PRODUCE MARKET

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 22 February 1917, Page 3

PRODUCE MARKET

A^R. J. JqNES, Auctioneer, Victoria and kgr^e. Streets, Auckland, reports:— The market this week h.as been very goqd, and prices qn most lines are firmer. Poultry and pigs are a.bout the game as last w^eek. Most hens coming for-ward are in mqult. Ife t POULTRY ,-A-r' Hens, prime 2s 6d to 3s 2d, good 2s 4d ;v r r to 2s sd, others Is lOd to 2s 3d ; ducks, "' young 2s to 3s 4d, old Is 6d to 2s 3d ; roosters, prime up to 4s 6d, good 3s 3d " to 4s, cockrells Is 6d to 2s 4d, chickens .*'* Is to Is 2d ; turkeys, gobblers 8s 6d to 14s, hens 3s 3d to 6s. Pigs, 10s to 15s. FARM PRODUCE Potatoes, prime £7 10s to £8 6s, good £7~ others'£6 to £.6'lQs; pumpkins 7,s ; gyjedes £<j; ~jcumera^ B,s. IiAJRY PRQHUCE Butter Is Id, eggs Is 6d to Is 7d, cheese 9M&, hams 10Hd to ll^d", sides 9H& to HHd, honey 3^d to 4^d. FRUIT Apples, choice dessert 8s 6d, good 6s to 7s, cookers 5s to 6s 6d ; pears, 6s 6d to 63 9d ; plums, Burbanks 4s to 5s 6d, Ogans 4s to 6s, English varieties 5s to 7s 6d; peaches 3s 6d to 6s 6d ; grapes 7d to fUd 5 passions 2s 6d Jto 3s fid; tomatoes mok j ■ l ; k '■-•' r GRAIN Maize 5s 3d, wheat 7s, oats 3s lOd to 4s 2d, "bran '£5 ss, sharps £7 lQs, barley 4s 9(j; Southern chaff £7 15s,