FRUIT AND PRODUCE MARKET.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 49, 26 February 1916, Page 9

FRUIT AND PRODUCE MARKET.

The fruit and produce markets liave been very busy this week, and full shipments have been received. Dessert pears and tomatoes are aiming, and apples, best dessert and cookers, are selling well. •• William Bon Chretien " pears have come forward In exceptionally heavy lines, and naturally the market has declined. The Talune, from Fiji, is due on Monday with oananas. The potato market Ik ujisot'.sfactory, aud owing to better -supplies coming forward prices have eased for the moment "to "sonic considerable .ex-tent.. Onions r are,. unaltered. Fresh eggs and larnrers' butter 'are lfl nmad. —" "" ' ~

Field ProAice^-irotatoes:'"'Local, prime, £9; medium, 4/G to 6/-. Onions: Local, £5 10/-. ■: . , Dalrr Produce—■rtutter: Farmers', in prints, 1/2. Eggs: Fresh, 1/8. I'Yuit.—Apples: Ixical, coloured, extra superior, dessert, case, 6/8 to 7/6; good, 5/-; cooking. 4/6 to 5/-. Pears: Bon Chretien, from 5/3 to 7/-: others, dessert, 3/6 lo 4/-; cooking, 4/- to 4/6. Plums: English varieties, small, 3/-- Peaches: Coloured, best, up to o/C: good. 2/« to 4/-. Grapes: Hothonse, per lb, 1/-. Tomatoes: Hothouse, per box, 2/- to 2/9. Oranges: Island, case, 8/-. Lemons: Local, prime, best, case, 7/- t0 &/-'• local, rough and coarse, ense, 3/- to 4/-. Quinces, per case, 3/6 .to 4/-. Passion fruit, per case, 2/- to 2/6. Melons: Water, 1/3 to 2/- each. Walnuts, per lb, 74d. iPeamits, per lb, 2J3.

Poultry.—Hens, each, 1/10 to 3/3. Table roosters, best, each 3/- to 4/6: light, 1/6 to 2/6. DueSs, each, 1/6 to 2/6. Chicks, each, fid to 1/-.