THE FRUIT WORLD

New Zealand Tablet, 11 September 1919, Page 28

THE FRUIT WORLD

Reilly’s Central Produce Mart, Ltd., reports:—Business during the week quite satisfactory. Consignments of flowers continue to arrive. Eggs in keen demand. Bacon pigs eagerly inquired for." Full consignments vegetables forward. We received and sold;Flowers; Narcissi—Yellow Trumpets 8s 6d, ’White Trumpets 10s 6d, Paper Whites 4s 6d, 7s 6d, Soleil d’Or 10s per dozen; violets, 4s 6d to 9s 6d; freesias, 4s 6d, 9s; anemone, 3s 6d to 7s per dozen. Apples: Delicious, 14s 6d; Jonathans, 11s, 13s; Esopus, 9s 6d, 10s 6d ; Stunners, 12s 6d ; Rokewoods, 10s 6d; Munroe’s Favorite, 10s, 11s; Etawahs, 13s; choice cooking, 3£d per lb. Pears, 15s, 17s; cooking, 12s case. Lemons, 68s to 755. Oranges: American, 50s. Bananas: Ripe, 255. Tomatoes; Locals, Is 7d. Rhubarb, 5s 9d, 6s 3d per dozen bunches. Potatoes: Locals, 12s; northern, 11s per cwt; Southland seed (choice), 12s 6d to 14s. Cauliflowers: Choice, 8s to 11s 6d ; small, Is to 5s 6d. Cucumbers, 16s per dozen. Cabbage, 9d to 7s 6d per dozen. Onions: Prime, 18s, 20s per cwt. Swede turnips, 3s 6d per cwt. Carrots: Choice tables, 7s per cwt. Parsnips, 11s per cwt. Bacon : Rolls, Is 3.)cl ; hams, Is 4d. Pigs: Baconers, prime, lid; porkers, lOd ; heavy weights, Sid; choppers, 6d per lb. Butter: Bulk, Is 7d; separator pats, Is Bd. Eggs: Stamped, Is 6d ; case eggs, Is sd. Honey: Bulk, Sd; 101 b tins, 7s 6d. Tea: Special-quality, 2s per lb, in 51b and 101 b boxes. Linseed calf , meal, 15s. Barley meal, 9s 6d per 1001 b. Ceremilk calf foods, 30s. Farro foods, 19s per 2001 b. Meat meal, 19s. Oatsheaf chaff, £7 10s; Oaten dust, 6s per sack. Oaten straw chaff, £4 10s.. . Wheaten straw chaff, £4. Wheat ; Choice fowl wheat, 6s 9d; broken, 6s 3d per bushel. Oats: A grade Cartons, 4s 3d. Bran, 7s per 1001 b. Wheaten pollard, 14s per 1501 b. Lime sulphur, 2s 3d per gallon, in barrels; 4-gallon tins, 3s gallon. Blucstone, 79s per cwt. Beeswax, 2s per lb; inferior, Is 6d. Case nails: Flat heads, 44s per cwt. Egg crates, 12s 6d. Poultry: Hens, 6s 4d to 9s pair; cockerels, 7s 6d to 10s 6d per pair; ducks, 11s 6d per pair. . .. E. Oswald Reilly, Managing Director, Advt.] Moray Place, Dunedin.