FRUIT AND PRODUCE

Evening Star, Issue 15882, 14 August 1915, Page 12

FRUIT AND PRODUCE

Messrs Henry F. Moss, Ltd., fruit and produce auctioneers, report for the week ended to-day : Tasmanian apples : The first of this season’s arrived during the week, and the prices obtained would leave a very small margin of profit for the grower in Hobart. ■Consignments of mandarins, pineapples, and passions landed in much better condition than the previous week’s shipment. Cucumbers, hothouse grown, have come forward from the north, and have met with quick sales. Guaranteed stamped eggs, in crates, have been selling freely at Is Id per dozen. Pigs are in very short supply. Potatoes are easier m price, while onions are firmer. Cooking apples are wanted, as high as 2id being obtainable for Lord Wolseleys. The following are some of the prices obtained at auction during the week ; Apples.—Tasmanian iSturmers, Bs, Bs' 6d, 9s to 10s 6d; Doughertys, choice wrapped fruit, 9s to 10s per case; Sturmors—choice 8s 6d to 10s, medium 7e 6d to Bs, small sizes (from' 2ia to 2iin) 7s. a case; Lord Wolseleys, 2£d lb; ScarletPermains, per lb, choice lots; Cleopatras 8s to 9s; Rome Beauty, 9a 6d; Five Crown pippins 7s to Bs. Cooking apples : French Crabs, Winter Green, .Stone Pippins, extra choice up to 2id per lb; medium quality, l|d lb. Pears.—Dessert, old, s|d, to 4d for choice; cookers, to IJd and 2d per Cucumbers, lls to 12s per dozen, Wanganui grown. Lemons, Ise 6d per bushel cage 'for choice thin skinned. Oranges.—Poonnans 12s 6d a case! Tahitis, Lis to 14s for choice repacks. meffl) 1 CSj 158 10 15S ’ 6(1 (small elil PNavels, choice fruit, 22s 6d. Mandarins, 12s 5d for choice packers Pineapples, 10s 6d, slow sale; over-ripe fruit, ss, 5s 6d to 6s. Walnuts. Good, bright nuts, 8d per lb. Peanuts-—New season’s, 2|d per lb. Hazelnuts, 6d per lb. Bananas.—Green fruit, 14s a case; ripe id per lb. ’ Eggs.—Stamped and crated. Is 2d dozen; ordinary cased, Is dozen.' ' Pjgß.—Prime baconers, * 53d ner lbporkers, 6±d per lb. 3 P • Cheese.—Prime Akaroa, ICd 'per lb. Potatoes.-—Prime samples, £6 10s; medium, £5 10s; inferior lots, £5 to £5 5 S Onions.—Canterbury, £B. i £ a,rr ? t,s- —Canterbury grown, £2 15s bwedes 30s (sacks extra); slow sale • no demand. ’ Oats—Prime milling, 4s; good, 3s lid to 4s; medium, 3s Bd. Wheat.—Fowlwheat, 6s ; 2d to 6s fid (sacks extra). Chaff—o ? tsheaf £6 10s to £6 15s, up to £7 for best; medium, £6 to £6 10s.