PRODUCE IN PALMERSTON.

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 108, 8 May 1937, Page 6

PRODUCE IN PALMERSTON.

The Dominion Auctioneering Com-| pany.. Palmerston North, reports as follows:—There has been a good.supDly of apples coming forward during the week and the price has been nrm. Vegetables are now in much keener demand and there has been a rising tendency for all, classes, particularly a eood demand for lettuce, cauh- ,; flower, and cabbage. A large, entry ( of-poultry came forward the price beina firm at last week's rates. : Pigs were fairly hard to dispose of, the cold weather 'evidently having effect ron the market. Realisations were as folTomatoes, 3s to 6s per case; quinces, 18s to 21s per case; pears, Winter Coles 10s 3d to Us 9d per three-quarter-bushel, cooking pears 6s 6d tc 7s ad per case; apples. Delicious, best 5s 6d to 7s id per bushel, others 4s to ss; Jonathan, best 5s 6d to 6s 6d per bushel; Ballarats, 6s to 7s 6d per bushel; Stunners, 6s to 7s per bushel; ; grapes, hothouse, 2s to 2s 4d per lb: lemons, best 15s to 17s 6d per case, . others 10s 8d to 14s; cape gooseber- ; ries 6s to 9s per case; passion fruit. 10s to 12s' 6d per case; parsnips, 3s 9d to 4s 6d per case; rhubarb, 3s to 5s 6d fer dozen; cauliflowers, best 8s 6d to Us per case, small bags 4s 6d to 7s 6d; cabbages, 6s to 8s per sack, 4s to 5s per bag; spinach, 3s 6d to 5s per case; pumpkins, 6s 6d to 8s per bag; potatoes, £7 to £8 per ton; onions, 8s 6d to 9s 6d per cental; marrows, 2s 6d to 3s 6d per case; lettuce, lls per case; kumaras, 6s 6d to 8s 6d per sugar bag; peas, 12s to 17s 6d per cental; beans, 6d to B£d per lb; carrots, Is to 2s per dozen; celery, 8s to 12s per case; beetroot, 6d to Is per . dozen; jam melons, 9s to lls per sack. Poultry.—Cockerels, heavy breeds, 7s to 8s per pair; light breeds, 5s to 7s 6d per pair; fat roosters, 5s to 7s per pair; light roosters, 4s to 5s 6d per pair; fat hens, 5s to 7s1 per pair; light hens, 3s to 5s per pair; pullets, best, 6s to 7s 8d each; drakes, young 5s to 8s per pair, old 4s 6d to 5s per pair; ducks, 5s 6d to 7s per pair, old 4s to 5s 6d per pair. Pigs.—Weaners. best 7s 6d to 10s 6d, medium 6s to 7s, small and backward 4s to ss; slips,-9s to 14s; stores, 9s "to 16s; light porkers, 25s to 30s.