THE FRUIT MARKET.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18365, 24 April 1925, Page 16

THE FRUIT MARKET.

CHRISTCHURCH. Throughout the week good jjuaiitities of apples and penis hare been a-raiiable, and a fair demand has been experienced; prices remain unchanged. Good lines, of .tomatoes hare been rather scarce, and prices realised for these hare been good. A shipment of Fiji feananas is due •to arrive in Chriatchurch on Tuesday nest, and about the same day a shipment of Cook Island oranges and bananas, ex Flora, is also doe. Cape gooseberries are extremely scarce and dear. There has been a plentiful eupplj of all classes of vegetables. . A fair demand was experienced throughout the week, and prices realised veto on a par with, last week's values.

Quotations are as follows:—Apples, Nelson, per case 7s to 8s; local, per case 8s to l'2s; cooking, per case 5s to 7s 6d; grapes, first, per lb Is Gd to 2s 6d, seconds, per lb lOd to Is; lemons, Auckland, per caso 10s, Cook Island, per case 20s, jaati, per caso 425; mandarins, per caso, Island 37s 6d; oranges, Cook Island, per caso 27s Gd; passions, Auckland, per case 7s to 10s; pears, cooking, per case 4s, dessert, per case 5s to 9s; peaches, cooking, per lb 3d, dessert, per lb 4d; strawberries, per lb Is 6d; tomatoes, sauce, per lb Id, dessert, per lb 4d; walnuts, per lb lOd to' Is; beans, lYwiehySd per lb;-beet, per doz..bdls. 3d to 2s; cabbage, per doz. Is to 2s 6d; cauliflowers, per doz. 20a; carrots, per doz. Is to 2s; celery, per"bdl. to'BJd; green peas, per peck'2s Gd to 2s lOd; leeks, per. bdl. up to 6d; lettuce, per doz. 2s; marrows, per doz. 5s 6d; potatoes, per s.b. 3s 6d; onions, local, per s.b. 3s Gd to 4s, per cwt 7s to Us; parsnips, per doz. "Is Bd; potatoes, per sack 10s to Us; pumpkins, per lb Jd to sd; radishes, per doz. Is; spring onions, per doz la Gd; turnips, per doz Is; spinach, per doz 2s; swedes, per e.b., 2s to 2s 6d. •

TALLOW. (AtJSTEAUAS-Aro H.Z. CAM.* ASSDCIATIOH.) . ' .LONDON,' April, 22. At the tallow eales 1358 casks were offered and 640 eold at an average decline, of is pea- c#t. Prime mutton taade . H6s Wi, medium 435, prime beef 44s 6d,' medium 42s 9d per cwt. DrtleelT and Company, Ltd.,' hare receWed the following cabled advice- from -Ifwdolj':— "At the'weekly auction -1360 casks tallow were, offered and 635 sold. Prices for good colonr mixed are Gd lower and other descriptions Is to Is 6d lower. , WHEAT. (»T • CABLE—PBESS ASSOCIATION—COMBIQW.) (AUSTRALIAN AND 3J.Z. CABIJS ASSCOIATIOH.) LONDON, April '22. ■Wheat cargoes are quietly' eteady and un- ° Parcels are in improved demand _ftt v 3d to 6d per quarter dearer. ?»;™\ « Euripides, ex Pert Campbell, sold at. Ms Gd- cx unnamed) steamer, in Ireland, 68s, ex' unnamed ship at Liverpool,. 57s 6d per future . quotations <iret May, lis' lid; July, ■ lis 101d-per cental.

NEW YORK, April aa. Chieauo wheat quotations - are-.—May, ]553s cSits; July. 1431-cento; September, 1352 cent* per; bushel.