FRUIT AND PRODUCE WORLD

Otago Daily Times, Issue 27041, 28 March 1949, Page 7

FRUIT AND PRODUCE WORLD

Per Dozen.—Eggs: Pay-out values for week ending March 19, 1949—heavy 3s OJd, standard 2s IOJd, medium 2s BJd, pullets' 2s 3d, ducks' 2s IOJd. Lettuce, choice, 2s, 4s. Cucumbers, hothouse, 8s to 16s. Gladioli, 2s 6d, 3s 6d. Asters, 9d to Is 3d per dozen. Per Case.—Apples: Dessert, 10s 3d, 12s Bd; cookers, 9.s 6d, 12s. Lemons, New Zealand, 245, 255. Oranges, Australian, 245, 255. Bananas, 31s. Pears, dessert. 18s 9d. Per Half-case.—Pears, 7s 6d. Passionfruit. 14s, 20s. Peaches: Dessert, 10s 6d, 14s; cooking, Bs, 10s. Nectarines, 15s, 225. Plums: Dessert, 12s, 18s; cooking, Bs, 10s Nelson tomatoes: Choice ripe. 12s 6d. 15s; medium ripe, 7s, 10s. Cucumbers, 10s 6d to 12s 6d. Per Pound. —Blackberries, 7cE lOd. Water Melons, 3d, 4d. Grapes, 2s Gd, 3s. Peaches, dessert. 9d, Is 3d. Nectarines, lOd Is 3d. Plums, dessert, Bd. Is 2d. Green peas: Choice, Bd. Is; old and dry. unsaleable. Sprouts, IOJd. French beans, butter beans, scarlet runners, lOd, Is 2d. Tomatoes: Local, Is 3d. Is 6d; Christchurch, Bd. lOd; Central Otago, 5d to 10dcookers 2d, 4d. Rhubarb, 2d. Marrows, 2d. Pumpkins. 2d. Walnuts, Is Bd. Garlic, Is. Shallots. 4d. Per Bag —Cauliflower. 15s, 20s; seconds. 10s, 12s. Cabbage, 7s, 10s. potatoes, 12s, 14 s - „ Wheat, 9s 6d. Oats, Gartons, 5s 9d, 6s. Palmer's chick food. 30s. Cross Key’s meatmeal, 16s 6d. Oyster grit. 12s per bag. Poultry mash, £ls per ton, bags extra. Poultry.—Per pair: 312 hens at Is 6d to 12s; 20 ducks at 7s to 9s 6d; 6 pullets at 11s; 2 bantams at Is; 7 young cockerels at 2s to ss; and 11 turkeys at Gd to Is 6Jd per lb. fcEILLY'S CENTRAL PRODUCE MART. LTD., Moray place, Dunedin.