WELLINGTON FRUIT AND PRODUCE MARKETS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 10 September 1909, Page 2

WELLINGTON FRUIT AND PRODUCE MARKETS.

(Speoial to "Mail-') The New Zealand Farmers' Co-opera-tivo Distributing Company, Limited, report as follows on the ...llington fruit and produce markets under date Bth jjnst . : — Maize, 4s 6d to 4b 8d a bushel. Wheat— Whole fowl 4s 9d to 4s 10s. Barley — Cape seed 2s 9d a bushel , feed 2s 6d to 2s .9d a bushel. Oats, feed 2s 3d to 2s 4d, crushed seed Sparowbirlls, Cartons, Duns, 2s 6d to 2s Bd. Algerians 2s 4d a bushel ; '.'rushed 2a 7d a bushel. Partridge peas, 4s 3d :i bush.'l ; Vrussian blue peas 5s 6d a bushel. Dressed cocksfoot, 7_d a lb. Dressed ryegrass, 4s 9d a bushel. Superphosphate (best), §s a top. Hay (prime), £3 to £4 a ton. Straw, oaten, 37s 6d, whenten 40s a ton, Bran, £4 10s a ton. Pollard, £5 10s a ton Barley meal, £5 5s a ton ; extra quality • •'•■.•. Sucrosinp, 200's £7; 100's £7 5s a ton ... Prime oaten sheaf chaff, £3 to £3 5s a ton Potatoes, £.4 10s to £4 15s a .ion , Onions, £5 a ton. Butter, separator, bulk, Bid; pats 9_d, dairy Bd a lb. Eggs, fre«h, ls a dozen; good demarl. Cheese, best factory, mediums, 53d to 6d a lb. Honey, 60's 4d, 14's 4_d a lb. Walnuts, 5d a lb. Bacon, sides Bd, rolls 9d, hams S_d a lb. Porkers, 70's to 90's 5d to s_d, _o's to 100's sd, baconers 4_d to 44<i ; heavy pigs 3d to 3Jd a lb. Cabbage, 3s a sack. Cauliflowers, 3s a sack. Carrots, table 2s 9d to 3s a sack. Marrows, Is 6cl a sa;k. Pumpkins, 3s a sack. Swedes, fOs a ton-. Apples, dessert 9s 6d a. case; ccc.kers, 6s 6d a case. Poultry— Table roosters, 4s 6d to ss, cockerels 5s to 5s 6d, table hens 4s to ss, ducks 6s §d to 7s 6d, geesjs 6s 6d to 7e — al lat a pair. Turkey gobblers 9d, hens Br— a lb. Poultry in excellent demand.