WELLINGTON FRUIT AND PRODUCE MARKET.

Colonist, Volume LV, Issue 13644, 8 February 1913, Page 8

WELLINGTON FRUIT AND PRODUCE MARKET.

(Special to "ThoGoimist.")

Wellington, Feb. 7. Messrs. Thompson Bros., Limited, report, on the Wellington fruit and produce market as fol.ows: The market t>till retains the recent advance in 'values', and all lines are meeting with a ready reception, and further shipments can bo nia<k> with confidence. Tomatoes hivvo again advanced, all available having a. keen reception, with well coloured in half-cases realising 9s to ]os, others greener 7s 6d jto 8s 6d, half clumps at comparative' values; pears, no Sydney shipment is to hand this week; Melbourne- grown a re- due to-day, and _wiil sell "well- if in good 'condition. New " Zealand W.B.C. in half cases make, best 3s 9d to 4«s 4d; others 3s to 3s 6d, Jargonelles 4s 6d to 5s 6d, Windsor 4s Ski to 5s 9d, Clapp's Favourite 5s to 6s, Wiklers 5s to .5s 6d, Beacons os to 6s— all at per bushel; raspberries (scarce) well filled .buckets 7s 6d to 8s 6d; blackberries 3d to 3£d per lb ; Cape gooseberries 5d to 6dper lb; pie melons 10s to 11s per sack; water melons, according to size. Is"to 2© each; apricots. Teviot grown 9s to 10s per half case, Hawko « Bay and Motueka (nearly finished) present sales, accoKling to samp.c, 2s 6d to 8s per half case'; peaches, best Hawke's Bay 5& 6d to "6s 6d in halt eases, others 3s 6d to4s (>d, best Tasniaiis ssto fe.-othem 3« to fe; plums 9d to 4s, -BiitJiauks, largo 5s to 5s 7d, others 8s to 4s, Pond's Seedling 4s to-4* Gd, Wixon large 5s to 6s. others 3s to 4s, Orleans 2 S 6d to 3s Gd, Ogons 2s 6d to 3s Gd, Satsumas 4s to ss, yellow gage 2s to 3s, Washington 3s Gd to 4s, genuine groengago 4s 9d to 6s lOd, damsons 3 6 to.3s. Gd, prunes 3s to 3s 6d, Victoria 3s Gd to 4s 6d; nectarines, best large Hawke's Bay to 5s 6d, others 2s 6d to 3s 6d; grapes, best Hutt 9d to 10di per lb, 'Nelson 8d per lb,\app".ar | (dipice dessert have good inquiry), fairly well coloured! Cox Orange to-day 8« 6d to 9s 6d, Quarreiidonj best 6s 6d to 7s Gd, Gravenstein, best 6s to 6s 6d. Beauty of Batli 6s*to 6s Gd, Shazp's Early 5s Gd to 6s, Early Joe 5s to 6s, Astrachan 6s 0d to 7s 6d", Irish Peacli 5s 6d to 6s 6d, Alfristor ss-to 5s "4d, Prijico Alfred 4s (id to 4s;9d, Warner'« King 4s 6d to ss, Alexander 4s 4d to 4s 9d, King Pippin 45,3 dto 4s Bd, other cookers 3s- 9d to 4s'Gd —all at per bushel. AU vegetables arc* in fair simply^ with values easier than recently ruling. Potatoes, best make £S 10s to £9 10s por ton, others £G to £8; onions £8 to £9 per ton. J^gs arc wanted and make Is 8d per dozen.

The New Zealand' Fruit and Produce Company rejwrt a. good -'demand for all kinds of choice fruits. Tomatoes and potatoes aro still bringing''high prices. but wo anticipate a decline in tomatoes fas soon as the supply from the Hutt 'is available, which will bo in a week or ten days. Dessert peaches sell very well at good prices. Apricots are arriving from -^Teviot, and '-realising good prices. Wo qiioto curroat prices as follows: Plums, Diamonds 3s to 3s 9d. Orleans; large 2 S !M to 3s Gd, small Js (kl to "is, yelldw egg p'.um, large Ss, small Is 6d to 2s, Ogons 2 S 6d to 3s, Angelina 3s (kl to 4s 6d; peaches, dessert large 5s 6d to 6s (kl, medium 4s to ss, cooking 2« 3d to 3s 6d; apricots 4s 9d to 6s ; tomatoes 7s 6d to 9s; pears William Bon Grecian 3s 6tlto 4s 9d. best eocouds 2s to 3-s; nectarines 3s to 4s 3d —all at per half case; apples, dessert, 7s to Bs, best ssj to 7-s, medium cooking large green os 6d to <5s 6d ; medium 4s to 4s 9d ; greengages (nearly done) 6s per half case: potatoes £8 to £10 per ton. We would recommend shippers to forward consignments of tomatoes find potatoes as early si« possible before th-c drop in prices takes pjace.