GRAIN AND PRODUCE

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 17 May 1941, Page 5

GRAIN AND PRODUCE

CANTERBURY MARKETS [United Press Association! Christchurch, May 16. 1 Grain and produce markets con- 1 tinue quiet, with little activity in any J -.ection. Apart froxn a reasonably - heal 4 :*;- export inquiry, the small ;ecd trade almost at a standstill t as local trade has finished for the ] season. Export trade is conditioned .. entirely by the amount of shipping ; available. Potato digging is now in full swing t but, apart from a small increase in c the price of Suttons, there has been 1 no change in the market. Deliveries 1 are being made to the North Island, | but orders are small compared with what they have been in the past. The t crop is very patchy. Some districts report exceptionally good yields and r quality but in others the crop has i been only medioci*e. Suttons have t not turned out as well as was hoped < and the disappointing return has t caused an improvement in the price ( to £8 or. trucks. Whites are still at £7. |o More lucei’ne than usual has been: ! offered this season and is still com- j ing in. The quality of the seed has j been even more patchy than usual,! the bulk of the ci*op in some cases | having made only second grade. The crop, from a seed point of view, met bad weather this year. Much of the , crop, which was maturing well, was given new stimulus by wet weather p earlier in the year and had to be harvested with mature pods, im- » mature pods and flowers on the same r stalk. The value is from Is to Is 6d n per lb.