FRUIT AND PRODUCE

Evening Star, Issue 22146, 28 September 1935, Page 23

FRUIT AND PRODUCE

Bray Bros Ltd. (Dunedin) report as follows for week ending to-day:— There is nothing of interest to report in the wheat market. Some lines of milling quality are still held by growers in the country, who ai'e awaiting the full increment which will be available in October. It is expected that when this wheat comes on the market it will be purchased by some of the millers who have not secured their full requirements. The fowl wheat market is steady, and is governed by the price of the stocks which are being released by the W heat Purchase Board. For deliveries ex truck here, up to 4s 8d (sacks extra) is being obtained, and stored lots are realising 5s (sacks extra), Hie Wheat Purchase Board has recently intimated that at some ports Tuscan wheat will not be supplied in tuture lor lowi; wheat orders. The announcement indicated that this class of wheat must be getting ink* short supply in some districts, and purchasers of wheat from there in future will have to accept Dreadnought or any other variety that is available. During the past week or two the demand for seed wheat has been quiet. The bad weather has prevented farmers from preparing their areas for sowing. The season is now advancing, and it appears that from now onwards the wheat sold for this purpose will have to be of the quickmaturing varieties. Millers’ prices for flour, etc., are as follow ;—• Flour.—2oolb,' £l2 17s ; 100’s, £l3 2s; SO’s, £l3 7s; 25’s, £l3 12s. Bran, £5 5s per ton. Pollard, £6 15s per ton. Oatmeal. —2001 b, £l9; 25 s, £-1. There is little demand lor oats from the North Island, and very tew shipments are being made from southern ports. The chief demand at present is for seed purposes and for feed. Stocks are very light, anti it is difficult to secure further supplies from the country, as nearly all the growers have sold what they have had on hand. Ihe market remains unchanged. No bats have been shipped from this port, as merchants have been conserving their supplies for seed purposes. Oats are being delivered to districts where, there are usually quantities of this cereal for sale. Shipping values are 3s 6d, f.o-b., s.i., for A Gartons, and 3s 7d for B Gartons. Thjs is equivalent to 3s 6d foi\liepvy A’s, 3s for ordinary A’s, and 2s 9d for B grade (sacks extra), on trucks, country sidings. _ Chaff values, which remain linn, have been affected by the weather. The very backward spring has caused a shortage of food in some districts, and chaff has been railed from Canterbury to this district and also to Southland. The local value is £5 per ton (sacks extra), ex truck, lyith stored lots realising £5 10s (sacks extra). Ifi is generally recognised ■in the trade that early September is a time which either makes or breaks the potato market. This year prices have shown a firming, and the cause_ of being the shortage of supplies m the South. Island, and also the very backward weather in the .North Island which had delayed the new crop. This means that old potatoes will be wanted for a longer period than usual. This market is bare of supplies, and values have firmed up to £ll 10s for Arran Chiefs and up to £l3 for King ltdwards. The shipping mafiket is also firm, with £lO ss, Lo.b., s.i., as today’s quotation for deliveries from Lyttelton and Timaru, . All markets for seeds are quiet, and here again the demand has been affected by the weather. The North Island is unable to sow owing to the continued rains, and deliveries have also been held up in this district. The markets generally are unchanged. Any export business that has been done has been in the finer seeds, such as Chewing’s Fescue and Brown Top. Most or the Chewing’s Fescue has now been absorbed, and occasional orders from overseas will ensure that the balance of the stocks on hand will be exported. The position is the same in respect ot Brown Top. FRUIT REPORT. Approximately 2,900 cases was the Oamaru, Timaru, and Dunedin quota of South Australian oranges lauded ex Waitaki .from Melbourne on Tuesday last. The demand was in excess of the supply. There will be no more navels this season. The next shipment will consist of St. Michael, which, from reports to hand, is an exceptionally sweet orange and of exceptionally fine texture. There were no mandarins on the vessel landed at this port. Poormans are inquired for. Good dessert apples are in short supply, and are realising high prices. Cookers of good quality are almost unprocurable. New Zealand lemons are in heavy supply. .... . . A shipment of Fiji bananas arrived yesterday in excellent green condition. They were mostly disposed of to retailers at satisfactory prices. Vegetables of every kind are in short supply, but rhubarb is coming forward more plentifully, with a consequent drop in prices. Choice lettuce are in good/demand, and prices have been maintained. Wholesale'prices arc as follow: — Apples.—Cleopatra (wanted), 8s 6d to 9s fid case; Delicious (wanted), 7s (id to 9s 6d case; Stunners (wanted), 7s 6d to 8s (id case; Jonathans (wanted), 7s to 9s case. Cooking Apples.—Rome Beauty (wanted), 6s to 7s 6d ease; Rymcrs (wanted), 5s to 6s case; Ballarats (wanted), 7s 6d to 8s case. Pears.—Winter Cole (wanted), 15s to 16s 6d bushel case. Oranges.—South Australian, los to 21s case. Lemons. —Californian, 60s to 70s case; New Zealand, 5s to 10s case. * Grapes, 23s to 28s ease. Grapefruit.—New Zealand, 6s 6d case. Asparagus. 20s per dozen, Bananas.—Ripe, 2Cs to 295; green, 23s 6d to 245. Pineapples, 18s to 21s. Potatoes, £l3 to £l4 ton. Cabbages (wanted), 5s to 7.s Gd bag. Cauliflowers,—No. .1 to 7s 6d; No. 2 to 4s 6d sack. Lettuce, Is to 3s 6d dozen. Onions (wanted), 28s to 35s cwt. Carrots, 2s 6d to 3s bag. Parsnips (wanted), 5s Gd sugar bag. Kumeras, 1-J-d to Ijjd lb. Beet, Is dozen. Swedes, Is to Is 6d sugar bag. Rhubarb, 4d to 4i ! d lb. Walnuts, 4d to 6d lb. Whitebait, 3s Od to 4s lb. Honey.—Bulk, 4RI to 4|d lb; 101 b tins, 5s 6d; 51b tins, 3s 3d. Butter.—Storekeeper, 8d to 83 d lb. Eggs, market rates. Beeswax, Is kl lb. Oyster grit, 7s cwt. Fowl wheat, 4s lOd bushel. Oat.'i. —A Carton,-3s 4d-bushel; B Carton, 3s 2d bushel; crushed oats, Ids Gd bushel. Cross Keys meatmen!, 16s bushel. Chaff, £5 5s ton. I Straw.—Wboateu, £2 10s ton. Cheese, s\d to 5Jd lb. , Lard, G.]d lb. Macdonald and Miller’s Gold Modal bacon, lid to Is lb. Christmas bams, Is 2d lb. Violets, Is to Is 6d dozen. Poppies, 6d to Is dozen. Baronin to 7s 6d dozen. Daffodils, 3s to 3s Gd dozen. Hyacinths, 5s 6d to 6s dozen.