FRUIT AND VEGETABLES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2856, 9 December 1908, Page 21

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES.

Arrivals for the week included 556 cases, ex Warrimoo, from Sydney, comprising oranges, lemons, loquats, and apricots, the latter arriving in very poor condition ; 87 packages, principally tomatoes, ex Manuka, from Auckland; and 260 cases oranges and lemons, ex Moeraki. from Melbourne. Following are the prices between fruit brokers and retailers: — Oranges. — Prices have receded owing to the arrival of American oranges, which are selling at from 17s to 18s; Sydney, second crop, from 5s to 7s ; Rarotongan (very few landed, and these in poor condition), 5s 6d to 12s 9d. Lemons. — Market quite bare. Californians, 27s fed per double case; Sydney, 10s to 15s per packet. Apples. — Market barely supplied. Hobart .stunners, 14s to 16s; American, 14s to 16s. Bananas, — Market barely supplied, but a shipment of upwards of 1000 cases of Tongam i s expected to arrive on Thursday next. Pines. — In over supply, 3s to 7s 6d per caee. Cherries: Victorian, in crates, up to 31s 6d ; boxes up to 15s ; a quantity in poor condition realised from 5s to, 15s per crate; Alexandra and Roxburgh, 6£d to le per Ib. Grape 3. — Local hothouse. 3s per Ib. Strawberries. — Barely sufficient forward to meet requirements. Choice Waimate Marguerites, 6£d to 3d ; Laxton's and other choice varieties, 3d. to Is ; Roxburgh, 6£d to 9d per Ib ; extra choice up to Is Id. Gooseberries. — Large green sorts in good demand; 2d to 3d per Ib; small and inferior, Id to lid per Ib. Tomatoes: C&ristchurch hothouse, 9id to Is; local Is 3d; Auckland, 7£d to 9id. Vegetables: Lettuce, more plentiful, from 6d to Is 6d per dozen ; cauliflowers, 5s to 6s 9d per sack, small 3s to 4s; cabbages, 2s 6d to 4s 6d per sack ; rhubarb, Id per Ib; green peas, lnd to 2£d; asparagus (nearly finished). 4s to 5s per dozen ; cucum^' bers (in short supply) — local hothouse, 5e 6d to 8s per dozen ; Auckland, 6s to 9s per box. Honey. — Choice, 4d per Ib; 101b tins, 3« to 3s 6d ; choice sections, od to 7d. Beeswax, 1« 3d to Is 4d. Nut«. —Brazil, 8d; walnuts, 4d to 5Jd; Ba>rcelonae, s£d to 6d; Japanese peanuts, 2id to '3d ; Fijian peanuts, 2d to 24d. Preserved Fruits, etc. — Preserved ginger, 7£d ; dates— bulk 2£d, packets 3s 6d ; figs, twigs 3W to 3id, choice layers 4£d, glove boxes 3s 3d to 3s 9d per dozen, bulk 2Jd to 3d ; prunes, 4d. Clover hay, £3 for choice. Feed barley. 3s to 3s 3d. Maize, 4s 6d to ss.