PRDOUCE MARKET

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 18 March 1915, Page 2

PRDOUCE MARKET

Mr. J. Jones, Auctioneer, Victoria and Lome Streets, Auckland, reports :— The fruit and produce^ markets have this week been busy, and a large volume of business has taken place.. Prime potatoes have firmed since last report. Poultry of good reliable class have firmed considerably, though the majority of the birds being sent forward are on the poor side. Butter and • eggs firmed. Pig market low. POULTRY Hens, 1/3 to 2/, good Is to 1/4, others Is to 1/3 ; roosters, prime 3s 6d to 4s 4d, good 3s to 3s 2d, cockrells 1/3 to 2s; ducks, young 1/3 to 3/, old Is to 1/3 ; geese, to 3/6 ; turkeys gobblers 6/ to 8/, hens 3/6 to 4/, «t Pigs, 4/6 to 8/9. . mp FARM PRODUCE Potatoes, prime, 6s to 7s, good 5/10 to 6s sd, po6r 3s to 4s; onions, 7s 6d to 8s ;n picklers 7/6 to 8/6; pumpkins 5s to 6s; swedes, £2 to £2 10s. Vegetables are scarce. DAIRY PRODUCE Eggs fresh 1/6 to 1/8, butter lOd to IOHd, bacon 9d to lOd, cheese 6d to Bd, honey 3s to ss, bulk honey 2d to 3J^d GRAIN Wheat, 6/9 to 8s; oats, 4/10, seed Algerian, 7/6 ; bran, £8 10s; sharps £8 10s ; barley 6s 6d; chaff, local £7 to £7 lOd at station. FRUIT Apples, dessert 3s to ss, good 3s to * to 3/9, cookers 3/ to 4/9; plums, scarce; passion fruit, 1/5 to 2s 3d peaches, good 2/ to 4s, others 1/3 to Is 6d; grapes, 3s to 4/6 ; pears, , Bon Cretion, 4s to 4s 6d, cookers 3s to 4s ; tomatoes, 2s Id to 3s 9d; lemons, choice 6/6 to 9/6. /