AUCTION SALES

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 219, 10 June 1919, Page 8

AUCTION SALES

I ' FOBTHCOMEfG FIXTURES, j, TO-DAY. i .Wilton Eoad, South Carterton, 12 noon.— j Sals of fltook and implements (Walrarapa Formers'). : ' Levin Yards, 1115 p.m.—St-ock salo (AbraI ham and 'Willia.ina, Dalgety and Co., j and Nvz: Loan Company). I 60 Lambton Quay, Wellington, 1.30 p.m.— ; Furniture salo (O. W. Price and Co.). j 40 and '45 Manners Sireet, Wellington; 3 p.m.—Furniture Bale (Radford and Co.). j • TO-MORKOW. I Tb Sor'o Yards, 11.30 a.m.—Salo of stock 1 (N;Z.'Loan'Co., Dalgety and"v£)o.). j' Zealandia Hall, Palmerston NortK 1 p.m. r —Land'sale (Abraham and Williams). I Fantani Street, Hawora, 1 p.m.—Sale of j pedigree cattle (NJS. Loan. Oo.). ■ j 157 Lambton- Quay, Wellington, 2,30 p.m.— i . Furniture sale <E. Johnston and Co.). !. . . THUBSDAY. i Crown Theatre, Greytoivh, 12 noon.—Sale i ,of dairy land (Dalgety end Co., and 1 . F. Wise). I ITasterton, 1 p.m.—Sale of stock, motor care, vehicles, etc. (N.Z. Farmers' 00-op.). i Otaki Yards, 1 p.m.-Stock sale (Dalgety j . and Co., and Abraham and Williams). i THE FRUIT CROP I, AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT'S , REVIEW, V "Officers of the Horticulture Division of ; the Department of Agriculture report as. • iollo,w regawiing the condition of the ;. iruit crop, at the end of May— " | - North Auckland.—Apples-.' stored.'' Le'mI ons:.Light—autumn blossoming justshowi ing. Oranges: Preserving, averager-sweet,. ! fair'setting. Pears: Stared.. Tomatoes: j New houses being planted—some showing i Very well. Lemons are showing autumn | blossoming. "Poonuan" oranges will be.- ; on the'small side owing to the dry spell i —splitting after thb recent rains is now | taking place. Pruuers are busy on stone j. fruits. New strawberry beds are.now | being put. down. j Waitemata—Apples.: -All oft' and in i stores. Lemons: Dropping rather badly— i fair showing late autumn ■blossoming. ! Pears": Ail in' store. Oranges:..Proserv- : ing—medium; v sweet—medium. . Straiy- ! berries: Planting in full swing. All pip j fruits are off,''and a large- percentage, of,i | late varieties are in the stores. Iseivlyi formed and sun\mei\ blossom lemons are ! dropping badly—the autumn blossoming. : is, v.ery late, but promises to be fair., [ Strawberry planting is proceeding: Grow- ' ers are already turning their attention to ; pruning of stone fruits. Good a.utumn ! rains have fallen, greatly benefiting all ; orchards. • . .

i. Eden County.—Apples: All stored. Lemi ons: Fair average - show i blossom. ( Oranges: Sweet—good show; preserving i —average. , Strawberries: Planting, well : under way. Tomatoes: New housesplanti ing. Oranges will be small on account ' : of dry weather experienced. Lemons, ! of which there was a fair setting, have

i dropped to some extent—the cold wea--1 ther now is retarding- growth. Guavas j are a heavy crop; ! Auckland City and Suburbs—Lemons: !. Palling—average . sh<ro, new blossoming. ! .Oranges: Sweet—average; preserving— • average* - ■ Strawberries: New plantings ! jiow'. ; being,' undertaken. Good autumn i. rains',have-.fallen. to want of !■ jnoisturo oranges will, generally speakj ing, be small. Autumn work in the g : u'- ■ ' dens is well in hand. ■ - . Auckland Soutli—All season's fruit

