GRAIN AND PRODUCE

Evening Star, Issue 16923, 21 December 1918, Page 11

GRAIN AND PRODUCE

Messrs Bray Bros, (of Dunedin), Ltd., report as follows for the week ended today : Consignments of fruit, vegetables, and produce coming forward are meeting with a ready sale and good prices, tho market being "bare of all lines. The following prices were realised during the week : Wheat.—Fowl, 6s 6d per bushel. Chaff.—Prime oaten sheaf, £8 10s per ton. Fat, 27s per owt. Beeswax, 2s par lb. Clover hay, £7 per ton. Kitchen’s bacon, Is 9d per lb (scarce). Cheese.—Mild and matured, lid to ll|d per lb. Eggs.—Stamped, Is 6d per dozen; cased. Is 5d per dozen. Butter.—Creamery pats. Is 6d per lb: creamery bulk. Is shi per lb; dairy and separator. Is 3d per lb; milled. Is 5d per lb. Apple?.—Cookers, 12s per dozen; ?ti:rmers, 20s per dozen. Mandarins, unprocurable. Oranges.—Sydney and Adelaide, unprocurable. Lemons.—Ad el aide, u nprocurablo. Cherrv plums, 6d per lb. Bananas. —Ripe. 24s par esaej green, 17a uer case. Bines. 30s to 26s per case. Passions. 20s per case. Cucumbers. 16s per dozen. Gooseberries, 2d per lb. Walnuts. Is to Is 2d per lb. Lettuce. Is per dozen. Cauliflowers, 15s per dozen. uotaicea, 5d to 6d per lb. obbhages, 4s per dozen. Asparagus.—Firsts, up to 10s per dozen. Tomatoes.—Christchurch firsts, Is lOd per lb; seconds, Is 7d per lb; local, 2s per lb. Green peas, 7d to 8d per lb. Strawberries. —Waimate, Is 3d to Is 8d per pottle. Rhubarb, 1A per lb. Cherries. Is 2d to_ Is 6d per lb. Ducks, 12s per pair. Pigs.—Best baconers, _9|d per lb; porkers, lOd per lb: overweights. 6d per lb.