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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume L, Issue 175, 6 October 1917, Page 2

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WELLINGTON MARKET. {!?>* Telegraph. —Special to Ala.il.) WELLINGTON. Oct, 3. Messrs liurbidge and .Son report jv~ follows on Uie Wellington fruit and produce market: There is an excellent demand for fruit, spring vegetables, pork, poultry, and egge. Prices : — : Apples: Dougherty Ks to 15s 6d, Stunner 13s to 15s 6d. Cambridge Pippin 12s to 13s 6d. Wolseley 12s to 14s 6d. bushel cases. Pears sell at very high prices. \ Eggs Is 4-gd to Is s<l dozen. •> Hhubarb 7s to 12s per doz. bundles., j A'-paragus 6s to 10s per doz. lulls. ! Now potatoes. 4d to"sd per 11). , Pork 6tl to 7J,d per lb. j Poultry : Hens 5s- to 7s 6d, ducks 7s j to :1- pair, turkeys Is Id to Is 4d lb. j Mos-srs Griiiiths and Co.. Ltd., (incorporating Braid and Wallace) ( report as follows on the Wellington fruit and produce market: — Rather increased supplies- of apples have come forward recently ; values remain very fair. Pears:" A few cool-stored pears from Chrietchuvoh came forward to-day. and sold at excellent value", sales being . made as follows:—Cole medium sizes 12s" to-13s, others 9" 6d to lis per halfcase. Easter Beurre lis lb 12s per bushel. 1 Apples: Well-coloured Dougherty. I very scarce, are worth 15s to 16s, others J 12s' to 14s, Sturmer extra choice sound • 12s, Rokewood best 10s to lis, others 8;.6il to 9s 6d, Yatet. (acurcling to sample) 9s to lis. Lord Wolseley lis to ll" 6d. Cambridge Pippin large 10s to 11s. smaller 9s i-< 9s 6.-1. Epps." Needling j choice Ss to 8; 'd, others 6s to 7s. ; Vegetables are in good supply, and j are selling at good rates. j New potatoes 3d to 4d per lb. J Green peas 4s to 4s 6d }>vr perk. j Rhubarb 8s to jOs per dcz. bundles. Asparagus 9s to 12s per doz. bundles. Old potatoes 100s to 120s per, ton, according to variety. ; ■ Poultry, butter, eggs, wanted. j