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WELLINGTON* FRUIT AND PRODUCE MARKET. (Special to Mail.) WELLINGTON, Nov. 1. Laery and Co. advise that a good demand exists for choice dessert pears, gooseberries, green peas, cucumbers, tomatoes, and new potatoes, for which they recommend immediate consignments. Apples have slightly declined in value owing to arrivals of American fruit. Quotations: Tomatoes, hothouse, Is 6d to 2s lb. Pears, choice, Nelis, 'Coles, lis to 12s ; Josephines 10s to lis; Barry 8s to te; L'lnconnue, Easter Beurre 7s to 8s per half case. Apples, choice Doughertys 14s to 15s ; Sturmers 12s 6d to 13s; Rome Beauty, King David 12s 6d to 13s; Washingtons, Wolseley, Cambridge Pipins, 12s to 13s; Etowahs, Rokewoods lis to 12s; medium samples at relative rates. Goseberries 8s to 9s half-case. Green peas, choice, Is 6d to Is lOd peck. New potatoes, choice white, to 3d lb; red sorts 2d to lb. Lettuce, choice heavy, 7s to 8s case. Cucumbers, large 8d to lOd ; medium 5d to 6d each. Fowls, choice young roosters 8s to 9s; hens 6s 6d to 7s 6cl ; ducks 7s 6d to 10s; geese 10s to 12s per pair; turkeys Is Id to Is 4d lb dead weight. Dressed Dork, 80's to 90' a to 8d ; 100's 7£d. " Eggs, fresh crates, Is 4d. Butter, choice dairy milled and farmers' separator, bulk Is 2d lb.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume L, Issue 175, 2 November 1917, Page 3
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221COMMERCIAL. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume L, Issue 175, 2 November 1917, Page 3
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