COMMERCE AND FINANCE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 25239, 31 May 1943, Page 5

COMMERCE AND FINANCE

FRUIT AND PRODUCE WORLD Per Dozen.—Eggs: Heavy, 2s lid; standard. 2s 9d; medium, 2s 7d; pullets’, 2s 2d; preserved, 2s sd. Lettuce: Choice, to 2s. Section honey, 445. Flowers: Poppies, 9s; chrysanthemums, 18s, 245; freesias, 27s 6d. Mutton birds, 21s. Per Case.—N.Z. lemons, 14s 9d to 225. Island oranges, 19s 6d to 24s 6d. Bananas, 25s 6d. Apples: Fancy grade Delicious, 6s to 8s 3d; Jonathans, 4s to 6s 3d; Cleopatras, 3s, ss; other dessert, 3s, ss; cooking. 4s to 7s 3d. Pears: Dessert, 10s to 14s’ N.Z. grapefruit, 38 to 455. Per Half-case.—Pears, 5s and 7s. Per Lb.—Hothouse French beans, Is 7Jd. Cape gooseberries, Is 4d. Chinese gooseberries, Is 6d. Grapes: Gros Colmars, ss. Tomatoes: Locals, 2s 4d, 2s sd; Christchurch and Central Otago outside-grown, lOd to Is 4d. Butter: Storekeepers, Is. Bacon: Prime. Is 3d. Walnuts, 2s, 2s 3d. Almonds. 2s 6d. 3s. Green peas: Choice, lOd to lid. Rhubarb, 4d. Piemelons, 3Jd. Per Sack.—Cauliflowers, 10s, 12s. Cabbage, 4s 6d, ss. Per Cwt— Potatoes: King Edwards, 8s 6d; Arran Chief; 8s: under-grade, 6s, 7s. Marrows, 14s. Pumpkins, 18s. Onions, 16s. Carrots, 12s. Parsnips, 16s. Fowl wheat, 7s 6d. Oats: Gartons, 4s. Whole maize, 8s per bushel. Crushed oats, 12s 6d. X Keys meatmeal, 15s per bag. Maizemeal, 15s. Oyster grit, 10s 6d per bag. Bran, £5 10s. Pollard, £6 15s. Chaff: 8.0.5., £6 10s. Oaten straw, £4 10s. Clover hay, £5 15s per ton. Poultry (per pair).—3lß hens at 6s to 13s. 38 cockerels at 3s to 13s 6d, 82 pullets at 14s 6d to 25s 6d, 54 ducks at 7s to 10s 6d, and 2 bantams at 4s Bd. REILLY’S CENTRAL PRODUCE MART, LTD., Moray place, Dunedin.