PRODUCE IN PALMERSTON.

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue CXXIII, 10 April 1937, Page 6

PRODUCE IN PALMERSTON.

The Dominion Auctioneering;' Company; -Palmerston North,- reports as fol-lows'-Large supplies of frmt^and produce have been coming forward during the past week. There.has been a good demand for peaches, apples, and pears with a particularly keen inquiry for quinces: Good potatoes were in keen demand but inferior lines ,were hard to quit. Both poultry and, pigs were in heavy supply, a slight increase being noticeable with pigs over the pricesl realised last week. Prices for poultry were in advance of those obtained at last week's sale. Realisations 'W|rruit.—Qutaces, 14s to 18s per.bushel case; tomatoes, best 3s to 5s per halfcase 2s to 3s per quarter-case; peais, L.B.X Us to 13s 9d per bushel case Winter Coles 7s-63 to 10s 3d^per bushel case; cooking pears, 5s 9d to 7s Id per bushel case; apples, C.O.P, 7s- to :Us per bushel case, Delicious 5s -to 7s 6d per bushel case, Jonathans 4s 6d to 6s 9d per bushel case, cookers 5s to 7s per bushel case; grapes;" hothousa is 2d to is 5d per lb, outside 9d to lOd per lb; cured lemons, best 18s to 20s per case, others 10s 6d to 14s 6d per -ewe;.peaches, 7s Id to 9s 6d per case; cape gooseberries, 8s to 10s per Jam melons, 7s to 10s per sack; betroot, 9d to Is 6d. per. dozen; celery best, 7d to 9id per stick; carrots, smin bundles Is 3d to Is 6d. per dozen, large bundles 4s to 6s per dozen; cucumbers, 12s 6d to 16s per case; beans, 6s to.Bs 6d per sugar bar; peas best, 12s to 16s per cental .bag, kumeras, 7s 6d to 9s per bag; lettuce, best, 4s to 8s per case; marrows, 3s to 4s 6d per case; onions, 9s to 10s be; per cental bag: potatoes, £6 to £7 per ton; pumpkins, 7s to 8s per large sack; spinach, Is to Is 6d per dozen; rock melons, 7s 6d to 9s per case; water melons; 5s 6d to 10s 6d; cauliflower, best 4s 6d to 6s 6d per sack, seconds Is to 2s 6d per sack; rhubarb, 3s 6d to 4s 6d per dozen; parsnips, 2s to 2s 6d ocr dozen. .-' ■ . Poultry.—A heavy yarding, was cleared at the following _ rates:— Cockerels, heavy breeds 7s to 8s 4d per pair- light breeds 4s 6d to 7s 6d per pair; fat roosters, 5s to, 8s per pair; light roosters, 3s to 5s 2d per pair; fat hens, 5s to 6s per pair; light hens, 2s 6d to 4s per pair; pullets, best 6s to 7s each, medium 4s 3d to 5s 6d each, backward 2s 6d to 3s'6d each; drakes, young 5s to 8s per pair, old 4s to 5s per pair; ducks, young 5s to 7s 6d per pair, old 3s to 4s 6d per pair. Pigs.—A large yarding was sold at the following rates:—Weaners, best 9s 6d to 11s 6d, medium 7s to Bs, small 5s to 7s; slips, 9s 6d to 16s; stores, 14s to 20s; light porkers, 22s 6d to 355.