FRUIT AND PRODUCE REPORT.
Messrs Thomas Paterson and Co., Manse sticet, report March 14: —
FiuH. — The market is still overstocked with locally-grown apples. Plums ara now in short supply, and any good samples sell lendily. Pears are also in better vuluc. Apples: Cooking, Is Gd to 4s per case; beat dessert, lid* lo 2d. Oranges : Italian, wholes, 17s to 18s.. Lemons. Mcssinn, 25-i, half-ca^e, 14s. Peart, 3d to 2id. Plums, lkl to 3d. Teviot peaches, ljd to 3d. Apricots, td to 4Jd. Green, peas, 6s to 9s per cwt. Tomatoes : Hothouse, 3d to 4d; Christchurch, Hd to 2d. Grapes, 6d to 9d. Raspberries, sd.
Produce — l<vp^h butter, 6d to 7d; salt, 6:1 to 7id. Bacon- Roll, 6d to 6id Hams, 7kl to Sd. Pigs, 3d to 3|d: Cheese: Factory 4^d to 3d, farmers', 4d to <Ud. Onions, £4 to £4 10a. Potatoes: Peninsula, 35s to 40s; Derwents, £2 to £2 2a f«L
Poultry.' — Hens, 2s ' 6d ; roosiers, 3s to 4s ; ducks, 3s to 4s. Turkeys: Hens, Gd to 7d per lb; cocks, 93. We receive all descriptions of farm produce for sale on commission.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2402, 15 March 1900, Page 38
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184FRUIT AND PRODUCE REPORT. Otago Witness, Issue 2402, 15 March 1900, Page 38
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