FRUIT AND PRODUCE WORLD

Otago Daily Times, Issue 26731, 29 March 1948, Page 7

FRUIT AND PRODUCE WORLD

Per Dozen.—Eggs: Pay-out values for week ended March 19, 1948—Heavy 2s lid, standard 2s 9d, medium 2s 7d, pullets 2s lid, ducks’ 2s 9d. Lettuce: Choice, 2s to 6s. Hothouse cucumbers, 2s, 4s. Asters, 2s to 3s per dozen bunches. Gladioli, is 6d, 4s. Chrysanthemums, ss, 6s per dozen St per Case.—Apples: Dessert, 12s 6d, 13s 6d; cooking, 13s, 13s 6d. Pears, 18s 9d. Lemons: New Zealand, 245, 255; Australian, 365, 375. Oranges: Australian, 31s 6d 32s 6d; Jamaican, 49s 6d, 52s oa. Grapefruit: Jamaican, 43s 6d, 46 s bd. Bananas, 31s. Australian pines, 37s 6d. Qumces, 15s, 16s. ...... Per Half-case.—Passion fruit, 10s to 15s. Pears, 7s 6d. Cucumbers, 3s, 4s. Peaches: Dessert, 10s. Plums, 10s. Nectarines, 16s, 21s. Quinces, 3s, 6s. Chilis, 6s. Per Pound—Watermelons, 3d. Peaches, 9d. Plums, B£d. Grapes, 2s 3d, 3s Bd. Gape gooseberries, lOd, Is 3d. Marrows, lid. Tomatoes: First grade, 4d to 6d; ripe and sauce, Id, 2d. Green peas, 4d to 8d; old and dry, unsaleable. Walnuts, Is Bd. Almonds, 3s 3d. Rhubarb, Id. French beans, 3d to sd. Scarlet runners, 3d to sd. Garlic, Is. Shallots, 3d. Piemelons. -3d, 4d. Per Bucket.—Blackberries, 12s, 18s. Per Bag.— Cauliflower: Choice, 10s, 17s. Per Hundredwe’ght.—Cabbage, 12s. Carrots to 20s. Onions, 16s. Potatoes, 10s, 12s. Pumpkins, 12s to 20s. Wheat, 9s 6d bushel. Oats: Gartons, os 3d. Palmer’s chick food, 30s. Crushed oats, 14s 6d. X Keys meatmeal. 15s. Oyster grit, 10s 6d per bag. Poultry mash, £l3 19s lOd (bags included) per ton. 'Chaff: 8.0.5., £B. Oaten straw, £5 W poultrv.— Per pair: 539 hens at 2s to 14_s, 57 cockerels at 3s to 18s, 56 ducks at bs to 11s 14 pullets at 18s 6d to 19s 6d, 7 geese 'at 13s 6d to 15s 6d, and 24 turkeys at Is 3d per lb. REILLY’S CENTRAL PRODUCE MART, LTD., Moray place, Dunedin.