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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XII, Issue 241, 25 September 1922, Page 7

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WELLINGTON FRUIT AND PRODICE MARKETS. LAERY AND CO.’S REPORT. (Special to “Tribune.”) Wellington, September 23. Messrs. Laery and Co.. Ltd., report on present values on the Wellington market:— Apples: Well coloured popular sizes, Delicious. 18/ to 19/. choice 16/ to 17/ j Jonathans, fancy 10/ to 11/, choice 7/ to 9/; Stunners, fancy 9/6 to 11 , choice 8/ to 9/'; Washingtons, 9/6 to 11/6; Munroes and Molseleys, 8/ to 9/; Statesman, Rome Betauty, and Pioneer, 8/ to 9/; Dougherty, Hawke’s Bay, 12/ to 14/, Nelson 10/ to 12/; Rokewood, 6/6 to 7/ per bushel case. Pears: Nelis and Coles choice, to 2 3-4 inch 18/ to 20/. medium 11 to 16/; Barry, 13/6 to 15/; Keiffers, 9/ to 10/; Vicars 10/ to 11/ per bushel case. Lemons: Auckland,, choice cured, 7/ to 7 6. Poorman oranges: Large 8/ to 9/. Kumaras: Island 14/ to 17/ per banana case. Pumpkins: No demand. Cauliflowers: Choice 16 to 18/ per sack; cabbages, choice 10/ to 14/ per sack. Green peas: 5/ to 5/6 per peck. Eggs: Fresh 1/2 to 1/3 per doz. Butter: Farmers’ separator and dairy 1/4 per lb. Walnuts: Choice, bright 1/1 to 1/2 per lb. Poultry: Fowls. 6/ to 9/; ducks 13/ to 15/ per pair; turkeys, 1/1 io 1/3 per lb. Fungus: 8d to 9d per lb. New potatoes: Choice white 4d to 6d per lb. TOWNSEND AND PAUL’S PRICES. I Messrs. Townsend and Paul. Ltd., report as follows :— | We advise consignments of best ! grades at first opportunity. The following are quotations for best grades:— Apples: Jonathans. 8/ to 8/6; Delicious 16/ to 18/; Munroes. 7/ to 8/; Lord Wolseleys, 9/; Dougherty’s 10/ to 14/; Epps, 7/; Washingtons. 10/ to 11/; Sturmers, 8/ to 11/. Pears: Coles and Nelis. *l7/ to 20/; Vicars. 10/; P. Burry. 10/ to 12/6: Keiffers. 10/. Potatoes: £9 per ton. New potatoes: 3 l-4d to 4d per lb. Green peas: 4/ per peck. Cucumbers: 8/ to 12/ per dozen. Lettuce: 6/ per case. Onions: ’Frisco 18/ per crate. Cabbages: Good. 10/ per sack; cauliflovers, 10/ per sack. Parsnips: 6/ per sack. Carrots. Good 6/ per sack. Spinach : 5/6 per case. Pumpkins: 5/ to 6/ per sack. Eggs: Fresh 1/2 per doz. Fungus: Wanted. 8d per lb. Butter: Separator. 1 4 per lb Poultry: Hens, 1/6 to 5/6; cockerels heavy. 8 ; light. 5/6 to 6/; ducks, 9/ t° 10/; geese, 10/; turkeys. 1/ per lb. Skins, hides, fat. and tallow at market rates. Dressed pork: 70’s to 100’s, 6d jier lb., prime (xl per lb., choppers 4j per HASTINGS SATURDAY 7 MARKET REPORT. Gill Bros, report on business done ur their Hastings stock and market sale on Saturday, when the following prices were realised:—Poultry: Good table birds made up to Ils, others 6s 8d to 9s 4d, laying hens to 10s Bd, a line of 8.0. 1 year laying hens made Ils 4d, cockerels 9s 6d to 10s 4dfi ducks (is 25 to 9s Bd, all at per pair, day old chicks 9s to 14s per doz. Pigs: Good Weancrs made up to 20s, others 15s to 18s (id, slips 21s Io 255. light porkers 24s to 345. Dairy stock: Jersey cow springing £l5 10b, do. in profit £l2s 15s, S.H. Jersey heifer just in £B, Hal. cow in profit £7 Iss, do. springing 8s sd, Jersey cross cow springing £l9 15s. We have buyers for good sound cows General: We sold a chest of earpen ter z ’s tools, a quantity of bacon, a body and a hall' of beef and pork, quantity of harness, seperator, gent’s saddle, and gent’s byke, dessert apples 2s (id to 4s 6d, 2 eases organcs 2s to 2s (id ] case, table potatoes 13s to 14s (id, pig 2s 6d to 3s, seed 14s cwt, onions 2|d lb, pumpkins 2s to 3s per doz, barley Ils, oats 14s, cob maizno (is to Bs, lucerne Is 6d, clover hay 3s fid, and the usual farm sundries at ruling prates. Beard, Bullen and Co. report having offered over 500 head of poultry 211 pigs and a full yarding of dairy jstock at their market sale on Saturday last, and quote the following prices. Turkey gobblers 28s to 41s, turkey hens 18s to 255, ducks 7s 8d to Ils, table fowls up to 108 for extra heavy good to 9s Sd, others 7s 8d to 10s, cockerels 8s to 13s, pullets 8s lOd to 1 Is (id. Pigs: P.B. prinrn weancrs made to 19s fiT, good to 14s, others 8s to Us fid, runts 5s to 7s (id, slips 12s fid to 21s, stores good to 235, others 17s to 21s Bd, light porker 25s to 375, prime porkers made up to 37« (id, sow and litter of 4 £6 Is. Dairy cows: Jerseys in profit- and on drop realised from £1) to £l4, and Jer-sey-Hulstein crosses from £9 10s to £l3 l()s. Wo sold several sets hames -from £4 Is to £fi 10s, corrugated iron, tools and all farm sundries at good prices. Fruit and produce as follows: Apples 4s to fis, table potatoes 10s fid to 16s, pig do 2s 9d to 3s, maize cobs 7s to Bs, chaff 4q oats 14s, all per sack. We report excellent inquiries for choice guaranteed dairy cows and table potu toes are wanted in any quantities.