DUNEDIN FRUIT AND PRODUCE MARKET.

Colonist, Volume LVII, Issue 13997, 29 January 1916, Page 3

DUNEDIN FRUIT AND PRODUCE MARKET.

Bray Bros, (of Dunedin) Ltd. re- h port for tlie week ended January 26th as follow*:— ■ s The supply of fruft for the week has m 'been nmpio for 'the requirements. Teviot aione has sent forward almost 200 tons—a recordr for the district. A great deal of this, however, has been finding; its way north to our Wellington office, more'especially the apricots, for which Ofcago undoubtedly stands unrivalled. At the same time a good quantity of Northern fruit is coming to this market, chiefly tomatoes, cucumbers, plums and apples, and on the whole good prices have been ruling. ' The following prices were reaL ised:— Currants: Black 4£d per lb, red 21-d per lb. Cucumbers 7s to 9s per doz. Raspberries * ; kl per lb. Plums 2s 6<l to os 6d per halMun.p. Tomatoes: Local 9d to lid per lb, Northern 4£d to 9d per lb. " ' Apricots 2s 6d to 3s 6d per case. Peaches 2s 6d to 3s 6d! per halfdump. Pears: Choice 2s 6d to 4s per halfdump. * Apples 6s to 8s per case. Peas Id to l£d per lb. Beans: French 3*l .to 4d per lb.