Vegetables In Keen Demand At Good Prices

Chronicle (Levin), 1 August 1949, Page 2

Vegetables In Keen Demand At Good Prices

Messrs Townsend and Paul, Ltd., fruit and produce 'mer chants, Wellington^ report- that at Thursday morning's saie- there.,. was a strong deman'd - for '&\i _choice lines of fruit and vegetables^ sprouts in particular realising high values. Yardings of poultry have . toeen small and consignme.nts are recommended. Flowers are' in heavy supply wit-h an easing in- values. Quotations are as follows: — Fruit: N.Z. grapefruit, 12s to 15s; sweet oranges, 15s to 21s toushel; tree tomatoes,; 12s to 15s; Chinese goosetoerries,* 22s to 36s; meyer lemons, 5s to 7s; mandarines, 25s v.o 30s all half cases; passion-fruit, 4s to 4s 6d dozen.

Vegetables: Kumeras, 30s to 40s cwt.; beetroot, 5s to 8s; cabbage, spring, 6s to 15s case; savoy, 7s to 16s sack; cauliflower, 6s to 28s; carrols, 10s to 14s sack; lettuce, choice, 10s to 22s; others, ,5s to 9s; !eeks, 8s to 12s case; onions, 22s to 25s cwt.; mint, 9d to ls bunch; marvo ws, 6s to 9s sack; peas, lOd to ls 9d per pound; pumpkins, triumble, 10s to 17s; others, 5s to 8s sack; parsnips, 5s to 7s bag; parsley, 4d to 9'd bunch; potatoes, new, ceiling price; rhubarb, 10s to 25s case; swedes, 4s to 6s sack; silverbeet, 2s to 7s case; spinach, 20s to 36s case; sprouts, ls to ls 6d per pound. Flowers: Sol d'ors, 4s to 10s; dalfodils, 9s to 28s; poppies, art, 6s to 9s; tangerine, 2s 6d to 6s all per gross; violets, 3s to 5s per dozen; freezias, 7d to ls bunch. Pou.try: White Leghorn hens, 4s 6d to 7s; Black Orpington hens, 9s to 15s 6d; ducks, White, 16s to 19s 6d; coloin'ed, 8s to 12s 6d.