Commercial.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume VI, Issue 542, 23 September 1881, Page 2

Commercial.

LONDON SEED MARKET.

Messrs John Shaw & Sons, of 37, Mark Lane, London, report, through their agent Mr Ltonard W. Blake, of Christchurch flint th" market during the fortirightenriing July *0, there was a iittle more ;,initiation shown on tlie market. The prospects of ihe new crops were exciting attention, and it would seem as though the favorable anticipation indulged in a month in so previously would scarcely be realised. Red clover dues not promit-e to b"- anything more iban nn average crop in England, while recent values of yearling seeds for expoit to France indicated that tbe yield them will prove di appointing. White c over does not promise Mich a large crop as last year, the seed so far having yielded very badly. Alsyke will be a much smallercrop than during the past three years, ihe tuci.dth being comparatively small. Trefoil is certainly a sharp eiop of good quality. Italian and Perennial rye grass promise well. It must be I orne in mind that the ioregoing remarks are based upon reports from all the principal growing districts, and must only be treated as fort'casts, as it is impossible to speak yd with absolute certainty. Samples of new Home-grown turnip, trefoil, mustard, and ripe seeds were being offered. Biid steds icmained quiet, but hemp has shown an upward tendency.