I practically finished. -Fair quantities pip \ fruit in cool stores. Late dry period j. gave good opportunity for Retting ground • '- leady for planting, of which commercial !•■ growers are taking full advantage. Straw- ; b.erry'. IgiWers iippreciated the heavy i. rains of the last week, which were sore- !• ly'needed to give the young plants a : start. : i Waikato—A 'very few Doughertys re- ; main ; to be gathered. The season lias : been up to the average. Citrus fruits are ' looking well in the Bay of Plenty dis- | tricts for the coming season. Passion !' .fruit and-tree tomatoes have turned out ■ well, both these growing' to. perfection | pn. tho. East. Coast. . Strawberry. "rowers ; are making preparations' for planting ; out. . !. Poverty Bay-T-Kothing now remains ex- ; cept citrus. Oranges: Sweet arid inarma- ! lade—medium_crop. Lemons: Below aver- ' v age. Tho very dry autumn has preventI" -\ed land work; other orchard \vork is : Well In hand. All classes of fruit wood ■ nre exceptionally well matured this sea- ; son.—"j Wanganui.—Apples-. Fruit harvested, i and; realising fair prides at auction j marts. Lemons: Light crop. Pears: ! ; Fruit . gathered. Tomatoes: All fruit | harvested.'. Heavy frosts, latter end'of ■ this.month cut dowiji plants. Hawke's Bay.—All crops harvested. The ! prolonged, dry..weather has set,back all | land;,operations, and very little 1 autumn : ground work lias been done. Pruning'is I well under way in most stone fruit'orj . chards:. The rainfall. of : May 18 and 19 i was welcomed by ovchardists generally, j . and.-was • very; much needed throughout i the" district. '

Manawatu.-|-Apples:, . Good . average crop. Washingtons badly affected apple scab. All harvested. Lemons: Few

;■ grown. Pears: Heavy cropj all harvesti ed. Tomatoes: Light crops. Crops practically a' failure this season. | Wellington.—All fruits aro now harr rested,..and:the defoliationjof the trees I will bo welcomed by the progressive or* | chardists as providing opportunity for a i' successful attack on the woolly aphis, i which has been particularly bad throughr i out the season. The usual summer con- | ' trol measures lave been only partially ■ successful. Tomatoes, though late in j coming into profit, have had'a fairly long j Reason, and prices have been very satis- ! • factory to tho growers. A few lines are j still being marketed. !' Nelson.—The fruit harvest closed this ! month with the late pickings of Sturi mer- Kokewood, and Dougherty apples, i The dry 6pell broke with a few good, usei ful showers that have very muoh. im-. | , proved the condition of the land; bright, j weather is now being exI per'ieiiced."!.Growers are busy applying i late sprays/and pruning the 6tono fruit ; trees. Marlborough—Apple trees arc now i cleared of fruit, and practically evary- : thing, except the lato varieties have been ; disposed of. A good crop of Sturmers. has been picked, a fair quantity of which, i has already been sold, and it is not an- . ticipated that there will be any troublo I to-quit the balance later in the season ' at remunerative rates. Trees havo shed their leaves early, and in many instances ! are already quite bare, and most will bo ! after the first good blow. This will enable groweri to get ahead with tlieir win- ; ter work. Motueka—Apples: The quantity _ re- ' maining in store will be comparatively ' light.. Practically nil fruit is now barTested.. Pruning operations are in hand in a number of orchards. Heavy rain - fell on May 24, breaking the provious : dry spell; Cold, frosty nights now pre- ■ vail. ! Canterbury.—Apples and pears: All ; harvested. Late varieties good quality, : although only small crops. High prices : have been maintained throughout tho sea- ; son, owing no doubt to tho smallness of the crops. Very little cool storing is being done in this district this 6eason. On account of complete rest trees have had ! this season, every prospect of good crops next season. Walnuts: Very small crop this district. High prices realised by those growers who missed tho frost. Ohristchurcli and Suburbs.—The fruit crop is now practically all harvested, nnd ' it has been one of the poorest experienced ,in this district for time. One consolation ■ to the growers is the high prices obtained for good sound fruit, especially for good keeping varieties of apples and pears. Most of the fruit suitf able for the purnoso has been cool stored, but the whole of this only amounts to a few thousand cases. South Canterbury.—Very dry weathor has prevailed throughout the month, enabling good work being put in in thi* : orchards in tho shape of pruning, spraying, and cultivating, Frosty nights have been general. Otago.—Applos: There woro still a few Stunner and Bokowood to pick at tho end of the month. Late infection by black spot fungus was rather serious in localities tfhere tho disease was prevalent Peaches now finished. It was donbtful at one time if the latest varie- | ties, would ripen sufficiently owing to ! the lateness of the season, but the los 3 ' —i. tlijg causa wiw -ver.v small. Pears:

Now all gathered. La to varieties did not hold to tlio tree well this season. Winter Nclis particularly were inclined to drop prematurely. Strawberries: The area, of this fruit is being extonded considerably, no doubt due to the good prices realised during the season, tho demaud exceeding the supply of this berry. The. beds were greatly depleted during tho war period. Tomatoes are now finished. Walnuts: The crop was a light one throughout tho district.