FRUIT AND PRODUCE REPORT.

Otago Witness, Issue 2623, 22 June 1904, Page 37

FRUIT AND PRODUCE REP ORT.

Messrs Tlios. Paterson and Co., auctioneers, fruit and produce agents, report for the week ending June 21: Fruit. — Large supplies of Island and Sydney fiuits came forward during the week, and met •a poor market. Apples: Cooking, 4s to 6s per case ; dessert, 4s to 8s ; Taamanian, Ss to lls. Pears— Canterbury, medium quality, 4s to 5s fid ; choice, 7s to 10s. Tomatoes : Nearly finished; hothouse, 6d to 9d. Grapes: Local hothouse, lOd to 2s. Oranges : Tongan realised 3s to 6s per case, as landed; Syetaey, 4s to 5s mandarins, 5s to 7a. Lemons: Messina halves, 7s 6d ; Sydney, 2s to 4s. Bananas: Eipe repacks, 2^d. Potatoes: Derwents, £1 15s to £2. Cabbages, Is 6d •to 3s per sack; cauliflowers, 3s 6d to 7s per «aok. Onions: Melbourne, £4 5s to ££ 10a. Butter: Fresh dairy, Bel (good demand); salt, Bd, separator, 9d to 9id. Cheese: Farmers', 4£d; factory, 4£cl to 5&. Bacon, rolls, 7d to 8d; ham, 7£d to BJd; pigs, 4Jd to 4gd for good baconers. Poultry: Fair supplyroosters, 3s to 3s 9d; hens, 2s 3d to 2s 9d; ducks, 3s 6cl to 4s 6d. We receive consignments any day, and sell daily.