FRUIT AND PRODUCE WORLD

Otago Daily Times, Issue 25849, 21 May 1945, Page 2

FRUIT AND PRODUCE WORLD

Per Dozen.— Eggs: Pay out values for,, week ended May 12—heavy 3s Id, standard 2s lid, medium 2s Bd, pullets' 2s 3d, ducks 2s lOd, preserved 2s 3Jd. Lettuce, 2s to 6s. Hothouse cucumbers, 8s to 10s. Per Case.—N.Z. lemons: Bushels, 18s 3d, 19s; Australians, 36s to 375. Island oranges, 22s 6d, 24s 6d. Bananas: To arrive. Apples: Dessert varieties, 5s 6d to 7s 6d- cooking varieties, 4s, 5s 9d. Pears: Dessert varieties, 12s 3d; cooking varieties, 10s 3d. „ , „ „. Per Half-case.—Pears: Dessert, 6s 2d. Peaches, 10s, 15s. Passions, 22s 6d. Per Pound—Cape gooseberries, Is 6d. Tree tomatoes, Is 4d. Section honey, Is 6d. Grap:s, 3s 6d, 4s 7d. Gros Colmars, ss, 6s 6d. Green peas: Good, 7d, 9d. Tomatoes: Locals, 2s 4d, 2s 6d. Walnuts Is 6d. Almonds, to 4s. Chestnuts, 10d. ’ Rhubarb. 31d. Garlic, Bs. Esehallots 4d. Per Sack.—Cauliflower: Firsts, 12s 6d; seconds, 10s. Per Cwt—Carrots, 10s 3d. Parsnips, 15s 3d. Cabbage: To 12s. Silver beef, 18s. Swedes, 6s 6d. Potatoes: King Edwards, to 10s 6d; whites to 10s. Pumpkins, 12s to 18s. Table onions, 17s; pickling, 19s. Marrows, Bs, 10s. Fowl wheat, Bs. Oats: Gartons, ss. Whole maize, 10s per bushel. Crushed oats, 14s 6d. X Keys meatmeal, 15s ptr bag. Oyster grit, 10s 6d per bag. Bran, £5 10s. Pollard, £6 15s. Chaff: 8.0.5., £7 15s. Oaten straw, £5. Hay, £7 10s. Poultry (per pair).—s26 hens at 4s 4d to 10s 6d, 96 cockerels at 4s 2d to 12s 6d, 44 ducks at 6s 6d to 10s 2d, 149 pullets at 4s 6d to 245, 4 chickens at Is to 2s, 9 bantams at Is 2d to 4s 2d, and 6 pigeons at Is 6d.

REILLY’S CENTRAL PRODUCE MART, LTD., Moray place, Dunedin.