COMMERCE AND FINANCE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 27058, 18 April 1949, Page 7

COMMERCE AND FINANCE

FRUIT AND PRODUCE WORLD Per Dozen.—Eggs: Pay-out values for week ended April 9—Heavy 3s 4Jd, standard 3s 2£d, medium 2s IOJd, pullets’ 2s 6Jd, ducks’ 3s 2Jd. Lettuce: Choice, Is, 3s. Cucumbers: Hothouse, 6s, 10s. Sweet corn, 2s, 2s 9d. Freesias, 18s, 20s. Asters, 9d to Is 3d. Chrysanthemums, 9s. 10s per dozen. Per Case. —Apples: Dessert, 11s 6d, 12s 9d; cookers. 9s 6d, 12s 9d. Quinces, Bs, 10s. Lemons: New Zealand, 245, 255. Oranges: Australian, 245. 255: Jamaican, 39s 6d, 42s 6d. Pears: Dessert, 18s 9d. Bananas, 31s. Per Half-case.—Pears, 7s Gd. Passion fruit: Choice, Bs, 10s. Peaches: Dessert, 6s, 8s Gd; cooking, 4s ss. Nectarines, Bs, 10s. Plums: Dessert, 10s, 12s; cooking, 6s, Bs. Quinces, 3s, 3s Gd. Per Pound.—Cape gooseberries, lOd, Is. Tree tomatoes. Is 3d, Is 4d. Blackberries, 7d, 8d Grapes, 2s, 3s 3d; Gros Colmars, 3s 9d. Chinese gooseberries, Is 4d. Plums: Dessert. Bd, Is. Green peas: Choice, Bd, lOJd; old and dry, unsaleable. Sprouts, Is. Beans: Scarlet runners, Bd, Is. Tomatoes: Local, Is Bd, 2s; Christchurch, choice. Is, Is Gd; Central Otago. 6d, lOd; cookers, 3d, sd. Rhubarb, sd, Gd. Marrows, 2d. Pumpkins, 2d. Garlic, Is. Shallots, 2d. Mushrooms, Is, Is Gd. Per Bag.—Cauliflowers, 15s. 20s; seconds, Bs, 10s. Cabbages, Bs, 10s. Potatoes, 12s, 14S. Wheat, 9s 6d. Oats: Cartons, 5s 9d. 6s. Palmer's chick food, 80s. X Keys meatmeal lGs 6d. Oyster grit, 12s per bag. Poultry mash, £ls per ton, bags extra. Poultry.—Per pair: 888 hens at Is to 15s, 111 cockerels at 4s to 11s 6d, 248 ducks at 4s 6d to 9s 6d, 120 geese at 4s to 12s, 35 young cockerels at Is Gd to 3s, and 19 pullets at 5s to 18s. REILLY’S CENTRAL PRODUCE MART, LTD., Moray place, Dunedin.