Vegetable Market Steady

Chronicle (Levin), 11 July 1949, Page 2

Vegetable Market Steady

Messrs Tovm'send and , Pahi, • Ltcf Wellington, report that durfng'last week there Was very littler;change in the vegetable market, the only noticeabie increase being in cauliflowers, which realised up t$27s.;6d per sack. Fruit, saies have ( shown a marked increase ' over tlie' 'piafet few days and tree tomatoes realised 16s on the market. Yardings of poultry have been lighter and values have been most attrac'Live. . Poppies, carnations, daphne and sol d'ors are in keen demand, and values during the past week have been very firm. | Quotations are as follows: — | Fruit: Tree tomatoes, choice, 10s to 16s; others, 7s to 9s 6d; chinese gooseberries, choice, 18s 4o 22s; others, 10s to 16s; outside tomatoes, 20s to 33s; chokos, 3s to 4s half cases; New Zealand grapefruit; 10s to 15s per bushel; passion fruit, ls 6d to 2s 3d per dozen; hothouse tomatoes, 2s 6d to 3s 4d per lb. Vegetables: Artichokes, 5s to 8s sugar bags; •beans,«string"ess, hothouse, 3s 9d per lb; beetroot, 6s to 9s; lettuce, 7s to 13s; leeks, 8s to* 12s; marrows, 6s to 8s; rhubarb, 10s to 18s; silver beet, ls to 3s; spinach, 10s to 13s; Whi'ce turnips. 5s to 7s; cabbage, 5s to 7s; cauliflowers, 14s to 27s 6d; carrots, 5s to 8s; pumpkins, 13s to 21s; swedes, 6s to 7s 'all sacks; kumeras, 45s; onions, 20s cwt.; peas, ls per lb.; parsnips 5s to 7s; sprouts, 9s to 20s per bag; new potatoes, ceiling price; radish, 3d to 4d; chinese cabbage, 8d to ls per bunch. Flowers : Poppies, art, best, 10s to 13s 6d; tangerine, 6s to 8s; carnations, medium, 66s; sol d'ors, 12s to 24s; jonqui's, 5s 6d to 9s; daffodils, 18s to 24s per gross; violets, 5s to 9s 6d per dozen bunches; chrysanthemums, good, up to 6s per dozen blooms; daphne, a good demand. Poultry: White Leghorn hens, best, 6s 6d to 7s; medium, 4s 6d to 6s; Black Orpington hens, best, 9s 6d to 11s; medium, 7s to 9s; cockerels, best, ls 9d to 2s per lb.; ducks, white, best, 12s to 14s 6d" coloured, 9s to 10s; geese, 6s to 7s; turkeys, 2s 3d to 2s 5d per lb. live weight.