XMAS MARKET REPORT.
[BT TKt.EC RAW! -SP PCI AT.. ] (Own Correspondent.) Weliingrou. De -. 18. Messrs. Townsend and r’aul report a brisk demand for all fruits fi.-rwn>-<l during the past w»rek. Retailers 'ire now buying supplies for the h".inlay trade and consignments, arriving 11 living the next few days are likely to realise satisfactory prices. Present values-
Apples— Cooker*, large green. 7 C. 86; medium 6 -. 7 - per bushel case.
Strawberries- Exira choice. 13. 19; medium 9d. and 1 - per putire i. Gooseberries.- Choice -1 - and 5 medium 3.6, 3 1» -. lre.il grown 2d. and 2|d. per lb. 'Red Currants—s 6, 66. Tomatoes — l7 - to 19 -. Plums —Early bronze 4 - to 5 cherry plums, ripe. .5 - to 6 6. large green 36t0 4 small 26t0 3 Peaches— Dessert, choice 9 - to h>', good 7 6 to B 'j. eockt-rs 7 - to 7 6. Black Cun-ants— 7 -toB 6. Cherries — Dessert. cheice 9 - to good 7 - to *• Apricots— Choice It - to It -. tiic-iii-tlm 8'- to 9 -. Grapes.- I 3to 2- per il». Peas—: - to 6 - per cental hag. French. Beans— id. to 6d. per lb. Potatoes, plentiful. White varieties 3-6 to 5'6 per rwt. as. per quality. Onions. — -Scarce, new silverskins 11 -to 12 - per < wt. Cucumbers.- 3 -to 5 6 per d'e-z. Fowls 36t0 3 roosters 36 : ducks extra choice 6-. ethers -t'- to 5--; geese 7 to 8 - per pair. Butter- Hwl. to Gyt. Eggs---1 !. Raspberries- Early sHp«>!it’s wili meet good market.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 7, 19 December 1911, Page 5
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242XMAS MARKET REPORT. Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 7, 19 December 1911, Page 5
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