FRUIT, PRODUCE, AND POULTRY REPORT.
The Otago Fruit and Produce Agency (agents for Teviofc and Alexandra Fruitgrowers' Company, limited), 182 Princes street south, Dunedin, report April 27th :— Fruit,— Market well supplied. Apples : Cookers (m good demand), l^d to l^d per 1b ; dessert sorts, prime ribstona and Cox's orange, 2d to 2£d per Ib. Oranges: D.K. Tallin, 5* to 6-* per case. Lemon« : Italian, 17s to 20s per ease. Tomatoes : Canterbury, lid to 2<i per 1b ; hothouse, 4d to 5d per U>. Quinces, l£<i to l£d per lb. Pears : Dessert sorts, 2d to 3£d per 1b; Melbourne winter ndis, lla to 14s per case; cookers, l£d to Qd per lb. We hold full stocks of new season's dates, figs, and ginger. Produce. — Eggs m good demand. Butter : Fresh, 7d to lOd per ib ; prime salt, 8d to 9d per lb. Potatoes : Prime Derwents m good demand at £4 to £4 5o per ton. Onions, £7 to £7 10a per ton. Honey : Extracted, 4d to 4*d per lb ; sections, 7s to 8s per dozen. Poultry.— Hens, 2s 2d to 2s 6d per pair ; roosters (good young birds) 2s 6d to 3s 6d per pair ; ducks, 2s 6d to 3s 3d per pair. ! We receive consignments of all kinds of fruit and farm or dairy produce and poultry for sale on commission. Top prices. Weekly returns.
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Timaru Herald, Volume LX, Issue 2690, 29 April 1898, Page 2
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223FRUIT, PRODUCE, AND POULTRY REPORT. Timaru Herald, Volume LX, Issue 2690, 29 April 1898, Page 2
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