FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2692, 11 February 1916, Page 8

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

! LOCAL MARKET CONDITIONS. ;; ■ - ■ ' Fruit inspectors of the Horticulture • Division report as follows _on tlie,.cQndition of locally-grown fmit and vegei tables in shops and auction rooms, and i the market position of these for' the ' month of January. ". "!" ; : Wellington.—Supplies; of'. fruit, -for . market have.been gradually- increasing ~in quantity. Peaches are in abu'nd- '> ance j although there is a"" certain : amount of; "brown rot," the prices are fair. Early apples look well, and pears are ■ meeting with the public's . .satisfaction. Raspberries are forward in good supply. Nectarines are small, i' and not up to last year's condition. are fair, and supplies are : coming forward in very fair condition. Prices during tho latter end of the ' .month were as follow:—Apples (Grav- : enstein) 10s.. to 125., others os. to 7s. ] I per case; pears, William 2s. fid. to 3s. ! ''3d., others.2s. to 2s. 9d. per half-case; j.: ;peaches, large dessert 4s. to 55., medium Ssi to 45., cooking 2s. 3d. to 2s. 93. ;• per half-case; apricots 4s. 6d., others ! 3s. 6d. to 4s. per half-case: plums, ' Blue, Diamond 35., large Buroank, 4s. T Cd. to 55., others Is. 6d. to 2s. 6d. per ; ljalf-case; raspberries, ss. to ss. 6d. j" per bucket ; nectarines, 3s. to 3s. 3d. .•'iper-half-oaso; potatoes, from £7 10s. to i ' £12 per ton,_ according to sample and | quantity arriving; onions, £5 per ton: : cabbages,, 3s. 'Jd. to 4s. per sack; all i other vegetables are selling at, fair : -rates. i ! Auckland.—The market has been . kept very busy, large quantities of :■ fruit being! handled daily. Owing to a poor- season the supply of plums and peaches has not beou equal to the dci -mand, and good prices were obtained. ; 'Apples and pears have conic in freely, j: Large N consignments of tomatoes ; are , coming in, and prices are steadily fall- ; ing. A line of apricots from the South ;; .were over-ripe, and sold at a loss; for ; size and quality they were some of the . finest seen in Auckland. As prices : have varied so during tho month the : following are fair average prices for . the last few days' only:—Apples (choice /..'Uessert 6s. to'7s., good 4s. to os., I ;io'th'ers 2s. to 35., cooking ss. to 65.; /pears, Wm. Bon Chretien 6s. to 75., i'others'-35.. to 45.; pliims,-English 4s. to ! 155., Japanese 2s. Gd. to 3s. 6d.; ■ ipeaches, choice 4s. to os., good 3s. to ; :3s. 6d., others, 2s. to 2s. 6d.; tomatoes, /'hothouse 2d. to 4d. per lb.,' outdoor ; (best)'SJs. to 35., others.ls. 6d. to 2s. per 181b. case. '