MARKET REPORT.
Messrs Thomas Paterson and Co., auctioneers, fruit and general -produce agents, report for the week ending April 24: — Market is very barely supplied. Apples. — Cooking — Inferior, 2s Gd to 4s ; gocd, 5s to 7s ; dessert, 7s 6d to lls. Oranges : Islands, 6s to Bs. Lemons : Messina halves, 83 6d. Bananas: Green 10s 6d to 12=. Tomatoes: Christchurch, 41d to 6\d ; outside, 2Jd to 4d. Grapes, 9d to Is. Produce. — Butter : Fresh dairy, 7id to 9d ; sepatator, 104 to lid. P.gs, 3Jd ; heavyweights, 2Jd to 3d. Honey, 3*d to id per ib. Beeswax, Is 3d. Poultry in heavy supply. Roosters 2s 6d to 3s 6d; hens, 2s; ducks, 2s to 3s 9d ; tuikeya, gobblers 7d to 9d per ?■>. hens 5d to 6d. Potatoes: Best whites and Derwent?, £9 to £10. Onions- Canterbury and Auckland. £6 10s to JE7. Cabbages, 2s 6d to 3s per sack; cauliflowers, 2s 6d to 4s 6d ; pea?, IJd to 2d per Ib. Horsehair, Is 4d to Is 6d per 1b
Note. — Country orders for small lots of fruit must be accompanied with remittance. Case lots only.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2719, 25 April 1906, Page 37
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182MARKET REPORT. Otago Witness, Issue 2719, 25 April 1906, Page 37
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