FRUIT AND PRODUCE WORLD

Otago Daily Times, Issue 26228, 12 August 1946, Page 8

FRUIT AND PRODUCE WORLD

Per Dozen—Eggs: Pay-out values for week ended August 2, 1946:—Heavy, 2s 3d; standard, 2s 2d; medium, Is lid; pullets , Is 6d; ducks, large 2s Id, small Is lid; preserved, Is 3Jd. Lettuce, 2s to 4s. Poppies, 5s to 11s. Narcissi: Sol d Or, 29s 6d to 40s; cremes, 9s to 17s 6d. Violets, Bs, 15s. Heath, 3s 6d to 4s 3d per dozen bunches. Per Case.—Apples: Delicious, 7s 6d, 10s 6d; Sturmers. 7s 6d, 8s 8d; Cleos., 7s 6d, 10s 6d; other dessert. 7s 6d, 10s 6d; cooking, 6s. 8s 6d. Pear, 16s 6d. Lemons: Bushels, New Zealand, 19s, 20s. Oranges. Australian navels, 31s 6d, 32s 6d. Bananas: Green. 25£ New Zealand grapefruit, 24s 6d. Per Half Case.—Pears, 8s 3d. Passions, 365, 37s 6d. Island tomatoes, 22s 6d. Per Lb —Whitebait. 7s. Walnuts, Is 6d. Almonds, 3s 6d, 4s. Artichokes, 2d, 3d. Brussels sprouts, 4d, 6d. Chinese gooseberries, Is 6d, 2s. Tree tomatoes. Is 9d. 2s 3d. Per Bag.—Cauliflower: Firsts, 10s, 16s; seconds. 6s, Bs. Cabbage, 6s, 7s. Coconuts, 355. Per Cwt.—Carrots, 14s 3d. Parsnips, to 17s 3d. Swedes, 6s 6d. Onions, to 21s. Pumpkins, 27s 6d. Potatoes, 10s, 12s 6d. Spring cabbage, 255. Oats: Gartons, 4s 6d. Crushed oats, 14s 6d. Crosskeys meatmeal, 15s per bag. Oyster grit, 10s 6d per bag. Bran, £5 10s. Pollard, £6 15s. Chaff, b. 0.5.. £B. Oaten straw, £5. Hay, £7. Poultry.—Per pair: One hundred and thirty-seven hens at 11s to 21s 6d, 122 pullets at 14s to 27s 6d, 14 cockerels at 4s to 18s, 6 ducks at 12s 6d to 16s, and 4 bantams at 3s 6d to Bs. REILLY’S CENTRAL PRODUCE MART, LTD., Moray place, Dunedin.