PALMERSTON PRODUCE.

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 55, 6 March 1937, Page 7

PALMERSTON PRODUCE.

The Dominion Auctioneering Company, Palmerston North, reports as follows: —Large quantities of fruit' and produce came ' forward during • the week, prices of produce showing a weakening tendency. We quote as follows: — . ■ . Fruit: Peaches, best 8s 6d to 10s 2d, others 6s to 7s 6d; plums, 7s to 9s per case; nectarines, 7s ■to 10s- 6d; grapes, hothouse to Is Id per lb, outside sd. to 7d per lb; lemons, 10s 6d to 12s 6d per case; raspberries,-8s ,6d to 12s per tin; greengages, 10s to 11s 6d per case; tomatoes, halves 3s to ss, quarters 2s to 3s; apples, C.O.P. 8s tolls 3d per bushel case, Jonathans 5s 6d to 7s od per case, Delicious 6s to 8s per case, cookers 4s 9d to 7s per case; pears, LB.J. 10s 6d per case, cooking pears 5s 6d to 6s 3d per case; pineapples, 10s to 17s per case; bananas, 14s to 18s per Produce: Jam melons, 5s to 7s per bag; beetroot. 6d to Is per dozen; celery, 6d to 7*d per stick; carrots, 9d to Is 3d per dozen; large bunches, 2s 6d to 3s per dozen; cauliflower, 3s 9d to 7s 8d per bag; cabbage, 2s to 4s. 6d per bag; cucumbers, 7s to 10s 6d per case; beans, Id to 3d per lb; peas, per sugar bag Is 6d to. 3s 6d; kumeras, 5s 6d to 6s 6d per bag; lettuce, Is. to 3s per case; marrows, Is 3d to 2s 6d per case; onions, 5s to 6s- per bag; potatoes, £5 15s to £7 15s per ton; pumpkins, small 5s to 7s 9d per bag; spinach, Is to Is 6d per dozen. Poultry: There was another large yarding of. poultry, a total1 clearance being made at the following realisations—Forward W.L. pullets, 8s 4d each, medium 4s to 5s each, backward 2s 6d to 3s 6d each; cockerels, heavy breeds 5s 6d to 9s 6d per pair, light breeds 4s to 6s per pair; fat roosters, 4s 6d to 7s 6d per pair; light roosters, 2s 4d to 5s lOd per pair; fat hens, 4s 6d to 7s per pair; light hens, 2s 2d to 4s 4d f>er pair: drakes, young 5s to Bs, old 3s 6d to 5s 6d per pair; geese, 7s 6d to 8s 6d per pair. Pigs: Realisations were as follows — Weaners, small 5s to Bs, best 14s 6dto 16s- slips, 8s to 16s; stores, small 12s to 16s large 20s to 295; light porkers, 38s to 445; sows, to £2 10s.