MARKET REPORT

Chronicle (Levin), 25 July 1946, Page 2

MARKET REPORT

POULTRY IN DEMAND Messrs. Townsend and Paul, Ltd., fruit and produce merchants, Wellington, report that supplies of 'fruit have been limited again 1 since last reporting. Passion fruit, Chinese gooseberries and tree have all been wanted, while all varieties of citrus have realised Qeiling. Flower auctions have once again been well attended, values if anything showing an improvement upon those obtaining last period. Most varieties of vegetables have also been sought, pumpkins, new potatoes, green peas, parsnips and kumeras all being wanted, while rhubarb has met with keener inquiry. Only small yardings of poultry have now been offered, prime birds again being in demand. I Quotations are: — Chinese gooseberries, 20/-, 37/6; tree tomatoes, 24/-, 35/-; passion fruit, 27/6,^40/-i-case; all citrus, ceiling; beetToot, 3/-, 12/-; celery, 16/-, 31/-; leeks, 14/-, 20/-; lettuce, 5/-, 18/-; turnips, 5/-, 8/6; rhubarb, 25/-, 34'/-; spinach, 4/-, 27/6 case; carrots, 6/-, 12/6; cauliflowers, 10/-, 27/6; marrows, 19/-, 25/- (short supply) ; swedes, 4/-, 7/- sack; parsnips, cabbage, pumpkins, ceiling; peas, 1/2, 1/4; new potatoes, 3d, 4d lb. Hens, heavy, 6/-, 13/-; light, 4/-, 6/-; cockerels, 3/6, 15/- (according to weight) ; pullets, best, 10/-, 19/-; lothers, 5/-, 9/-; roosters, 5/-, 7/6; geese, 7/-, 9/-; ducks, young, 8/-, 14/-; old, 4/6, 8/-; turkeys, 2/-, 2/4 lb. live weight.