FRUIT AND PRODUCE WORLD

Otago Daily Times, Issue 26779, 24 May 1948, Page 2

FRUIT AND PRODUCE WORLD

Per Dozen.—Eggs: Pay out values for week ended May 15, 1948—Heavy, 3s 6d; standard, 3s 4d; medium, 3s 2d; pullets. 2s 9d; ducks, 3s 4d; preserved, 2s Bid. Lettuce; Choice, 2s to 3s. Chrysanthemums; Large, 4s to 6s; small, 3d to 6d per dozen stems. Violets, 10s 6d per dozen bunches. Per Case.—Apples; Dessert, 11s, 13s 6d; cooking, Bs, 10s 6d. Pears, 18s 9d. Lemons: New Zealand, 245, 255; Island, 29s 30s; Australian, 365, 375. Oranges: Australian, 31s 6d. 32s 6d; Island, 31s Gd, 33s 6d; Jamaican, 49s 6d, 52s 6d. Grapefruit: Jamaican 43s 6d, 46s 6d. Bananas, 31s. Per Half-case. —Passion fruit, 12s, 15s. Pears, 7s 6d. . . Per Pound.—Chinese gooseberries. lOd, Is. Tree tomatoes, 9d, ' lOd; small, 3d, 4d Grapes: Gros Colmars, 6s 6d. Cape gooseberries, Bd. Marrows, lid. Tomatoes: Local, 2s 6d, 2s 8d; Kakanui, 2s 4s, 2s 6d; Christchurch, firsts, Is, Is 4d; seconds, Bd, lOd. Green peas Is Id. Walnuts, Is 6Jd. Almonds, 3s. Rhubarb, sd. Garlic, Is. Jam melons, lid. Per Bag—Cauliflower: Choice, 18s, 20s. Per Cwt. —Cabbage, 16s 6d. Carrots, 13s 6d Onions, 17s. Potatoes: Whites, Bs, 10s 6d; King Edwards, 11s, 12s 6d. Pumpkins, 17s 6d. Parsnips, 18s 6d. Wheat, 7s 6d bushel. Oats; Cartons, 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). Chaff: 8.0.5., £B. Oaten straw, £5 10s. Hay, £7. Poultry, per pair: 461 hens at 2s to 14s 6d, 110 cockerels at 2s to 14s, 265 pullets at 4s 6d to 15s 6d, 24 ducks at 7s to Us and 6 geese at 9s to 9s 6d. REILLY’S CENTRAL PRODUCE MART, LTD., Moray place, Dunedin.