Local Produce Market

Southland Times, Issue 19499, 31 December 1904, Page 4

Local Produce Market

The following is our weekly report on the condition of tho local produce ahrr markets : — l General. — AH old Derwent potatoes oiler., ing are lieing readily disposed of at from £4/ 10s to £5 10s per ton ;. new potatoes are in better supply, the imported variety:realising ljd per n>, local and Peninsula 2d por tb. New onions are of good quality, and' there is a fair demand. Only the early Globe are available, and these aro sold nt 14s per cwt. There is prac- ; tically nothing doing in produce. Fruit. Ls in largo supply, und, with the exception of bananas, prices are reasonable.; B£Lxta.xi£LS, ripe, average from 24s to "lOe, I green 16d to 20a. orangea and lemons: 14s. cherries 10.n Od to 14s 6d per box, ; apricots Ds to 10s Gd, tomatoes ls to is 2d, strawberries is 2d to ls dd. Poultry ia iw fairly g'dnd supply: Hens ls Id to ls« LOd, roosters as Hd. clucks Is lld to 2a sd, young ducks Is 9d, geeso 3s to <}s 3d, turkey gobblers Us tid to 14s od. hens 4's Oil to Bs. A fairly heavy entry of pigs Inst week saw late pricea well maintained.- Suckers Gs to 10s, weaners ISs to lGs, slips 19s to 28s t Oats. — There hns been an improvement in the oat market during the week. In addition to the continued demands froih Auckland and the NortJi. Island generally, enquiries have been received from Western Australia for considerable quantities. The business pending with tine ICast has not yet come to anything, but a further enquiry for i)000 has 'been mode in the Invercargill maVket.' Tt is doubtful. ho«l?ver. whether local merchants would undertake the orcfcjr in Yttfw of the small stocks Held and the few samples ottering from the country. Prices- haye advanced filily Itl per bushel; .-"'"' an'd owing to' the; scarcity of U grade buyers are accepting f.a.q. and C grade sumples. Th& stocks held are- not large, and the improvement in prices is- not likely to last till the* end, of the season. Buyers are offering foi euinple^ coming into the market ls 3d to ' Is 3Jd, sucks extra, on trucks up-coun-try stations.- There is a good demand fOT . B grade, but this quality seems to bo particularly scarce. Chaff.— A good demand, but very scarce supply. Buyers offer from £2 17s Od to £3 per ton on trucks up-country -stations*