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• T. E. SHIEL AND COMPANY. Fruit and produce report supplied by" Messrs T. E.. Shiel and Co., auctioneers, Stafford-street, Dunedin, for week ended .March 11th. 1011:-— FRUIT. With moderate supplies forward, values for all fruits have improved, and a very firm market can be expected for next week's supplies. Stone fruits are in lighter supply, and a further advance in values may be expected. Dessert supplies are oi inging good values. Grapes are in short supply;' choice dessert meet with an excellent reception. The same applies to late des.sert plums. . Grapes.—Choice hothouse, 9d to 10%d;,others, 7d to 8d; Nelson, 8d to 9d. Pears.—Choice Williams Bon Chretiens, Beurres, Bergamonts, 8s to 9s per bushel box; Duchess, 7s 6d; Jargonelles, 6s; Fertility, Bishop's Thumfbs, Flemish Beauty, Vicar of Wingfield, 5s to 6s. . Apples.—Choice dessert; Jonathan, 9s to 10s; Cox's Orange, 9s 6d to 10s 3d; Gravenstein, 8S Gd; Quarendon, 9s to 10s 3d; Ripstones, 8s Cd to 9s 3d; Mobswell, Alexandra, 5s 6d to 6s. Tomatoes. —221b boxes, 3s to 4s; Hutt grown, 2s Sd to 3s 6d; hothouse, 3d to per lb. Plums.—Short supplies; large dessert scarce; Blue Diamonds up to 4s Hd; Monarch, ss; Nixon, 3s 8d to 4s 3d; Damson, 3s 3d to 3s 9d; Yellow Ogon, 3s 6d; cooking plums, 4s; greengages, 3d to 4d per lb. Peaches.—-Choice dessert, 4s to ss; other" sorts, 3s 3d to 3s 6d, cooking sorts, up to 3s 6d. Nectarines. —Scarce. 4s to ss. Cucumbers. —2s 9d to 3s per half case. PRODUCE. Grain.—The harvest is very gen-1 eral, but crops are extremely light. We maintain that present prices are excellent; buying and quotations are all free on board, Dunedin; sacks in. Oats.—A, grade Garten's, 2s 4d; 3. Garton's, 2s Algerians, Duns, l:s f.d; Tartar Kings, 2s 4%d; A. Sparrows, 2s 4d; B. Sparrows, black oals, 2s 3. Maize.—3s per bushel. Chaff,—Sss, sacks sd, Straw.—Baled wheaten, 32s 6d: oaten, 355. Bran.—7ss per ton; pollard, 12.*■£_■'. Honey.—Finest Clover, in 561b tins, 3%d per lb. Onions.—Prime Canterbury, 555. Potatoes. —Oamaru Up-to-dates, 100 It bags, £3 10s; Dunedin, .southern grown, £3 12s 6d. Bacon. —Smoked rolls, 7d per lb; hams, 7%d; sides, 7d. Moilasses Fodder. —1" bags to the ton, 87s 6d per ton. # Hay.—Prime Clover, baled, 85s per ton.
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Northern Advocate, 14 March 1911, Page 2
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