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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 121, 8 May 1911, Page 11

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WEEKLY PRODUCE REPORT.

Wellington, May 5. The New Zealand Farmers' Co* aperative Distributing Co., Ltd., report as follows Potatoes are in full supply, very large consignments arriving from South, no doubt in anticipation of a decline in values when the main Southland crop comes in. The quality’ of Canterbury' onions is still fair, and they sell freely. Vegetables and fruit are unchanged from last week, excepting that cabbage is high in price. Fresh eggs have taken a sharp decline, now quoting at ]/10. and preserved will probably weaken somewhat. Walnuts are in good demand. Potatoes —Prime, £5 to £6 per ton.

Onions—Globes, £5/10/- per ton. Cabbage—4/- to 7/6 per sack. Green Peas—Hutt, 1/- per peck. French Beans —lu per lb. Carrots—3 6 to 4/- per sack. Swedes. —1/6 to 2/6 sack. Cauliflower—6/- to 7/- per sack. Marrows —1/6 to 3’- per sack. Turnips—White, 4d to 5d doz. Lettuce —3/- to 4/9 per case. Pumpkins—3/- to u/- per sack. Pie Melons —3 - P er sack. Cucumbers. —3/6 per half-case. Passion Fruit—N.Z., 5'- to 5/6 half-case.

Dessert Apples—s/6 to 8/- per case. Cooking Apples— 4/- to 4/6 per case. Tomatoes—3/- to 6 - per .’-case. Pears—Dessert, 4/- to 5/- per Jcase ; cookers, 5,/- to 6/- per case. Grapes —lid per lb. Quinces —3/6 to 4/- per case. Butter—Separator, lOd ; dairy, 91d per lb. Cheese—Best factory mediums, sfd per lb; loaf, 7d per lb Dressed Pork—7o’s to 90’s 4|d; 90’s to 100’s 4^d; baconers, 4d; choppers (heavy), 21 d ; suckers, 51 d to 6d. Eggs—Fresh, 1,10 per doz. Preserved Eggs—l/3 to 1/4 per doz. Bacon—Factory sides 7d, roll« 9d ; hams, 9£d per io. Honey—3l dto 4d per lb. Slow of sale. Beeswax—l'B per lb. Fungus—4d per lb. Walunts—6d per lb. Tallow—Tins, 25/- cwt. Poultry—Cockerels, 5/6 for good birds ; table roosters, 5/- ; table hens, 3/6; ducksj, o/ ; turkey goblers, 9d per lb; hens, 8d per lb, live weight. Maize—3/6 per bus. Wheat—4/- per bus. Barley (feed) —3/3 per bus. Barley (Cape)—3/10 per bus. Pollard.—£7/10/- per - ton. Bran—£s/10/- per ton. Molasses Fodder—£s/5/- per ton. Chaff—Oaten sheaf, £5/15/- per ton. Hay.—Prime, £4/10/- to £5 per ton. Sucrosine—£6/10/- per ton. Straw—Wheaten, £2/15/- . per ton. Linseed Oil Cake—Genuine, £l3 per ton. Cocoanut Oil Cake—B/6 per cwt. Oats.—Feed, 3/- per bushel. Oats Seed, Sparrowbills, Gartons, Duns, Black Tartars, 3/3; Storm Kings, 3/6; Algerians, 3/8 per bus. Oats—Crushed, 3/3 per bus.

Lundon, Stewart and Co., Ltd., report the following prices at their market sale : —Cows, springing, £lO 10/-; pigs, weaners, 6/1 to 8/1, slips 8/- to 9/-, light porkers 14/- to 15/-; poultry, hens, 3/1 to 5/-. cockerels 2/10 to 6 -, ducks 2/10 to 6/6, turkeys 11/6 to 12/6, all per pair ; table, potatoes 6/- to 8/- per sack, pig potatoes 2- to 3/3 per sack; maize 4/3 per sack ; pumpxins 2/- to 2/9 per sack, loose 2/- to 2/6 per doz: onions Id to 11 per lb; apples 3/to 4/-, tomatoes 3/3, pears 2/9, all per half case; melons and other produce at last quotations.