MARKET REPORT
FLOWER SALES STEADY Messrs. Townsend and Paul, Ltd., fruit and produce merchants, Wellington, report that as is seasbnal supplies of fruit are now dwindling. choice lines being placed to advantage. . Larger quantities of cut blooms have been available' for flower auctions, values remaining steady. Most varieties of vegetables . have been sought, carrots, sprouts, cauliflowers and leeks oeing m particularly . keen demand, while good .quality green peas and new potatoes have, been wanted. Larger quantities of roosters have come to hand, prime birds, however, being at improved rates. Quotations are:— Chinese gooseberries, 30/-, 40/-; tree tomatoes; 23/-, 32/6; passionfruit, 32/-, 46/!~case; grapefruit, Meyer lemons. sweet oranges, ceiling; hothousc tomatoes in keen demand; beetroot, 12/-, 17/6; celery, 26/-, 37/6: leeks, 16/-, 27/6; lettuce, 8/-, 19/-; parsnips, 4/-, 7/6; silverbeet. 3/6/6; rhubarb, 20/-, 36/-; spinach, 8/-, 30/- case; cauliflowers, 10/23/6; marrows, 20/-, 30/- sack' cabbage, carrots, swedes, kumeras pumpkins, ceiling; green peas, 7d 1/8; new potatoes, 3d, 4£ lb. Hens, heavy, 9/-, 14/-; light, 5/- j 8/-; cockerels, 5/-, 14/- (according j to weight) ; pullets, 8/-. 19/-; roos- ' ters, 4/6, 8/6; geese, 7/-, 9/-; ducks young, 14/-, 19/- ; old, 6/-, 12/-; turkeys, 2/- ihhyp wpjpffit.
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Chronicle (Levin), 29 August 1946, Page 2
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194MARKET REPORT Chronicle (Levin), 29 August 1946, Page 2
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