HIGH COMMISSIONER'S MARKET REPORT

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 171, 9 April 1918, Page 8

HIGH COMMISSIONER'S MARKET REPORT

The Department of Agriculture, Industries and Commerce has received the following cablegram, dated London, April 6, from the High Commissioner for New Zealand. (Note: Quotations, unless otherwise specified, arc average market prices on spot) :— Meat.—Supplies consist chiefly of imported, • selling at maximum prices. Pork, English aiid imported, maximum fixed prices have been raised to Is. 4d. Imported beef, binds, fores, prices have been fixed, 13jd. and 10|a. per lb. respectively. Butter.—Market remains unchanged. Cheese.—Prices remain unchanged, wifh tlie exception of English cheddar. "Wholesale maximum fixed price has Sswi raised, 168b.; Anril and May, H4s. Bd. after May. Government in-

tends to control in the near future distribution .of English cheese. Hemp.—Manila hemp continues in demand. It is, understood that maximum fixed prices havo been arranged with United States of America. iNew Zealand, demand for apot is good, also en route. Wheat.—Offerings are small, demand is good; no change in prices. Oats: Market quiet, but firm. The art. of plant-breeding, which has given Luther Ihirbank and others widespread fame, is by no means unknown in Auckland (says the "New Zealand Herald"). Mr. Heywood Wright, of Avondale, who has already produced several new vnrieties of fruit, has, by crossing tho Cox's Orange Pippin apple with the Delioious, succeeded in obtaining a new apple which promises to be of great importance to the fruit industry of New Zealand. Hie new apple, whioh has fruited for the first time this season, appears to possess the characteristics ( of the Cox s Orange Pippin, which is accepted as the standard of excellence in dessert varieties, together with the size and virility of the Delicious. If the fine flavour of its male parents is maintained, this new a.pple should play a very big part in our future fruit export trade.