REILLY’S CENTRAL PRODUCE MART

New Zealand Tablet, 27 November 1919, Page 18

REILLY’S CENTRAL PRODUCE MART

We report as follows:—Eggs still advancing; 2s per dozen to-day. Suva bananas arriving Friday will command high prices. Our first consignments strawberries arid cherries realised high prices. Asparagus in over-supply. American apples arriving ex Moana will meet a good market, booking to arrive at 27s 6d. Raspberry buckets selling freely at 445. Bacon pigs readily saleable at lid. “Cross Keys” meat meal and calf foods are in demand. Spring chickens meeting a ready sale. Flowers, to 7s Gd per dozen. Apples, American, 30s. Lemons, Californian “Mission” brand, 60s. Bananas, ripe, 37s Gd. Rhubarb, to 3 ; \d. Gooseberries, choice, 4d to s*d; others, 2 MI to 3 pi. Tomatoes, Christchurch, 2s Id, 2s sd ; locals, 2s 4d, 2s Gd per lb. Strawberries, green, 2s; ripe, 3s Id to 3s 4d per pottle. Cherries, small, Is 4d ; good quality, to 2s 9d per pottle. Asparagus, 6s Gd to 9s. Green peas, choice, 7-i-d; others, s|d. Cucumbers, 13s to 22s Gd. Cabbage (scarce), to 6s. Lettuce, choice, to 4s 3d dozen. Potatoes, prime locals (repicked), 10s; northern, 8s 6d; new potatoes (locals), 6*d; Christchurch, sd; Nelsons, 3d. Onions, best Melbournes, 22s 6d. Carrots, 2s dozen. Parsnips, Is 6d dozen. Spring onions, 5d to 9cl dozen bunches. Bacon (scarce), rolls, Is od ; hams (scarce), Is 6d. Pigs, extra prime baconers, lid; heavy-weights, 10.) d; porkers, lid; choppers, 6-Jd per lb. Eggs, guaranteed, to is lid per dozen. Honey, bulk (wanted), 7.pi to 8d; 101 b tins, 7s Gel ; section, 12s 6d. Beeswax (wanted urgently), 2s 4d. Tea, specially selected, 2s 4d per lb. Egg crates. 12s 6d. Strawberry punnets, 59s per 1000. Raspberry buckets, 44s per dozen. Flour, best local, £l4 10s per ton. Oatmeal, £27. Linseed calf meal, 15s. Farm food, 19s per 2001 b. Ceremilk calf foods, 32s per 1001 b, 16s Gd per 501 b. “Cross Keys” meat meal, 20s. Rabbit-ski realised up to 150 d. Bluestone, 795. Black leaf 40, Gs 2d per lb. McDougall’s “Katakilla,” 21s per dozen. Fruit tree wash, Is 9d per tin. Poultry, hens, 6s lOd, 75,. 7s 4d, 7s Gd, Bs, 8s 2d, Ss Bd, 9s 8d per pair; cockerels, 6s 4d, 7s 2d, 7s Bd, 8s per pair; ducks, 8s 6d ; cull chickens, Is, Is 2d, Is 4d; spring cockerels, 7s, 7s Bd, 8s per pair two hens with chickens, I.Bs each.

E. Oswald Reilly, ' Managing Director, Moray Place,’ Dunedin.