MARKET CONDITION OF LOCAL FRUIT AND VEGETABLES.

New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume VII, Issue 1, 15 July 1913, Page 94

MARKET CONDITION OF LOCAL FRUIT AND VEGETABLES.

The Fruit Inspectors of the Orchards, Gardens, and Apiaries Division report as follows on the condition of locally grown fruit and vegetables in the shops and auction-rooms, and the market position of these, for the month of June : Wellington.—-The supplies of apples and pears in the markets during this month have been fairly heavy, consequently the prices have fallen slightly. The quality is far from being good. Cooking-apples are in good supply, and prices are medium. Grapes arriving from Nelson opened up badly, and growers will need, to exercise more care in packing the fruit on account of the rough handling they receive on the wharf. The prices for the month are as follows : Apples (dessert) — Jonathans Bs. 6d. to ios., Sturmers 4s. 6d. to ys. 6d., Rome Beauty 6s. to 75., per bushel case —Washingtons ss. 6d. to 7s. 6d., Munroe’s Favourite ss. 6d. to 75., Lord Wolseley ss. to 75., per case. Pears (dessert)Winter Nelis 9s. to ios., Winter Cole 9s. to 10s. ; cooking-pears—-average, 6s. per case. Tomatoes, 3s. to 4s. 6d. per half-case. Cape gooseberries, 4d. to 56.. per pound. All vegetables are much about the same as last month in prices, excepting onions, which have risen from /q ios. to /io ios. per ton. — T. C. Webb, jun. Christchurch. Apples—dessert, 7s. 6d. to Bs. Cooking-pears, Bs. 6d. to 9s. Oranges, 9s. Lemons, 12s. Pines, ns. Passions, ns. Bananas, 12s. Potatoes, £3 I 5 -j bi paddock. Onions, £7. Carrots, £1 7s. 6d. Turnips, £1 2s. 6d. — Gordon Esam. Bluff.New-Zealand-grown fruit on this market during June were as under : Nelson—-apples Canterbury— apples and pears ; Teviot— apples and pears; Southlandapples. The Nelson apples were very choice, and dealers complained that no further supplies are available in any quantity. Canterbury. apples were very good, but pears on the whole were only of medium quality. Teviot apples and pears : All parcels examined- were of choice quality. Lines from this district

are increasing year by year. New Zealand apples realized—dessert, Bs. to ios. ; cooking, 4s. 6d. to 7s. 6d. Pears—dessert, 7s. 6d. to 10s. 6d. ; cooking, 4s. to 7s. 6d. Imported oranges, Bs. to 12s. 6d. Bananas, 13s. to 15s. Lemons, 12s. to 15s. Mandarins, 13s. to 16s. 6d. Pines, 10s. to 12s. Passions, 9s. to 9s. 6d. Hobart apples, 12s. 6d. to 13s. 6d. Melons, 7s. cwt. Vegetables : Potatoes, ss. to £3. 15s. ; potatoes 0.t.c.5., Onions, 10s. to ns. per cwt. Carrots, 4s. to ss. a sack. Parsnips, 4s. 6d. to 6s. 6d. Swedes, is. 6d. to is. 9c!. Cabbage, 3s. to

3S. 6d. Marrows, 6s. to Bs. cwt

Robert Hutton.