FRUIT, VEGETABLES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1049, 11 February 1911, Page 13

FRUIT, VEGETABLES.

AND PRODUCE.

, HAEK3T BBPOBTS. The shipment of-fruit" which-''airivcoV from Sydney on Wednesday consisted of 200 cases only, and a few crates of water melons, which realised from 6d. to 2e. each according to size. A'Bmall lino of Messina lemons also arrived by the Warrimoo. Thoy sold up to 16s. 6d. per case (150 lemons to tho case). The little passion fruit to hand by the-,Sydney boat brought from 4s. 6d. to ss. 6d. ;pcr half-case. By the Ulimaroa, which arrived from Melbourne yesterday, there arrived 300 cases of William Bon Chretien pears (from Victona). Tho bulk of them arrived in an ovcr-npo condition. Prom 9s. to lis. 6d. per case ,\vaa realised. Our own pears aro now beginning to come In from Christchurch and Auckland, and wore fetching from ss. 6d. to Es. per bushel case. Judging by the paucity of the shipments of stone fruits from Nelson, tho season was pretty well done. All that was coming m now were a. few lato varieties or plums, rho plum season had been an exceedingly short and merry one. The second crop of peaches may now be oipected daily. Tho market has felt the loss of supplies from the Frimley orchards this season very much. It was no uncommon thing for 600 or 700 cases of poaches to arrive daily from Hawke's Bay. In the height of the season. These are entirely absent and tho hawkers in particular feel tho loss occasioned by the big frost of three months ago.

Owing; to the poor prices realised ;• the rielson people have ceased sending tbmatoes, and the Hutt growers arc getting a look in. About 700 cases came to market yesterday from the Hutt, realising 3s. 6d. to 6s. 6d. per half case. Big crops are reported from tho valley at tho head of the harbour.

Local supplies of potatoes are coming in freely, and are selling at from ss. 6d. to 6s. 6d. per cwt. • Southern crops are no* ready, • and - already a few consignments have arrived in good condition. Vegetables in ordinary aro plentiful, with the exception of cauliflowers, which are scarce. Cucumbers, too, from local districts and Napier are plentiful, and have been sold recently as oheap as from ls;.6d.* to.2s. 6d. per half-case. Green peas are at famino prices. One grower who sent in a, lot yesterday was rewarded by getting 16s. 6d. ,por half-sack. Thero is a good demand for 'French beans at from 6s. 6d. to Bs. per halfsack. Blackberries have realised from 3s. to 4s. per bucket, and raspberries ss. per bucket. Tho season for these soft fruits is about over.

. The New Zealand Frait and Produce Co., Ltd., report:—Pri;ce on /the whole keep fairly good, with exception of small peaches, which aro low. Dessert apples, eating plums, and good hardened up' in price, and we look for a still further advance. Following are the current prices in our mart :-Oranges, American, 10s. to 15s. case: lemons, Messina, 15s. 6d. case; pears, W.B.C. 7s. to Bs. case, cooking ss. to 65. case; parsions, 2s. 6d. to As. box; bananas, 10s. .to 12s. case; tomatoes, 2s. to 3s. 6d. case; peaches, cooking 2s. 6d. to 3s. 6d., dessert 6s. to 7a. 6d. case; plums, primes 2s. 6d. to 3a. 9d. case, dark Bur-banks 2s. 6d. to 4s.caf«. Diamond 2s. 6d. to 3s. case; nectarines, 3s. to. ss. case;" encumbers, /e.6d. to 6s. case; apples, cooking 4s. to ss. 3d. case,' dessert 9s. 6d. to lis. case; new potatoes, ss. to 6s. 6d. cwt.; onions. Aus--tralian, ss. 6d. to 6s. cwt.; cabbage. 35..t0 4s. sack; cauliflower. 6s. to 7s. sack; carrots, 3s. to-ss. sack; turnips, white, Is. 6d. to 3s. sack; peas '12pk.i, 6s. to Ms. 6d: sack; broad beans, lid. per lb.; rhubarb, 2s. per dozen; French beans, 4si 6d. to 6s. part sack: lettuce. 2s. -Cd. to <«. 6d. case; walnuts,.6d. to, ?d. per lb.; celery. Is. to Is. 6d. per dozen. .

