DUNEDIN FRUIT AND PRODUCE MARKET.

Colonist, Volume LVIII, Issue 14284, 13 December 1916, Page 3

DUNEDIN FRUIT AND PRODUCE MARKET.

(Special to "Tho Colonist.")

Dunedin, Dec. 11

Messrs A. Moritzson and Co. report as follows on the Dunedin fruit and produce market:—• Oranges: Valencia 30s, Island 16s to 18s per case. Apples: American 11s 6d. Lemons: Auckland 10s to"l2s, American 40s to" 42s 6d per case. ' . . Walnuts, wanted, 9d to lOd per lb. Rhubarb 7s 6d to 8s per cwt. Cucumbers 8s to 10s per dozen. Asparagus 5s to 8s per dozen bxmdles.

Tomatoes: Canterbury choice.ls to Is 2d, second quality i.6d, local hothouse Is 4d to Is 6d per lb, Rarotongau 3s to 7s to 8s! per case.

Messrs Bray Bros, (of Dunedin). Ltd., report that' tho following prices were realised during the week ending December 9th:— ;

,Wheat: Tuscan 6s per bushel, Velvet Gs 6d, best fowl 5s 9d to 6s ex store.. Oats: A Gartons 3s per bushel, A Sparrowbills 2s lid (f.o.b. prices 2hl extra).

Potatoes; Best repicked lines £9 per ton, Auckland 2d per lb, local 2£d to 2fd per lb. Onions: Melbourne £12 per ton.

Eggs: Stamped Is 2jd per dozen, cased Is l-£d.

Apples: Californian Jonathans 15s per case. Cherries 6d to Is Id per lb. Strawberries B^d to Is 6d per pottle. Oranges: Valencia 25s per case. Pines: Queens 14s 6d per case. Mandarins: Choice up to 16s per case.

Lemons: American 160's 36s 6d per case. '

Tomatoes: Christehureh' hothouse Is 3d per lb, local Is 4d. Bananas: Ripe 23s per case. Gooseberries 1-Jd to 2|d per lb. Asparagus 5s 6d to 6s per dozen bundles.

Cucumbers: Christehureh 11s per dozen.