TRADE IN PRODUCE

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 821, 15 November 1929, Page 10

TRADE IN PRODUCE

POTATO MARKET UNSTEADY RAIN INTERFERES WITH DIGGING Sun Offur. r> n.m. "A fluctuating market" is the term best suited to describe the ootato position at the moment. The wet weather s interfering with digging operations. and prices have firmed again over the past day or so. The Pukekohe market dropped during the week to see best grade tubers selling f.o.r. down as low as a ton: with the rain interfering with digging prices have tended to rise, and in the marts the* price today is nearer £lO a ton. Some concern is expressed regarding the cin tin lied rain in the fact that it may cause trouble with blight, especially if there is a spell of warm weather following. Indications, at the moment, are however, that there is a good crop at Pukekohe, and that prices should be down within the vicinity of £ S a ton through Auckland stores before Christmas. There is still a fair quantity of old potatoes on the Auckland market, but, for the most part, these are going into special channels: fiish and chip shops and bakers are the principal buyers: country storekeepers are still taking limited parcels. Onion Market Unchanged The position in regard to onions shows little change. Ample stocks are held on the spot, but this should not give cause for much alarm, as, at the moment, there are no 1: many signs of any big parcels of Victorian Globes coming across to bear the market. Indications are that most merchants will be content to carry on with Canadians until the arrival of the Pukekohe crop at the end of the year. Bags sell through merchants stores at up to 17s a bag. and crates up to 18s a crate, according to the size of the parcel. Cereal Market Quiet The cereal market shows little movement. Oats are firm at late rates: B Gartons sell through store at 4s 9d a bushel and A’s at 4s lid. Wheat is stationary at up to 7s lOd through store Auckland. Maize continues to command little interest in wholesale circles. The nominal price on the trucks at Bay of Plenty stations is still 5s 3d a bushel, and, through store Auckland, the yellow grain sells at Os <>d a bushel. The chaff market continues to hold at recent very firm rates. Through store Auckland it is selling at up to £ll 10s a ton, according to the size of the order. Good bright chaff is difficult to procure. Ample supplies of bran and pollard arc now held in the spot.