The Now Zealand Farmers' Co-operative Distributing Co., Ltd., report:—Potatoes' have been in rather'short supply, and values higher. • Southern early grown- are now reaching here, and there is every. proba-, bility ot a decline as supply from south in-: creases. vWo advise North Island clients to: sell while the market is favourable. Can-' torbury Globe, onions, as well as Austra-' lian, can be landed at nominal rates. 'In frnit, the chief feature of recent sales has been the keen demand.at high prices. for highly-coloured: dessert apples and '.pears. Wo to-day , (Friday) . sold ..purple plums at, ss. 6d;, while ..Og'ans were hard ' to quit at :'■' 25." The lato '-disr charge of cargo from Nelson and Motueka- boats often necessitates holding} lots over till next day, hence the delay-in arrival of some ot our clients' returns.: Eggs are firmer, and keenly inquired for.,-Grass seed orders aro now reaching us '■ by. each mail, and largo quantities are going forward. Quotations:—Potatoes; prime, £5 to £6 10s. per ton; onions; Globes, £5 per ton; cabbage, 2s. to 2s. 6d. per sack,; green peas, Hutt, lid. per peck; French beans, 2d. per lb.; carrots, Js. 6d. per sack; swedes. Is. 6d.'t0.15.. 9d. per sack; cauliflower, Bs. to 95," per sack; marrows, le. 6d. per 6ack; turnips, white,'4d. to sd. doz.; lettuce* choice, 1,?..t0 ls.-6d.-per case; rhubarb, Is. to Is.-M. doz.; strawberries. Is. per lb.; blackberries 2Jd. to 3d. per lb.; cucumbers, 2s. 63.' pe? half-case; peaches, 3s. to 7s. per half-case; plums, Ogans Is. 6d. to 25., Burbanks 23. to 2s. 6d.; October Purplo 4s. to 55.. Diamonds 2s. 9d. to 3s. per half-case; nectarines, 3s. to Es. per half-cass; apples, dessert ss. 6d. to r 7s.'6d.per case, cooking 4s. per case; tomatoes, 2s. to 3s. per half-case; raspberries, in buckots, 7s. 6d. each: pears, dessert 6s. to. 75.. : 6d., cookers"' 4s: 6d. ti ss. . per v case;; greengages, - 55., 6d: per grapes,-. 7d. to 9d. per lb.; butter, separator SJd. 1 bulk, 9d. to 9id..pats, dairy Bid.,tQ.9d.,per lb.; cheese, best factory mediums 6d. perlb., loaf 7d. per',:ib.: dressed'pork,'-70'6. - to. 90'9 4d., 90'e' tolOO's !3d., bacohei-s '31d.; choppers (heaYy) 2d. to ; 2jd.; .eggs, fresh, Is. 2d. per doz:; bacon, factory sides 7d., rolls 9d„ hams 9Jd. per lb.; honey, 3Jd. per lb. (slow of sale): beeswax, la. 6d. per lb.; fungus, 4id. to sd. per lb.; 1 tallow, tins. 28s. cwt/Poultry: Cockerels, £s t± fcr goo's birds; small, 35.; table roosters, 55.; table hens, 3s. to 3s; 6d.; ducks, 45.. to ss. per pair; turkey gobblers, lOd. per lb.: hens, Bd. per lb. live weight (poor demand). Maize. 36. 6d. per bushel; wheat, ,4s. per bushel; barley, feed'3s.', Cape 3s'.;.fid. per bushel; dun peas. 4s. per-bushel; pollard. £7 per ton; bat pollard,, 25,. ~6d, ■ sack'of about 901b.; bran, £5 10s. per ton; molasses fodder, £5 per ton; chaff, oaten sheaf, £S ss. per ton;-hay, prime, £3 105.".t0:£4 per. ton; sucrosine, £6 IC6. per ton;-straw, wheaten, £2 7s. 6d. per ton; linseed'.oil cake, genuine, £13 per ton; ccoonut oil cake, Bs. per cwt.; oats, "good feed cats 2s. 10d., A grade 3?. per bushel; Reed; Sparrow-', bills, Gallons. Duns, Storm King, Black. Tartars, 3s.;.Algerians.' 1 "35.,6 d, per bushel; crushed, 3s. per bushel. , '■'-•■'■ ■;'.'. "-■''•

The Now Zealand Fruit and Produce C 0.,: Ltd., quoto9 the following ' prices at its mart:—ChatT (oaten sheaf), £5 ss. to'; £5 15s. per ton: Oats (A Gartons); li. 7d.to 2s. 9d. per bushel: bran, £5 55." per ton;_ pollard, £5 10s. por ton: straw, 2s. to,2s. 3d. per bale; wheat, 3s. Bd. to <a. Bd. per bushel: peanuts. 235. per. sack: nee, 6s. 6d. per mat.; chickens, As. 6d. to ss. pair; ducks, ss. 6d. to 6e. 6d. pair; hens, 3s. to 3s. W. pair; eggs, ls'.'.to'.ls;,2d. ; dozen: -r: