PRODUCE MARKETS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXIII, Issue 142, 16 June 1892, Page 2

PRODUCE MARKETS.

( "■Mr JpEx. Aitki-k reports 'good business at thejf lea held this week. Potatoes continue demand;: Napier, £2 5s to £2 IQl| Ganterbary, £2" 103 to £2 15s; Faiki), £2 to £2' 10s; Taranaki, £2- l| to. £2 15s;- kidney seed, £4 to £5; Magnum Bonum seed, £4 to £4 lOi Onions remain a drug. Prime Sbuthf n sold at £3 10s to £4 10s ; pumpkins,* t? £2 10s per ton ; kumeras, 7a to 9s p| cwb ; carrots,-25s to 30s per tori"; manglds, 208. Fowl.wheat is quobedab frpmsf bo 38 3d ; feed barley, 3s to 3s 3d ;' oatsjhort feed, 2s 4d to 2s 6d ; sharps, 53 ; m bran, 4s 6d per bushel; Butter : A yen active demand exists, all lots sell-ing-j| arrival. Prime spring-made keg realild Is per lb ; summer-made, lid to ilidlkeg butter, lOd ; inferior, 5d to 9d ; Tarapki, Is Id to In 2d ; fresh dairy, 13 2cfto Is 3d ; second quality, lid to Is., Eggi: Guaranteed, Is 3d to la 4d ; good pickld, 10d to 10^d. Cheese is reiriarkablylscarce; prime dairy brought sd; medffni, 4d to 4Jd; good factory, 5d to s^dfloaves, 6d. • Bacon and hams are comingfprwafd in large quantities, but the quaf y and get-up generally is poor ; best •lotsjproughb 5d to 6d; hams, 6d to 7£d ; pbbi-lota, 2d to 4d. Lard in kegs broighb 4^d per lb ; in bladders, sd. ]Eowy in sections is in good request at 4s perfoz; in tins, 3d to 3^d per lb ; and in bull 3d. Fruit: Apples have been lower, in Jralue owing to the large quantity of Nelon and Hobart fruib coming to hand. Goal lobs brought 2d to 2Jd ; medium, lsd to||Sd. Lemons are scarce, large ones reading lOd to Id; small, 6d to 9d per doij'n; Cape gooseberries, 4Jd to 5d per Ibi Poultry were entered inlargequantities, ani prices ranged higher than last week. Pigs have also been in fair demand at Bli|htly, bebter prices. Jlr R. Arthttr, auctioneer, reports priduce sold freely this week. Potatoes soW at from £2 10s to £3 per ton ; pumpkaa, £2 to £2 ss; kumeras, 5s 6d per cwb.; carrots; Is 3d to Is 6dj onions, vjd to Id per. 1(| oats, 2s to 2s 3d per bushel; maize, 2s; bfiter, fresh,; Is to Is 2Jd ; keg, B|d to lid; baconi local, 4Jd to 6d per lb: bins, ,5d to 7d; Canterbury farmers' pore, 4sd to sd; cheese, best,. 4^d t| 4jd; poor lots, 2Jd to 3Jd; jjneyy. 2^d to 3d per. lb in bulk. Fruit: Ohinemuri apples,* 2d; Winter M ajefcin,ifd to 2d ;' Stone Pippin, l|d to Id; French Crabs, 2d ; Shockley, 2d; pymer, 2cl to 2Jd; gaavas, 2£d per lb; 6d to 7d. Poultry : Bockerels, Is 9d to 2s 6d each; poor |irds, Is Id to Isl4d ; table fowls, Is 6d to fe'l hen turkeys;, 3s to 3s 6d ; gobblers; 4s Jd;to'6B.-;. ; v;./|5-' v-?,;*:-■ V- .-;;; ■' ;.;y, ; .,.. ■;•