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Mt Benger Mail, 4 June 1919, Page 3

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THE FRUIT WORLD. RLILLY'S CENTRAL PRRODTTCE MART, LTD., report 31/5/19. In anticipation of the winter show buyers are eagerly purchasing good lines offering. Eggs, potatoes, onions, vegetables and cooking fruits have been in good demand. For bacon pigs we secured 9id and 9fd. , Cattle foods, molasses, etc., have-had a good sale. We cleared some nico lines of bulk and pat honey. We had a record sale of poultry on Wednesday, high prices were secured. The following prices were secured : Apples.—Delicious 14s ; Jonathans 9s, 10s (id ; other desserts 6s, 8s (id ; choice cookers 7s to Ss (3d ; inferior 3s 6d to ss. Pears —Winter Nelis 3d to 3sd ; Coles 3d ; Napoleon lid. Grapes.—Gross Cdmans 2s 9d, 3s. Peaches —4d. Mandarines. —255. Lemons—"Mission" Brand 425. Oranges —Raratongas 2(5s Tomatoes. —Otago Centrals to 9d ; Christchurch lid ; locals Is 3d to Is 9d per lb. Green 2d to 3d. Potatoes. —Locals 9s 6d per cwt; Northern £8 5s per ton. Wheaten Straw Chaff —£3 10s. Jats.— Duns 4s 3d. A grado Gartons Pumpkins —14s 6d cwt. Cauliflower. —Choice 15s dozen ; small •Is to Bs. Cabbage. —Choice 9s 6d ; small 2s to 4s. Onions —Prime lis ; Picklors 19s per cwt. Swede Turnips—(is. Bacon. —Golden Bay Rolls Is 3sd ; sides Is 2|d; hams Is 3id.

Pigs.—Baeoncrs prime kers 9UI ; heavy weights SJd per lb choppers 42fl to sd. Butter —Bulk Is 4kl, Is 5d ; sepa r at or pats to Is (.id.

Eggs. —Stamped and guaranteed 2s 9d ; preserved, slow sales, Is lOd, Is lid. '

Honey.—Sections (choice) 13s per dozen. Bulk 7d ; half-pound pats 5s Gd per dozen. Tea —Special qualities 'Broken Orange Pekoe" 2s per lb in 51b boxes.

Linseed Meal and Calf Foods. —15s per lOOlbs. Meat Meal. —"Cross Govs" 19s per lOOlbs.

Molasses —Ss per cwt. in casks. Cases 14s Gd. Oat Sheaf Chaff.—Choice £7. Oaten Dust—ss Gd sack Oaten Straw Chaff. —£4 ss. Wheaten Straw Chaff —3 10s. Wheat —Choice whole fowl wheat 6s 9d. Broken Gs Gd per bushel.

Oats —Duns 4s 3d. A GGrade Gartons 4s Gd. Peas. —Prussian Blue 15s ; Greys ss. Bran. —7s per 1001b bags. Wheaten Pollard. —14s per 1501bs. Farro Food—9s per lOOlbs. Lime Sulphur—2s 3d per gallon in barrels ; 4gal. tins 3s gallon. Blue Stone—79s cwt. Beeswax —2s per lb. Egg Crates. —12s Gd.

Rabbiiskins —Early winter bucks 50d to 54d ; first winter docs (50d to G4d ; incomings 40d to 42d ; late autumns Slid to 3Sd; early autumns 30d to 32d_: summers 19d to 2 Id. Poultry—Hens 3s 3d and Is (3d each; c'jckerels 4s 6d End 2s each; ducks •I > i 1 to 4s (3d each ; geese 5s to 5s 9d each. The CO-OPERATIVE FRUITGROWERS OF OTAGO, LTD., report : We urc pleased to report having experienced a very busy week, very large ("•nrgnr-ente of Fiji bananas having arrived to our market. Large supplies of very inferior apples are still arriving to oar market and as there is little or .! > mind for these it is difficult to quit these lines. Choice well coloured desert apples are in demand and good prices are being realised. Apples. —Dessert Jonathans 8s id to 10s (id ; Delicious 12s to 14s (3d ; cook-

ing 5s to 7s. Peaches—Crates 4d to 6d lb, in case 4s to (is 6d. Pears —Dessert 7s 6d to 10s 6d; cooking 5s to 6s 6d. Tomatoes —Canterbury and Central 3§d to 83d ; green lfd to 2Jd. Cucumbers—l2s to 15s dozen. Oranges —Raratonga repacks 255. Lemons —455. Bananas —22s Od to 25s Onions—los to lis. Potatoes —£8 10s to £9 10s. Grapes.—2s (3d to 2s Bd. Quinces. —l|d to 2id lb. Pumpkins.-r-9s sack. Melons.—los 3dewt. Marrows —Up to 12s Whole Fowl Wheat. —7s bushel (sacks extra). Chaff—£6 10s to £7 per 'ton (sacks extra). Calf Meal—27s 100's, 13s 6d 50 %7s 25's. Pig Feed —13s 150's. Meat Meal for Poultry —17s 6d 100's. Crushed Bones for Poultry—l7s 6d 100's. Oyster Grit. —7s 6d 100's. Molasses—l4s case. Crushed Linseed 22s 6d cwt.

GRAIN AND PEODUCE REPORT. MESSES DALGETY & CO.', LTD., report as follows: * Oats—The market continues to remain firm although no great volume of business is passing on account of growers being firm holders. All descriptions are meeting with enquiry and are saleable at quotations. We quote —Prime milling 4s 3d to 4s 4d, good to best feed 4s to 4s 2d, inferior to medium 3s 3d to 3s 9d (per bushel (sacks extra), Wheat.—Offerings of late have been heavier. Millers are only prepared to take lines in good condition. Any linea