FRUIT AND PRODUCE WORLD

Otago Daily Times, Issue 26034, 24 December 1945, Page 5

FRUIT AND PRODUCE WORLD

Per Dozen.—Eggs; Pay-out values for week ended December 15, 1945 —Heavy. Is llld; standard, Is lOd; medium. Is 9d; pullets’. Is 7d; ducks', large Is 7Jd, small Is 6Jd. Lettuce, Is 6d to 3s. Hothouse cucumbers, 10s 6d to 16s per dozen. Poppies, 3s to 3s 6d. White turnips, Is to 2s per dozen bunches. Per Case.—New Zealand lemons: Bushels 19s, 20s. Oranges: Australian, 30s 6d, 31s 6d. Bananas: Green, 255. Tongan pineapples, 27s 6d. Jamaican Grapefruit, 43s 6d, 46s 6d. Per Lb.—Black currants, lOd, Is. Red currants, 10Jd. Peaches, 2s. Strawberries: Choice, 2s 9d, 3s 6d; jam, Is 9d, 2s. Cherries: Small, Is 6d, Is 9d; choice 2s 3d, 3s 3d. Gooseberries, sd, 6d. Tomatoes: Christchurch hothouse, Is 9d, 2s 6d; local, 3s 3d, 3s 6d; Nelson, 2s, 2s 3d. Rhubarb, 6d, 7d. "Green peas, Is, Is 4Jd. Broad beans, 3Jd, 4d.' Walnuts, Is Bd. Almonds, 3s 6d, 4s. Whitebait. 4s. New potatoes: Local, 3d, 4d; Nelson, 2d. Raspberries, 2s pottle. Per Bag.—Cauliflower, 21s 6d. Per Cwt. —Carrots, 255. Parsnips, 245. Spring cabbage, 16s. Potatoes: King Edwards, Sutton’s Supreme, to 14s; Whites, to 13s 6d. Table onions, to 38s. Fijian kumeras, 36s 3d. Oats, Gartons, ss. Whole maize, 9s 6d per bushel. Crushed oats, 14s 6d. X Keys meatmeal, 15s per bag. Oyster grit, 10s 6d per bag. Bran, £5 10s. Pollard, £6 15s. Chaff, b. 0.5., £B. Oaten straw, £6. Hay, £7. Poultry, per pair.—7s3 hens, 4s 8d to 15s ,6d; 89 cockerels, 4s to 18s; 68 ducks, 10s 6d to 17s; 28 goslings, 19s to 31s; 7 geese, 20s to 30s; 6 bantams, 2s 6d to 4s 6d; and 3 turkeys, Is lOd per lb. REILLY’S CENTRAL PRODUCE MART, LTD., Moray place, Dunedin.