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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIV, 13 January 1921, Page 7

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WELLINGTON FRUIT AND PRODUCE MARKETS. (By Telegraph—Special to Mail) WELLINGTON, Jan. 12. Laery and Co. report a strong demand for all fruit, and consignments tre strongly recommended. High prices ire being obtained for all lines of ;holce fruit. • Present values Apples: Choice Stunners, 23s to 245. medium quality 18s to 20s - L new season’s dessert, good varieties, 15s to 17s; large green cookers, 15s to 17s per bushel case, medium samples as per [uality. Pears: New season's, good. 6s 6d to Is 6d. medium 6s od to 6s half-case. Peaches: Choice Hale’s and Wiggins’, L3s to 14s; Briggs’, 10s to Us ;, Sneed’s, fs to 8s; Triumph, 7s 6d to 9s half■ase. Apricots; :Choice large coloured, 15s o 17s, medium 10s to 13s, small 7s to ss-6d. Plums: Choice Early Rivers, 10s to L2s • Burbanks,' extra choice 13s to 15s, .•hoice 9s to 12»; Wright's Early, 9s o 10s; other'good varieties, 7s to 12s, Tomatoes: Choice round red, *2os_to !2s; firm coloured, 16s to i7s; other arietioe, T2s to 15s half-case. . ’ Nectarines: Choice large, 12s to 13a. i Raspberries: Excellent demand; ■hoice, 10s to lls bucket. Cucumbers : Outside grown, choice .0s to 12©. half-case, 32s 6d to 37a 6d . ianana'case. ] French beans: Choice, 6d to 7d lb. ( Marrows: Choice, 9s to 12s per j ranana case. ' ; ] Butter: Farmers’ separator and dairy (| mlk. Is lid lb.; pat©, Is lOd lb. - > Thompson Brothers report . on the .Veiling ton fruit and produce market a® , ollows;—Excellent conditions obtain \ lor all early stone and. pip fruits, and ( us we anticipate present pricey, tp be . maintained for some little time, we A idvise all growers to forward as | 'reely as possible. Tomatoes are still :oming forward freely, and all well- ‘ ;oloured samples are commanding at- | ; out ion. Black currants from Canierbury are coming forward freely and | meeting with ready sale. _ The ■ followng prices are being obtained: ■ . Stunners: Choice Canterbury, 18s \ ,o 23s • new season’s apples, Red As- J ■radians 16s to 20s, Beauty of Bathl36 to 15s, Emperor Alexander 12s to \ L4s: Alfristons, 16s to 18s; Mobb’s < Lloyal, 15s to 18s_ per bushel. Pears;. Only limited quantities ar o i mining forward. Choice- W.B.C.’s sold . from 7s 6d to 8s per half-case j other varieties from 5s 6d to 7b 6d. I Peaches: Hale’© Early, 15s 6d to 16s , 9d; Wiggins’, 16s 6d to 16s 6d; Triumphs, 12s to 14s :half-case. "• \ Apricots: Choic©. large, to 17s od; ( medium-size, 135,t0-165,, : • Plums; Wright’s Early, lls 6d to 12s ; . 6d- Orleans, 9s. 6d to 12s; .Bui'banks, ; 9s to IQs; Rubio, 17s 6d/; Santa Rqsa, 19s 6d; Wixon, • 10s 6a. . Nectarines, 12s to 14s. Black currants, 8s 6d to 9s 3d per half-caw. Strawberries: grown now practically finished, from*s 6d to Is 8d per punned ■ , • . Gooseberries, 8s 6d to -9s per halfcase. ,o Tomatoes, well coloured, 14© to 18s; other qualities and grades from 10s 6d to 12s 6d per half-case. Cucumbers, 15s to 21s per bushel. Green r pea© ; Prime lines, 10s to 12s per cental bag; old, Is 6d to ss. Asparagus, Is 6d to 2s 6d p»r bundle. Cabbage, 10s to 12s. Parsnips, 14© to 16g. Cauliflowers, 12s to 14s. Carrots, 7s 6d to 8s 6d. Potatoes, 7s 6d to 8© per cwt. Walnuts, Is 4d per lb. (By Electric (Australian & N.Z. Cable Association) ~LONDON, Tan. 12. » Peninsular and. Oriental shares; Buver©, ! B 35 0; - sefieis/.£270* Banks Australasia, £B3 j New South Wales, £25; Union,- £l2; National pf New Zealand, 107si-6d' (ex, div.);, New Zealand, £74 10s and ;'£2l; Now-Zea-land Loan and Mercantile, £SB 10s and £9o‘loa (ex .diTi) Tin stocks are 18,*479 tone, of which 3318 is on spot, and 1433 afloat. Deliveries last. month : totalled 1884. 1