FRUIT AND PRODUCE

Evening Star, Issue 19143, 9 January 1926, Page 10

FRUIT AND PRODUCE

Bray Bros., .Dunedin, Ltd., report as follows lor Uie week ending to-day;--The chuff market is hnn. 'I here is a good inquiry for first-grade chaff, which is selling round about Li per ton. Poor quality is slow of sale, '.the oat market is firm, and slocks arc in small compass. Tho wheat market is also firm. Australian wheat is now coming on to the market. '1 hero is a lair demand for good fowl wheat, which is st'lling round about is (id bushel, sacks extra. Dunedin millers prices arc as follow : -Flour, ,CIH JOs; oatmeal, £24 ; bran, £S Ids; pollard, Ills. The potato market has tinned up, and sound old potatoes are now otf the market. Now season potatoes have been in short' supply. Best Peninsula potatoes have sold up to 4.U1 lb. Tho market to-day is round about 3d for local grown ami 2d to 21d lor northern grown. Supplies are still short. The onion market has eased, but consignments ol Canadians have come on to tho market, and these have, been ntfe-ring to-day round about 2ils per crate. Melbourne onions arc also offering at I lie same figure. Business in the trait marts has been busy during the week, hut the demand lias not been up to the usual lor this time of the year, and prices have boon low. Canadian apples have been in over-supply, and selling round about ISs per case for good quality. Localgrown Stunners of good quality that have been held in cool stores arc oflcrmg at lbs per case, and sales are slow. Large consignments ol oranges have conic forward on this market, but these have been a glut and difficult io sell. Bananas in particular have been very short supply and prices high. Owing to the u nsa list act ory state ol the shipping, bananas wore, in very short supply during I,ho Christmas time, t-,t raw berries aro now corning forward freely, and the, prices arc reasonable. _ Raspberries aro also offering, and prices, are. lower than usual. Peaches and apricots are very late (his season and just starting to come on the market. 'J omatocs have been in good supply, and consignments should increase from now on. Prices have been lower than usual for this time of the year. 1 hero is a good demand for all lines oi vegetables. Pe.as have been in good supply and are selling to-day round about 4d per lb. Tho egg market has eased during the week, and ail lots coming forward aro readily placed. _ Everything points to tho prices firming shortly, .Householders would bo wise to buy eggs tor winter preserving. Hams and bacon have been in good supply, and lair quantities have boon disposed of. There is a good inquiry for fully-matured cheese. Dairy pafc butter is coining forward more freely, and the market has cased. There is a good inquiry for first-grade honey, which is selling round about s’d per ‘ lb. All good lines of fruit and produce arcs readily placed at market quotations. _ The following prices were realised during tbc week;— Chaff.—Prune oaten, £6 io £G 10s. Oaten straw, £4 to LA 15s. Wheaton, LA. Wheat. —Howl, 7s 6d ImshcL_ Honey,—Bulk, old lb; 101 b tins, Os; •J-lh pats, 4s Gd. Cheese, loid to lid. Bacon.—Hitcliou’s, Is Id.

Uanis, Is 4d. Butter. — Factory, is 5Jd; separator pate, Is i-o ]s 2d. Apples.—Dessert, American Jonathans, 365; Stunners, choice, Us to 15s: cookers, (is fid. Pears.-—Winter Kclis, od. I’hnbiirh, 5d Black currants. 4ld. Tnmatoos. —Local. Is 3d to Is 4-}d; Cliristclmrch dessert, IOJd l-o Is Id. Glierrics, Is to Is Rd. Strawberries, lOd in is fid. Pines, 255. Oranges.—Sydney Valencia, 15s. Passions, 255. New Potatoes. —North Island, 2Jd; local. ,'Pld to 4-jd. Baspberrios, D? to IPs bucket. Loganberries, Os bneket. TV,-ichos, 4d to 6d. Canadian Onions, Ids per crate. Walnuts, Od to lOd. Parsnips. 8s fid. Cabbages.—Finds, 5s to Bs. Cauliflowers.—Firsts, 12s to 14s fid dozen. Green pons, 3d to 35 d. Cncumbcrs.— Local, 14s to JS-s. Lettuce, 4s dozen. Beeswax, Is 3d. Bigs.—Best porkers, Old; baconors, Kkk!; overweight, Gd. Eggs. —Stamped, Is 10d; cased, Is 9d.