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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIV, Issue 3, 3 January 1903, Page 2

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AUCKWIND FRUIT AND PRODUCE * . MARKETS,

The Auckland Fruit and Produce Auo. tioneers' Association quote:— Field Produce.—Potatoes: New round, 5/ cwt; mw kidneys. 5/6 to 6/6; poor samples, 2/6 to 3/. Onions: Local, seed, Id lb; potato |d to 3d; Victorian, £1 10/ to £7 10/ ton; maize, 4/ bushel. ~ * ■«, %. Vegetables.Green peas, BJd to 1/ peck; French beans, 1/. . Dairy Produce.— Dairy butter, in print.} or rolls, first quality, 7d to 8d lb; separg* tor, 8d to 9d; pastry, 6d to 7d; farmers' keg, firsts 6d to 7d, second? sd; milled, is bulk, %d; factory rolls, lOJd; eggs, fresh, 9d to 10d dozen; cheese, farmers', 4Jd to Bd lb; factory, 6id to 6d; loaf, 6d tp 6Jd; bacon, farmers', 8d to 9d; factory, 9d te lOd; hams, farmers', 8d to 9d. Fruit (Quotations for standard cases and boxes pjiJy)-—Apples, local, cooking, 1/6 to 3/ box; pears, dessert, 2/ to 8/6 case; plums, English varieties, 8/ to 8/; grapes, hothouse, V to 1/6 lb; tomatoes, hot» house, 4(i to 7Jd; lemons, good, 9/ to 12/ case, coarse 8/ to 8/6; cherries, local blackheart, 8d to 1/ Jb, Sydney 11/ DP3T, oranges, local, 12/ case, Californian 20/, passion fruit, 13/; gooseberries, 2/3 to 3/; currants, Bid to 6d Ibi watermelons, 1/6 to 3/ each! peanuts, 3d lb; bananas, 3/ to 5/ bunch, Zid lb; pines, 5/ to 8/ crate; cocoafiuts, 5/5 to 6/ sack. ... Poultry.—Hens, 1/6 to 2/4 each; table roosters, 2/6 to 3/8: ducks, 1/B to 3/; geese, g/6 to 3/; chicks, 6d to 1/; turkeys, b'ley3 6/ to 7/6, hens 3/ to 5/. Miscellaneous.— Young pigs, 8/ jfco. 11/ each;