FRUIT AND PRODUCE

Evening Star, Issue 19918, 14 July 1928, Page 12

FRUIT AND PRODUCE

Bray Bros. report ns fallows ior the 1 week ended to-dny;—The oat market is j still .very quiet, very little business is j passing. Inquiries have been received '• for shipment, and sellers are asking 4s 2d, f.0.b., s.i., for A Ganons, bat buyers are looking ior lower prices. There are not many inquiries for local consumption or from millers. Consignments of chaff are arriving more freely, and stocks in store are quite sufficient to nicer the small demand. Good quality Central 01 ago ehali is selling round about £<> Ids per ton (sacks extra, ex truck). The shipping market in Canterbury is reported to be firmer. Blenheim ‘is selling round about £5 12s Gd, f.0.b., s.i., for prompt shipment. The dullness of the wheat market continues. Values remain unaltered, Tuscan being quoted at 5s In to us Scl according to quality, and Hunters up to (is. It is reported that Canterbury millers are buying odd lines, and tlio market is likely to iiim a little. Fowl wheat is offering freely in Canterbury, and the market isjweak. Prices arc ruling round about us id, f.o.b (sacks extra). Millers’ prices are as follows Flour; 200’s £lO 15s, 100 s £l7 15s, GO’S £lB, 25’s £lB 10s; flour has been reduced 15s per ton Irom July 7 last. Bran, £7; pollard £0 10s; oatmeal, 2o’s £23. 20!)s £l - - Ibc potato market has finned. Canterbury growers have not been able to dig potatoes in any quantity owing to the wot state of tho ground, and this has had a firming tendency iu tho market. Consignments have tallen away, and this lias enabled stored lots to he sold at a slight advance. Merchants are only buying from hand - to mouth, as they anticipate tout the. price will ease onco tho remaining crops-arc hHed. Best lines arc realising n.p to LG Ids per tom. The seed potato market has been quiet, but there is a little mme inquiry lor good quality seed potatoes. Onions are now in better supply. Holders of Canterbury grown onions are starting to unload, and the market is easier. Some good samples are now offering round about 12s 6d cwL Japanese and Australian onions will beoffering on tho nmrkci but prices will bo high. lhe_ honey market is,, slow. Some lirst.-elnss samples of honey arc now ollcnng freely at 5d per lb in liOlb tins, llic i crop" Inis been an exceptionally good | one. and prices lower this season than thev have been for sonic considerable time. Honey is. now up m d'J and 111) pats, 11b and 51b potrles, and 101 b tins, ami prices within the reach of all . , Hams and bacon are m good supply, and the market steady. Ihe cheese j market is firmed, and the demand is 1 fair, prices ruling from 8;(d up to Did for crate lots. Business _ui the fruit marts lias been quiet during the week. Apples arc still in good supply, and prices low. A feature of the market is the low price of oranges. .Australian navels arc, oifenng Ircely on this market from 14s to lbs case. Ims | is much lower than usual. bananas are also offering, and prices likely to ease. The first shipment ot teamoan bananas will arrive next \Vcdncsdav. These are being railed from Lyttelton, and tho next shipment, which is due ill about a month’s time, come., i direct to the port ol Dunedin. Hkm. , bananas are grown in iemtoi.y ,i ■ | trolled by the Now Zealand Go e ' j meat, which has gone to eunsideiable | expense to try and develop trade I c- , tween Samoa and the South U.M | This is the only opportunity Hut tno public have to get Island Iruit ao a reasonable price, and it is to ho■ ho V« that the trade will give nil the sup port they can to assist the Government In their endeavour to give os n the South Island ol New Zuilaml fruit at a reasonable price. _ Gcmji.s are in fair supply, and prices n,o«orate. Some first-class dessert pc.u. are coming out of cool stores and meeting with ready sales. I bo v c table market is well supplied, and prices moderate. Pic melons are now about finished. The egg. mniket is steadv, and all lines coining lorward arc readily placed. . Ibc following prices were realised during the week. Section honey, 9s; medium. Gs Gd. Honev.—Bulk, -ltd Jo sd; lUlb tins, 5s 3d; 21b pottles, lOd to Is. Cabbage, 2s Gd to 3s ; ~ Cauliflowers, wanted, os bd to I us. Vegetable marrows, to l>s ewf. Pumpkins, 10s cwt. Eggs, 2s, Is 11 cl dozen. Eggs, prserved. Is Sd, Butter Pats.—Bulk, Is 3d; iactory, , Pears. —Dumps, choice, 8s to 10s; halves, 2s to ss. 1f Grapes, Sydney Chanez, l<s to Us. Peanuts, sd; Brazils, lOd; Walnuts, : nd. , „ , Potatoes.— Stirling and Ontram, is Gd cwt; Oainaru, 6s Cd cwt. ; Pickling onions, to 5s cwt , Canterbury onions, £ll BJs to £l- - per ton. , , • • . Swedes, 2s bd cwt. Cheese;—Medium, 9d lb; 'oaf, lid • per' lb. r Beeswax, Is Scl. 1 Bacon Pigs.—Prime, bid; porkers, 6d to 7d; heavy-weights, sd. v Bacon.—Hitchon's, Is Id. Apples.—Jonatlians, 5s to 7s. 6d ease;

Delicious, choice, 8a- to 11s case; Delicious, medium, os to Cs Cd case: Lord Wolselcy, 7s Cd; Ballarats, 7s to ns Cd; oilier cooking varieties, (is to 7s Cd case. Dio melons. Ss Gel cwt. Lemons.—\ ictoriau. Ibs case; Missions, 57s Cd case. Passion fruit, Ids to 24s case. Bananas, ripe, 27s case. Mandarins, 18s to 225. Oranges.—Earotongan, 13s Cd, I4s 6d; Adelaide navels, Jos to 20s; &uukist Valencias, 425. Grapefruit, 42s (id. Fat, 18s to 26s cwt. Fowl wheat, 7s cwt. Oyster grit, 8s Od. Oats.—A Gartens, 3s Cd. to 3s 9d; IPs, 3s. Bran, £7 ]os. Pollard, £9. Mutton birds, in kits, lUd bird. Chrysanthemums, 3s to 6s. Paper white narcissi, 3s Cd to 6s Cd. Violets. 5s 6d to Cs Cd.