Prices Remain Attractive

Chronicle (Levin), 16 August 1949, Page 2

Prices Remain Attractive

M^lrs Townsend and Paul, Ltd., 1 fruit 'a'rid produce merchants," Wellington; report'- . that during the. j past week most lihes ' of fruit have ■ been , slightly easier in value, but in the vegetable section keen enquiryhas been noted for practical-; ly all lines. . . • . Quotaiiones are as follows: — . Vegetables: - Kumeras. 27s 6d ■ sugar bag;' artich'okes, 5fe to 6s 6d; | spring beetroot, 20s to 24s 6d; spring cabbage, 11s to 21s; lettuce; 31s to 37s; marrows, 6s to 9s; new potatoes, ceiling price; rhubarb, 18s to 40s; silver beet, 3s 6d to 6s; j spinach, 20s to 40s 6d; white turnips, 6s to 9s all case's; caufiflowers, best, 20s to 32s; others, 10s to 18s; carrots, 4s to 6s; triumble pumpkins. wamed; parsnips, 10s to 14s; swedes, 2s to 5s all sacks; onions, 18s to 21s per cental bag; parsley, 3d to 9d; ra'dish, 3d to 6d; Chinese cab-' bage, 6d to ls; celery, 3s 6d -to 4s 6d all bunches; peas, lOd to ls 4d; sprouts, lOd xo ls 4d per pound. • . Fruit: N.Zi grapefruit, 10s to 15s per bushel; ' tree riomatoes,' 7s to 13s; Meyet lemonsy 6s to 9s; Chinese gooseberries, choice, 20s to 30s 6d; ' others,' 10s to 15s -'half case; passionfruit, 3s 6d to 4s 6d per dozen; hothouse tomatoes, 2s to 2s 9d per pound. Poultry: White Leghorn hens, 4s 6d to 7s 6'd; Black Orpington hens, 7s 6d to 16s; cockerels, 2s per pound live weight; white ducks, 12s 6d to 20s; coloured, 8s to 18s; geese, 6s to 6s 6d; turkeys, 2s 3d to 2s 5d per pound. Flowers: Poppies, tangerine, 3s to 6s; art, 4s 6d to 8s 6d; daffodils, best, 21s 6d to 29s; jonquils, 5s to i 9s; carnations, best, 30s all per . gross; baronia, ls 3d to ls 8d bunches; fviolets, 4s to 5s per i dozen; all flowers, good demand; - — - — ~~~ M