's Bay and Auckland, bushels', 5s to 6s. Pines.—Finest Queansland. cases containing about two dozen, 9s per'eve: Quoens up to 10s. Tomatoes.—Local hothouse, choice, 4id to sd: ChrMchurch, 2|d to Sid : Cliristchiirch outdoor, from 2s to 3s: Hiitt and Nckon grown ((he quality is very poor just now) up to 2s per 201b box. Peaches.—Supplies, about finished. T,nr"o crates, choice, at 4d to sd; other sort* im to 2d. ■ • i Japanese peamils. No. 1. per lb. Cucumbers.—Christ church, 3s to 5s pc--case. Grapes.—Extra choice hothouse, 7d to 8d • pcoi-er quality, from 5d to 7d. Piemelons arc now making their appearance m the market, to-day's value beiii"- 5s to 5s 6d per cwt. ° Quinces. — Fair demand for choice fruit which is worth up to 2d per lb. Preserved Ginger.—l4lb and 281b boxes. 71d per lh. Cabbages, larce heads, 3s per sack. Cauliflowers, 4s to 5s per sack. Vegetable marrows, 6s to 7s 6d per sa.'k. French beans and scarlet runners. 2d to 2Jd per lh. Green peas, Ijd to l|d per lb. Mushrooms, extra choice, up to 5d per lb.