DUNEDIN FRUIT AND PRODUCE REPORT.

Otago Witness, Issue 2805, 18 December 1907, Page 41

DUNEDIN FRUIT AND PRODUCE REPORT.

Messrs Thomas Patereon and Co., auctioneers, fruit, and general produce agents, zeport for the week ending December 17: — Apples: Canterbury cooking and dessert, none offering; Tasmanian, market bare; Cclifornian, 16s to 18s per case. Oranges: Calif ornian, 18s; Sydney, 5s 6d to 10s; Island) repacks, market bare; pines, 1S«; mandarins, market bare. Lemons: Sydney, 9s to lls; Mildura, none offering. Bananas: Ripe, 2Jd. Passions, market barer Rhubarb, Id to ljd per lb. Asparagus, none offering. Green peas: 2s to 2s 7d per sugar-bag; sacks, 6s to 9s per cwt. New potatoes: lid to Ijd per 'lb for Peninsula; others, 10s to 13s per cwt. Strawberries, 6Jd to Is per lb. Cherries : Ppor. 3Jd to 4d; good, 7d to 9d; choice, 9d to lOd per lb; Melbourne. 4s to 10s 63 per half caae. Tomatoes: 7d to 9d; Christchurch "grown, 8d to Wd. Cucumbers: Hothouse, 5s 6d to 8s per box; local (hothouse), 4» to Gs per dozen. Apricots, 4d to 5d per lb; plums* Bs-; 6d per half gin. Produce. — Butter: Fresh dairy, 7d to 8d •£«* lb ; separator— pats, lid ; bulk, 9Jd to lOd. Pigs, firm, sfd; heavy weights, 3d to 4Jd. Beeswax. Is '4d to Is 6d. Honey, 3s per ' dozen $lb pats. Poultry. — Hens, 2a 3d to 2s 9d; roosters, 3s to 4s 6d; ducklings, 3s 6d to 5s (according to condition); turkeys — gobblers, 7d to 7Jd per lb; hens. Ud to 5cL Very slow sale; £1 to £1 10s. Onions: Victorian, new, £7 10s. Cabbages, Is- to Is 6d per sack; cauliflowers, local, 3s to 5a per sack. Horsehair, Is 4d to Is 8d per lb.