FRUIT AND PRODUCE

Evening Star, Issue 17928, 25 March 1922, Page 2

FRUIT AND PRODUCE

Messrs Bray Bros, (of Dunedin), Ltd., report as follows for tho week; The chaff market has been barely supplied with prime lines, and, owing to the long spell of wot weather fow linos are arriving, with the result tnat to.o market is firm from £4 16b to £5 per ton, on trucks, sacks extra, Tho oat market is quiet, and, owing to the wot ■weather, threshing operations have boon delayed. Time is a fair inquiry from tho North for A and B Cartons at os Id and ss, f.0.b., o.i. Potatoes are not arriving freely, and fired qualify aro readily saleable to-day at iff a ten. Supplies of eggs are now falling oh, and values aw> firm to-day at 2s for stamped and Is lid for plain. Owing to tho cold weather business has been quiet in the fruit market during tiro week, but there is a steady inquiry for choice dessert apples and pears. Peacho.-, aro arriving jn limited quantities, and the majority of these are arriving in very hard condition. Cooking apples aro plentiful, andl aro meeting with a slow sale from 6s to per case. Heavy supplies of tomatoes continue to come forward 1 from Christchurch, and these aro difficult to dispose of from lid to 21 per lb. A fow blackberries are arriving, and are selling up to 9d per lb. A few small lines of passion fruit have arrived from Auckland, and these are selling at high rates. Kama ra.s aro also on the market, but tho demand is slack. Steady quantities of Canterbury onions aro reaching tbifl market, and tiro Canterbury market h&B adva need £1 per ton. Fhsi-class lines are inquired for to-day at £7 per ton,. Pickling onions are meeting with a good inquiry at Id per lb. Vegetable marrOws aro in short supply, and are e.sssly sold up to 7s 6d per cwt. Bacon p’g s have been very scarce during tho last yoek, with tho' result that bacon has risen Id per lb in tho wholesale market to-day. The following prices wore realised during tiro week;

Spaxrowbiil oats, 3s. Oats, Carton, os. Chn-fi, prime oaten, .34 15s to £5, Wheat, 5s 6d. Wheaton straw, £3.

Oaten straw, £3 12s 6d, Beeswax, 2s (slow sale). Honey.-—Sections, 10s to 12s; bulk, 6d to 7d per Sb. Butter.—Creamery pals, Is 3d; ermmfrv bulk, Is 2|d; dairy and separator, i®;

Ghoeeo.— Mild, B|d to 9d; matured, Is, Apples.—-Cox’s Orange, 10s to 12s; Ribston Pippins, 10s fo 12s; Worcester Peairoaim, 7s; cookers, 6s to 7s. Tomatoes. —Local, 7d; Chris tchurcn, 1-id to 2d. Nectarines, crates, 4d to 6d. Plums.—Case, 3.5 to 4b; crates, 4£d Greengages 6d. Peadies, 4d to 6d. Peas, 3d,

Beans, 4d. Cucumbers, Christchurch, 3a to 6s de-sen.

Potatoes, local, 7s 6d. Carrots, 8a cwt. Morrows, 6s to Cs cwt,

Turnips, 4s cwt. Cabbage, 4s dozen. Cauliflowers ,4s dozen. Rhubarb, l|d. Lettuce, 2a dozen, Walnuts, choice, lfi4d. Grapes, le 3d. Peanuts, ?i)d. Onions Canterbury;, 2s, Pigs.—Best porkers, 7|d; baooners, 7d \ overweight, 6d. Bacon, Hitchon ! s,,-ls--ld lb. Bams, lo M. Eggs,—Stamped 2s; cased, Is lid. Poultry.—4s pair; cockerels, Os paiPX ducks, 76'-6a;’--tiarMys,. le 34 ib