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Waikato Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 2776, 29 April 1890, Page 2

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Tho Waikato Times Office, Monday. AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKETS. Mil Alex. Aitken's Market Report for the week ending April 20.—Business for the week lias been very brisk, and produce of all kinds has been in full supply. Potatoes particularly plentiful, and of poor qmility, excepting Waikato lots, which gave satisfaction. These move freely at £4 to £4 10s, Hacks extra; other inferior lots, 30 s to 40s ; medium, £3 to £3 ss; cow potatoes, glutted, at 18s to 25s per ton ; oats, local, plentiful, at Is 10d to 2s; wheat prime, 3s 2d to 3s 3d; medium, 3s; bran, £4; sharps, scarce, at £5 ; pumpkins. Is to 3s ; cabbages, 2s to 2s (id ; carrots, 2s fid to 3s ; mangolds, 20s to 30s; garlic, plentiful, with no demand. Onions : Full supplies. Prices have ranged from Gs to 8s ; picklers, Jd. Bacon and hams: A fai'r quantity of new local entered. All cleared tic 8d to 9d for hams, and (id to 7d for bacon; inferior, 4d to 4Jd. Cheese continues plentiful. Farmers' makes, 3d to 3jd ; inferior, 2d to lUd ; factory, large s'zes, 4|d ; loaves, sjjd ; farmers' (owes, 41. Butter: The market has been glutted with inferior. Upwards of one ton received. Prime lots realised 4.jd toSd ; other lots, Id to 4d. Keg butter: Some prime lots to hand met with fair demand at GJ,d to Sd ; pastry, all cleared at 3d. Eggs: Fair supply, prices ruled from Is -Id to 2s for fresh lots, a\id Is 2d to Is 3d for Rood pickled lots. Honey : Most lots cleared ; section, 3d to 3gd ; bulk, 2d to 2id ; clover, to 4d. In the poultry department the supply has been large; all pens filled ; first class table lots, Is 7d to 2s Id ; poor, young, small, Is 2d to Is 4d ; roosters, young, in condition, Is 8d to 2s 4d each ; small, Is 3d to Is (id ; ducks, good supply, at 2s Id to 2s (id ; turkeys, 2s lid to ss. Pigs in good supply, met with better demand, at Gs to ;li for best lots ; others, 3s' (id to os 3d. Fruit has been entered in very large quantities at both sales, and prices have been very satisfactory; good cooking apples, id to Igd; Ohinemuri and stone pippin, to Iyd ; Blenheims, good, to Ljd: over ripe, Id to Id : Cox's orange, VA to 2d ; Adams' pearmain, 2d ; golden russet, ljd to ; poor and damaged apples, Ja to |d ; Northern Spy, ljd to 1-Jd ; Boston, 1,-jd to 2d ; first-class Beurre Diel pears, to 3d ; medium, ljd to 2d ; over ripe, 1«J to IVi ; Napoleons, Id to ljd ; Winter Nalis, 3d"; quinces, 1 Ad ; passion fruit, 3d to 3Ad ; walnuts, to 81; lemons, t.W to Is !)d per dozen, according to size; water melons, 2s (id to 3s Gd per dozen ; tomatoes, Id to I'/d ; medlars, ; t 'd ; bananas, Id to lAd ; oranges, 8d; dessicated cocoannt, 7Ad, poor demand.