FRUIT AND PRODUCE REPORTS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 489, 23 April 1909, Page 8

FRUIT AND PRODUCE REPORTS.

.New Zealand. Fruit and. Produce"Co., Ltd., report for the week, as follows:—The market .for'all;kinds of truit ; (except cooking apples/ shows improvement. The same applies to the vegetable - market, with the exception of potatoes,' the price of ■ which has ■n'oakened on account: of large supplies coming forward more or-less affected with blight. The following prices are ruling.in our market:—Potatoes, Bs. • to .4s. j'swedes,. 2s'.; onions, ss. to'6s„ all .per cwt.; carrots, 2s„ 6d.iio 4s.' 3d.; parsnips,' 2s. to Bs. Gdi; turnips,' Is. to Is.; 6d.j beetroot; 25.-"to 45.; marrows, Is.'■'to 25.; pumpkins,; 35.. to 45.; cauliflower, 2s. to 7s. 3d.; cabbage, Is., to 2s.; t red cabbage,. 35., all per sack;'; French ■ beans, ,4s.' to 6s. ,6d. part; sack; peas, (finished); .'celery, 9d. to; 25..10u. doz.; cucumbers, 4s. to 6s; banana cases; tomatoes (Hutt! ripe), 3s. to! ;45.; lettuce, 2s. to 2s. 6d.. case;' spinach,' Is. to.. Is. 6d. case; apples (dessert) 7s. to Bs. 3d., cobldhg ■ 3s. Bd. to 4s. '9d.; pears, 3s. 9d. ■to 4s. half case, full case 6s. to, 7s; Gd.; peaches, 3s. ,6d. to 4s. 6d.- half /quinces,. 2s. lid. case; eggs (fresh), 2s. to 2s.'2d. dozen; hens, 3s. 6d. per pair; ducks, 4s. Gd. per 'pair; turkeys, Bs. 6d. per pair; chaff, .£3 10s.;. oats, 2s. to 2s. 2d. bushel; bran, 10s. 9d. per sack; peanuts,; 225. sack; preserved ginger, 6}d. per lb. ,:, Messrs.. Griffiths' and Co., .Ltd., report prices • at'their fruit and. produce market yesterday as .follow:—Potatoes,; 35., 6d. to '45.; onions, ss. cwt., local 'grown; cabbages, xhoice 3s.'.to 3s, 6d., primo,2s. 6d: to 2s. 9d., inferior Is. to Is. , Gd.;'. cauliflowers, choice 4s.- to 4s; fid.,'inferior, Is. 9d. '-■ to .35.; peas,.ss..part-sacks; beans, 3sJ[ to'4s. part-sacks; tomatoes, 2s. 9d. to Bs.'half... cases;' lettuce,. 3s._ per case; celery,. Is. fid. 2s'.,'dozen; pumpkins, 35.. to;ss. sack; carrots',' 2s.'to 3s. sack; parsnips, 35..t0 3s. 6d.-sack; marrows, Is.' 3d. to Is. fid. ;sack; beetroot, 3s. to 4s. sack; peaches, choi.co eating ss. to ss. Gd., half-cases,, cooking 2s. ■. -to; 3s. half-cases; .apples, special desserts'lis. per, case,.choice desserts 9s. Gd. to 10s. Gd. per:case, prime desserts 6s. .6d.',to-,75. fid. per case, cooking 4s.'. to •ss'.-6d.'.per case; pears, choice eating :7s.'Gd. to Bs.,;prime eating-ssi fid. to 6s. Gd., cooking,4s. '.to ss. 3d.; eggs, ,2s, 4d. dozen; fowls, 3s. to 3s. •6d.'pair; ducks, 4s. to ss. pair. Tho market nil round yesterday showed more activity than aiiy .previous sales; for .the. week,'and'most of tho uiries. were, cleared- under good competition.