FRUIT AND PRODUCE

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 937, 2 April 1930, Page 11

FRUIT AND PRODUCE

WELLINGTON MARKET REPORT FROM BROKERS Laery and Co., Ltd., Wellington, report present values as follow: Apples: Fancy Cox Orange, 10s, 12s; Jonathans, 6s, 7s; Delicious, 6s 6d, 7s 6d; Sturmers, 6s, 7s; cookers, 4s 6d, 5s 6d bushel case. Pears: Choice Coles, 7s. 8s; L.8.J., 10s. 12s; Nelis, 6s, 6s 6d; others, 4s. 5s half-case. Cape gooseberries: Choice, ss, 6s halfcase. Passions: Choice large, ss, 6s; others, 3s 6d, 4s 6d a box. Lemons: Choice cured. 14s, 16s; others, Bs, 12s a bushel. Quinces: Choice, Ss. 10s; others, 6s, 7s bushel. Grapes: Choice Hambury, Is 6d, Is 9d; others, Is, is 3d lb. Tomatoes: Choice red, 5s 6d, 6s 6d; others, 4s 6d, 5s half-case. Cucumbers: Choice, 10s, 12s banana case; ' 4s, 6s half-case. Pumpkins: Choice red. ss, 6s a sack. Lettuce: Choice, 3s 6d, 4s dozen heads. Kumeras: Choice, Bs, 10s; others. 6s, 7s sugar bag. Black Leaf 40: 101 b tins, 555; 21b tins. 14s 6d; lib bottles, 5s 3d each; loz bottles, 14s 6d a dozen. HIDE MARKET EASIER AUCKLAND PRICES An all-round decline was registered in the market for hides, sheepskins, and tallow at the fortnightly auctions held by the Auckland Woolbrokers’ Association yesterday. Prices ranged: Hides —Best, light and medium, 54d to 5 3-8 d a lb; heavy, 5d to 53d; cut, 4d to 43d: second grade, 33d to 4d; ox, best grade, light 53d to 5 3-Bd, medium 53d to s|d, heavy s§d to 6d, cut 41d to sd; second grade, 43d to 4§d; slippy, 3d to 32d; kips, best grade 53d to 52d, second grade 4d to 4£d; yearlings, heavy, 63d to 6£d, light 7£d to Sd, second grade 5d to calfskins, heavy 72d to Bd, medium 103 d to light 9i*d to 103 d, small 9d to 93d: slippy., 63d to 7d; cut, 83d to 9d. Sheepskins.—Dried, threequarter to full-woolled, medium to fine crossbred, 63d to 63d a lb; coarse, 5Jd to 6d; faulty, 5d to 5Jd; damaged, 33 d to 4d; badly damaged, 23d to 3d; quarter to half-woolled, 51d to 6d; coarse, sid to s§d; faulty, 43d to sd; damaged, 2dto 23d; bare to quarter-woolled, 5d to s|d; second grade and faulty, 33d to 4d; lambskins, best grade, to 63d; faulty, 4d to 4|d; damaged, 3d to 33d; salted sheepskins, large, 3s 3d to 4s each; medium, 2s 9d to 3s Id; bare to quarter-woolled, large, 2s 5d to 2s 8d; light, Is 7d to 2s; faulty, Is 3d to Is sdj lambskins, extra large, 2s 9d to 3s; medium to large, 2s 4d to 2s 8d; light, Is 4d to Is lOd; shorn, Is to Is 6d. Tallow. —Barrels, good mixed, 23s Gd to 24s a cwt; second grade, 22s to 22s 6d; poor quality, 18s to 20s; in tins, good mixed, 23s to 23s 6d; second grade, 20s to 225; horsehair, best tail, Is 6d to Is 8d a lb; mixed, Is 3d to Is 4d; short and mane, 8d to 9d; bones, clean, dry, £5 10s a ton. TAUMARUNUI STOCK SALE From Our Own Correspondent TAUMARUNUI, Tuesday. The yarding at the Taumarunui stock sale today consisted of 1,500 pigs. There was a good attendance, but only a few outside buyers operated, and consequently the sale was very dull, and all classes of stock were hard to quit under the hammer, several lines of sheep and cattle were passed in. Prices were as follow: —Weaner pigs, 11s to 14s. A line of 192 two-tooth ewes made 25s 4d; two-tooth ewes, 16s; mixed aged ewes, 10s 6d to 16s; old ewes, 6s to 7s; mixed sex lambs. 7s lOd to 13s; small wether lambs, 8s; rams, 28s to 33gns; fat steers, £7 6s; store cows, £4 ss; run cows, £2 10s; dairy heifers, £5 15s; mixed weaners. £2 15s; small weaners, 345; bulls. £4 5s to £ 6 ss.