FRUIT AND AND PRODUCE REPORT.
Messrs Thomas Paterson and Co., fruit a«d produce agents, Stanpe street, report Februa y 3:— " Fruit. — We are landing to-day bananas. Italian oranges, pears, plums, we quote-: Oranges : Italian, 25s to 2Bs ; half-eases, 13s to 14s ; Sydney, 12a. Lemons: Italian, 22s 6d to 255; Sydney, 10b. Teviot , fruit : We ate receiving daily peaches, apricots f and plums. Plums, 2Jd to 3d. Peaches, 4d to sd. Apricots (nearly done), 5d to 6d. Tomatoes': Nelson, 4d to 4Jd ; hothouse, 6d ; outside, 4dto sd. Grape?. 9d to 1«. Cucumbers, 4s ■6d to 6s per dozen.'' 'Raspberries, sid to 6d pt-r lb (wanted). • Strawberries, done. Gooseberries, Id "per lb. Green peas, 5s to 8s per cwt. Potatoes : Peninsula, 7s to Sj ; northern, 6s 6d to 7s 6d. Rhubarb, 6s to 8s per cwt. Apples : ' Dessert, 2Jd to 3d ; cooking, IJd to 2Jd. Produce. — Eggs, wanted ; very pcaice, and sharp lise in /prices. Fresh butter, fid to 8d ; prime salt, 6d to 7d. Bicon : " Roll, s}d. Hams, 7d to 7Jd. Ch-ese : Old factory, 3d to 4d ; prime, 4id to 4Jd Pig 3, 3Jd to .HJd (wanted) Poultry, iv fair demand. Onions, Melbourne, £9 to £9 10s.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2240, 4 February 1897, Page 27
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196FRUIT AND AND PRODUCE REPORT. Otago Witness, Issue 2240, 4 February 1897, Page 27
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