THE MARKETS

New Zealand Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 11226, 3 June 1922, Page 11

THE MARKETS

INTERESTING RESUME INFERIOR APPLE'S SPOILING THE MARKET. The apple market is not a very favour'able proposition just now, an growers are sending l in a lot of inferior fruit, a “Times’' reporter -was informed by Messrs Griffiths and Co. yesterday. The supply of all varieties is greatly in excess of the demand, for heavy supplies have been coming in for the last month and are 6till coming in. Much of it is inferior, for the first-class fruit is being exported, and the stuff we are getting here it would nay the growers better to give it to the pigs. They are not satisfied with the prices they are getting, and the public are not satisfied wrth the quality, and the result is that good apples are not fetching what they should. Inferior sorts are fetching 4s €d to <rs Gd a bushel case, and better class from 7s to 10s. which would improve to 13s, if there was a good deal less of the inferior apples. IN BEST CONDITION. The duty on the Australian fruit is killing that trade, and the oranges and bananas which arrived by the Tahiti a few days ago were not in the host condi-. tlon, and have nearly all been sold. A few of the oranges are being held. VEGETABLES. - There Is .ft keen demand for all goou vegetables, which are making good prices. Southern potatoes are making better prices, find Dakotas of the best quality are as high as <£7 per ton. HONEY. There la a good deal of dark honey from the Nelson district on the market., but as lighter grades are also available these are meeting with better sales. Dark is worth 71d, and light Bsd per lb or a little more. PORK. Messrs Laery and Co. report that good supplies of dressed pork have arrived this week, and experienced a good demand. Choice suitable sizes realised G4d to 7d per lb, apd heavy pigs 5d to Gd. Their week-end pork.sales are very satisfactory just now. TINNED FISH. Prices for the now season’s tinned fish are now available, and are about on a par with last season, but supplies will not be available for two or three months. There is no shortage of this season's stock. Barcelona nuts, soft shelled almonds, brazils, and peanuts will he on a par with pre-war prices. The prices are out for the new season’s Californian prun.es. and are higher than they 'have been for the last months.