FRUIT AND PRODUCE

Evening Star, Issue 18157, 23 December 1922, Page 10

FRUIT AND PRODUCE

Messes Bray Bros, (of Dunedin), Ltd., report as follows for (be week; The market is bare of good quality chaff, and current quotations are £1 los to —+ on trucks (sacks extra) Dunedin. Stocks ot inferior chaff have been considerably reduced troni the stores, but still 'there is a lu.tle inquiry for this class of chaff. Ibo oat. maillot is steady. Tncre is very lin-.e uem,.nil from the North Island, .vie; chan is have been confining their attention to snarl loi-j only, A's bringing 3s 21 and Bs liL l •f.0.b., t, i. There is little anqii ry for undergrade. Attention is now being paid to torward business, and sales have been made with Auckland merchants at 3s 2d 1.0. b., s.i., spread delivery next season. Ibcsc prices are equal to 2s fid sacks extra on tuick.country sidings. The b*sun>sa is piucly speculative. Prices next season will be determined by the export demand. . Business m the wheat market has been quiet. Mallei.', are carrying fairly heavy slocks, and offerings from tho fanners have eased oil. ho demand for fowl wheat is also quiet, thuer ports are quoting under Dunedin pi.c The Dunedin quotation is Is fid t.-o.b s:u;U extra, but growers arc not inclined to cell at’ the rates. Dunedin millore price* are as follow;—Flour, £ls 10s to *l7 Its; bian, £5 10s; pollard, £8; and on I meal, tte. Old potatoes are now practically off the u,.nhct. There are still a few oiiermg at aUl ’ l . lt 5s to 7s a owl. Large quantities of northern new potatoes "have come and prices are easing all round. Onions bare been very short of supply, not near enou h to go round, and they sold up as high a, 50s a owl- Melbournes will conic forward by the Paloona, which is expected to arrive on the 21 lb of this month, and prices will raiv»e somewhere -about/ £1 a cwt. Bams are* a little more pkntilul. but- they lux' mostly hea\7-wci-gliis—ovor 201 b—and tneso weights are not what is required for local trade. Bacon is in good supply. Eggs are also coming forward freely, together, wall honey aid cheese. -Business m the tnnt marls has bow; brisk during tiro week. Consignments of citrus fruits have come upward", -and all mot with ready sales. Bananas have been short of supply, and prices high 'the market- has been bare of lemon*, ami they are wanted. Supplies of local-grown cherries are coming in freely, and prices have been moderate. Strawberries hare also been in full supply, and prices reasonable. Black currants and gooseberries arc a.so offering freely. Peas -have been m full supply, and sold as low as a lb—too low to' give iho grower any return. The following prices wore realised during the week; Oats. —Sparrow bill, 2s fid; Garton, 3s. Chaff.—Prime oaten, £1 15s. Bowl wheat, 4s fid. Straw.—Wheaton, £2 10s; oaten, £3. Beeswax. Is 4d to Is fid. Honey.—Sections, 12s dozen; bulk, 6id to 7d. Butler. —Creamery pats. Is sd; bulk. Is 4|d; dairy and separator. Is Id. Cheese.—Mild, lOd ; main red, lid. Hitchon's bacon, Hid. Hams, Is 3d. Apples.—Stunners. 17s fid; American Jonathans, 21s. Bananas, 40s. Adelaide navel -oranges, 30s. Adelaide lemons, 30s. Pines, 325. Californian grapes, 555, 301 b to 521 b barrels. Strawberries, Is 4d to 3s pottle. Gooseberries, 24d to 3d; ripe, fid. Cherries, Is io 2s fid. Tomatoes. —Christchurch, Is to Is 7d; local, 3d. New potatoes. —North. Island, Ijd tn 2d; local, 3d; Christchurch, 2jd, Asparagus, 8* dozen. Rhubarb, 2d. Peas, 2d to 3 id. French beans, lid. Broad beans, 2d. Cabbage, & dozen. Californian onions, 46s crate. Figs.—Best porkers, 7d; baenuers, 71U; overweight. S^d. Eggs,—Stamped, Is Id; eased, Is.