COMMERCE AND FINANCE
FRUIT AND PRODUCE WORLD •
Per Dozen.—Eggs: Pay-out values for week ended May 8, 1948:—Heavy, 3s 6d; standard. 3s 4d; medium. 3s 2d; pullets’, 2s 9d; ducks’, 3s 4d; preserved, 2s BJd. Lettuce: Choice, 2s to 3s. Chrysanthemums: Large, 4s to 9s; small, 3d to 6d per dozen stems. Violets, 10s 6d per dozen bunches. Per Case.—Apples: Dessert, 12s 6d, 13s 6d; cooking, 13s, 13s 6d. Pears, 18s 9d. Lemons: New Zealand, 245, 255; Island, 2Ss, 30s; Australian, 365, 375. Oranges: Australian, 31s 6d, 32s 6d; Jamaican, 49s 6d; 52s 6d. Grapefruit: Jamaican, 43s 6d, 46s 6d. Bananas, 31s. Quinces, 15s to 16s 6d. t Per Half'Case.—Passion fruit, 10s to 12s. Pears, 7s 6d. Per Lb.—Chinese gooseberries, 2s, 2s Id. Tree tomatoes, 9d, Is 2d. Grapes: Gros Colmars, ss, 6s 6d. Cane gooseberries, Bd. Marrows, lid. Tomatoes: Local, 2s 2d, 2s 4d; Christchurch* firsts, Is, Is 4d; sauce, 3 cl, 4d. Green peas, Bd, 10Id. Walnuts, Is 6ld. Almonds, 3s. Rhubarb, sd. Garlic, Is. Shallots, 3d. Jam melons, lid. ~Per Bag.—Cauliflower: Choice, 18s, 20s. Per Cwt— Cabbage, 16s 6d. Carrots. 13s 6d. Onions, 17s. Potatoes: Whites, Bs, 10s Gd; King Edwards. 11s, 12s 6d. Pumpkins, 17s 6d. Parsnips, 18s 6d. Wheat, 7s 6d bushel. Oats: Gartons, 5s 9d, 6s 3d. Palmer’s chick food, 30s. Crushed oats, 14s 6d. Cross Keys meatmeal, 15s. Oyster grit, 10s 6d per bag. Poultry mash, £l3 19s lOd per ton (bags included). Chatr, b. 0.5., £B. Oaten straw, £5 10s. Hay, £7. . Poultry—Per pair: Four hundred and fifty-eight hens at 3s 6d to 15s, 131 cockerels at 5s to 13s, 246 pullets at 4s 6d to 245, and 12 bantams at Is to os 6d. REILLY”S CENTRAL PRODUCE MART, LTD., Moray place, Dunedin.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26773, 17 May 1948, Page 2
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