Strong Demand For Fruit And Vegetables

Chronicle (Levin), 3 December 1948, Page 2

Strong Demand For Fruit And Vegetables

j Messrs. Townsend and Paul, ,Ltd., fruit and produce auctionieers, Wellington, report thateduring the past week there has been a .strong demand for all classes of fruit and vegetables, and immediate consignments are strongly r,ecommende'd. Flowers are keenly sougfit' ^ifter and realising -attracI'tive values. Poultry yardings have jibeen -light, with a strong demand 'for all prime birds. Quotations for last .week are as follows: — I r Vegetables: Asparagus, Is 3d to hs 7d; beans, broad, ld to 3d per. libi;- , beetrootj 10s to 16s; cabbage, i 2s to:-4s.; lettuce; choice, 10s to 22s; : others, 2S to 8s; parsnips, 20s 6d to l28s; rhubarb>,,4s..to 14s; silver beet, |.3s to. 6s; .-sphiuch, 5s to 12s all per casep cauliflowers,. 43. to 8s; . .carrots, 35s to 58s; pumpkins, 25s to 38s all per sack; cucumbers, hothouse, ls 4d to ls 8'd; marrows, |new, -ls 3d to ls 9d each; kumeras, j *15s to 19s 6d bag; onions, local, '15s to 19s. cwt.; mint, 6d to 8d; ip'arsley,. '4'd to 8d; radish, 6d to 9d; .turnips, white, 2d to 5d; Chinese cabbage, ls to ls 3d all per bunch; |peas, 4d to 9d; potatoes, 2d to 3ivi ;per lb. ( Fruit;' N,Z. grapefruit, best, 15s ! to 20s; others, 10s to 14s bushe-1; ;=Meyer lemons, 8s . to 12s; p'ums, icherry, 10s to 14s; bronze, 8s. to ,15s 6d; cherries, Chapman, 33s; E. Lyons, 27s 6d to 30s; loquarts, 11s jto 12s; cucumbers, outside, 27s to ,30s all per box; sweet oranges, jwante'd; gooseberries, 6d to 8i-d; itomatoes, hothouse red, 2s to 2s |7d; coloured, ls 8d to 2s; glass house red, 2s to 2s 5d; coloure'd, ls 4d to ls lOd; beans, hothouse, ls 6d to 2s 6d, all per lb. Poultry: White Leghorn hens, best, 5s to 6s 6'd; others, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; Black Orpington hens, best, 12s to 14s; others, 7s 6d to 8s; 'cockerels, 2s to 2s 3d per lb. live J weight; ducks, white young, 17s to 19s 6d; old, 10s to 12s 6'd; coloured young, ,12S 6d to 15s; old, 6s 6d to 9s; guinea fowl, 19s to 20s; turkey, 2s 2d tb 2s 3ld per lb. live weight; geese," 83 to 12s each. . Floweys: Poppies, tangerine, ls 6d to 2s; .art, 2s 6d to 4s 3d gross; carnations, ls to 3s dozen; 'dianthus, 6s to 12s 6'd gross; gladioli, 4s 6d to 9s dozen; sweet peas, 2s to 6s gross.