FRUIT AND PRODUCE WORLD

Otago Daily Times, Issue 27093, 30 May 1949, Page 7

FRUIT AND PRODUCE WORLD

Per Dozen.—Eggs: Pay-out values for week ended May 21—Heavy, 3s 7id; standard, 3s 5Jd; medium, 3s 3Jd; pullets, 2s lOJd; ducks, 3s 5Jd; preserved, 2s lOd. Lettuce: Choice, 2s, 3s. Chrysanthemums: Large, 2s, 4s per dozen. Poppies, 3s to 7s per gross. Per Case. —Apples: Dessert, 10s, 14s; cookers, 9s 6d, 12s 9d. Lemons: New Zealand, 245, 255. Oranges: Australian, 245, 255; Jamaican, 39s 6d, 42s 6d. Pears; Winter cole and Winter Nells dessert, 20s. Bananas, 31s. Australian pineapples, 37s 6d. New Zealand grapefruit, 30s. Per Half Case.—Passion fruit: Choice, 20s, 23s x Meyer lemons, 16s. Per Pound.—Cape gooseberries, Is. Tree tomatoes, 6d, Bd. Grapes: Gros Colmars, 4s 6d. Chinese gooseberries, Is 6d, Is Bd. Green peas: Choice, lOd, Is. Broad beans, sd, 6d. Sprouts, 3d, Bd. Tomatoes: Local, 2s, 2s 4d; Christchurch hothouse, choice, 2s, 2s 3d. Rhubarb, 4d. Marrows, 3£d. Pumpkins, 3d. Garlic, Is. Shallots, 2d. Jam melons, 2d, 3d. Mushrooms, 6d to Is. Kumeras, sd. Per Bag.—Cauliflower, 18s, 325; seconds, 10s, 12s. Cabbage, 7s, 12s. Potatoes, 12s, 14s. Wheat, 9s 3d. Oats: Gartons, 5s 9d, 6s. Poultry mash, £ls per ton, -bags extra, Poultry, per pair, 416 hens at 2s to 12s 6d, 33 cockerels at 2s 6d to 9s 6d, 13 ducks at 8s to 10s, 64 pullets at 5s to 225, 3 geese at 9s to 12s 6d and 3 bantams at Is. REILLY’S CENTRAL PRODUCE MART, LTD., / Moray place, Dunedin.