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Colonist, Volume LIV, Issue 13315, 16 January 1912, Page 1

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WELLINGTON IRUII' AND PRO-

IHX'E MAHKFi

.Special to i;'J'he Colonist.'")

Wellington, Jan. 15

Messrs. Goo. Thomas and Co., report as follow?; on the Wellington If nit and produce market:—'llieru is .1 falling oil in the supply of pi-aches, mil prices have hardened sligiitiy ii; consequence. There is a good deiiuuid for ail local lines, to-day's prices boing ag follows: Peas Is per peck; peaches, Triumph 2s Gd to 2s od, Halo's Early 3s to 3s .3d, Wiggins' choice 3s 6d to 4s; plums, cherry, 2s (kl, liurbanks 2s 6d to 3s Gd, yellow .ua^e 2s 6d, Early Ri\-ws -Is, Karly Oi'lfr.wis -Js, early blue 4s Cd; nectarines <5s to Cs: ayricots, now in better supply, 'js to 5s Gd; dessert apples (is Gd tv 7s per case, cookers Gs to 0s >>'l j)pr case; X'' ilP'-' s Is -'d to Is Id; struwberries Is to Is 3d; French 1,-eaiis 2jd to 3d; black currants 6s to Gs Cd; encumbers 2s 6d to 5s per dozen ; raspberries 6s to 7s per bucket ; potatoes £3 10s to £4 per ton, :m<l in heavy supply.

Aiessrs. Laory and Co. report a good demand exists at the fol'mviny prices: Grapes Is 3d to Is Cd per )b: apricots 6s to 6s Cd; poaches 5a Cd to Cs 6d; black currants Gs Cd to 7s Gel; nectarines Cs to 7s; tomatoes 9s to IDs, gre-eii 6s to 7s Gd ; plums, dark, 3s Gd to 4s, Burbanks ;!s to ss, cherry plums 2s 6d, all for choice fruit iit half-cases; apples, cookers 7s Gd to Sk per bushel case, half-eases 3s Gd to 3s Sd," dessert, Ked Quaromkin ■9s to 10k, others 6s 6d to 8s per case'; raspberries 5s 6d to 6s per bucket; strawberries, choice, 9d to 10. French Irnns made 2jd to 3d per lbj cucumbers -Is to 5s per half-cpf:e. Herr. make 3s: younp; roosters ?s Cd to -1s 6d; ducks is to 5s per pair; fresh eggs lid to Is per dozen.