FRUIT AND PRODUCE

Evening Star, Issue 19550, 7 May 1927, Page 21

FRUIT AND PRODUCE

Bray Bros., Ltd., report as follows For week ended to-day:—■

Supplies of chaff oro coming forward in sufficient quantities to meet the local demand. The present. quotation is round about £o 10s per ton for best quality. The bulk of the chaff is coming from Canterbury. The oat market is still unsteady. Up to 2s 6d on trucks has been paid for A Cartons, but the market is now back to 2s 3d for A’s and 2s 2d for B’s. Practically no inquiries are being received from the North Island for cats, and millers are not operating to any extent. The wheat market is also unsettled. The result of the conference in Christchurch between growers and millers is not very settled. In the meantime growers of wheat in Canterbury »are firm holders. Tuscan wheat in the Otago district is quoted round about 5s 7d bushel, sacks extra, on trucks, and velvet 6s 3d. The demand for fowl wheat is quiet. Dunedin millers’ prices arc as follow Flour, £l6 10s. Bran. £6 10s. Pollard, £8 10s. Oatmeal, £lB.

There is little interest being shown in the potato market. Consignments are not heavy, owing io the broken weather preventing digging. But there is sufficient offering to meet the local requirements. Best linos are worth up to £5 per ton. Sales have been made as low as £4 during the week, the future of the market is very uncertain, and only the best lines are meeting with ready sales. The onion market is also depressed, and best lines are soiling round about 6s per ewt. .Second quality is . neglected and difficult,to sell. The crops have been better than usual in Canterbury, and some of the growers have boon cool storing the onions. The present pivca is leaving very little for the grower. Business in the fruit marts has boon quiet during the week. Tomatoes arc now , falling away, and prices have increased. Dessert apples are still in good supply, and there is a shortage of good cooking apples. l*fars are also in short supply. Oranges and bananas are wanted, a>nd prices high. _ Lemons are offering more freely, and pie melons are now coming forward Grapes arc offering freely. Quinces are wanted. Vegetables arc offering freely, cabbage in particular being low in price. Honey is offering in large quantities, aaid first grade is now offering at 51d lb. Discolored honey is down to 4jd. Hams and bacon are in good supply, and cheese is offering freely and prices reasonable. The egg market is firm. There is a demand'for preserved eggs. Dairy pat butter is wanted. _ Beeswax is wanted. The following prices were realised during the week:— Fowd wheat, Cs lid bushel. Oats, 3s 2d bushel. Chaff, £4 17s Gd to £5 15s. Potatoes, £4 15s to £5 os. Eggs.—Crated, 3s; cased, 2s lid dozen. • Butter.—Factory bulk, Is 4kl; factory lib pats, Is 4UI;. dairy pats, Is lb: separator, Is Id lb. llacon.—Hitchon’s, Is 2d lb. Onions.—Canterbury, £5 10s to £6. Cheese.—Medium, 8)d lb. Vegetable marrows (wanted), 9s to 10s cwt.

Pumpkins, Ss to cwt. Green peas, 4-|d to sd. Beans.—French, to ‘/Ad. Honey.—Choice bulk, 5Jd lb; 101 b tins,-, 6s; 51b tins, 3s 3d tin. Cabbages, 3s to 5s bag. Cauliflowers, 3s 6d-to Ss 6d dozen. Swedes, Is 6d to 2s sugar bag. Carrots, 5s 6d to (is cwt. Parsnips, 6s 3d to 7s cwt. Cucumbers. —Local, 6s 6d to 10s 6d dozen.

Walnuts, to 8d lb. Peanuts, 4£d lb Apples. —Dessert, 6s to 10s case; cooking, 4s 6d to 6s. Pears.—Dessert, 7s Gd to 9s 411 b case; cooking, 3s 3d to os 9d. Plums.—Dessert, 2-Jd to 4-kl lb; cooking, IJd to 2Jd lb. Tomatoes.—Christchurch, 3Jd to 7jd lb; Central, 23d to 6Jd. Grapes, to Is 9d lb. Californian navels, 48s 6d to 51s 6d double case.

Californian lemons, 44s 6d to 4Sa case.

Bananas, 24s 3d to 27s 3d case.