Hothouse Tomatoes In Keen Demand

Chronicle (Levin), 9 November 1949, Page 2

Hothouse Tomatoes In Keen Demand

, Messrs- Townsend and Paul, Ltd., fruit and produce merchants, Wellington, repart. that at last week's sale there . "was a particularly strong demand for hothouse tomatoes, owing ' to- ' short suppliec. Gooseberries have been coming to hand mQre, freely, while bronze plums and New Zealand grapefiruit are in strong demand. Heavy consignments of' green peas have resulted in a slieht decrease- in values, while triumble pumpkins are in keen inquiry, togei.her with choice lettuce, silverbeet and caulifiowers. Heavy consignments oi flowers have been olfered and values are ' accordingly easier. Yardings of , poultry, although heavy, have shown excellent returns. Quotations are as follows: — Vegetables: Asparagus, ls ld to 2s 5d; broad beans, 5d to 7id; stringiess hothouse beans, 3s 4d; peas, 5d to 8£d all per lb.; new beetroot,- 15s to 31s; cabbage, 2 s 6d to 12s 3d; choice lettuce, 18s to 28s 6d; others, 10s to 16s; leeks, 5s to 11s 9d; new parsnips, 41s 6d; rhubarb, 4s to 6s; silver beet, 2s to 17s; spinach, 3s to 6s; whita turnips, 12s all cases; cauliflowers, 20s to 27s 6d; triumble pumpkins, 80s. to 100s; others. 30s to 50s; carrots, 6s to 9s; swedes, 5s to ,7s 6d, all sugar sacks; 'hothouse cucumbers, ls ld to 2s 5d each; kumeras, good enquiry; new potafcoes, ceiling price; new onions, eental, 40s; mint, 4d to 6d; pars.ey, 3d to 6cl; radish, 3d to 6d; Chinese cabbage, 3d to 4d; spring onions, 3s to 5s all bunclies; marrows, new, ls 9d to 2s 3d each. Fruit: N.Z. grapefruit, 12s to 18s bushel; tree tomatoes, 22s to 26s 5d; bronze plums, 14s 6d to 18s all half cases; passion-fruit, 4s to 3d per dozen; gooseberries, ls to ls 91d; hothouse tomatoes 2s to 3s 6d all per lb.; meyer lemorus, 18s to 25s 9d threequarter case ; cree tomatoes, 12s to 15s 6d quarter case. Flowers: Garnations, 20s to 3Gs per gross; sweet william, ls to ls 3d per bunch; best iris, 4s per iozen; poppies, 6d to 5s 9d per gross; gladioli, 10s per dozen olooms; tulips, 3s per dozen stalks. Poultry:. White Leghorn hen->, is 6d to 6s 9d; White Leghorn roos.ers, 4s 6d to 6s; Black Orpington hens, 8s 6d to 12s 6d; Black Orpington roo^ters, 5s 6d to 8s; chieken, 3s to 3s 3d per lb; white ducks, 8s to 12s; coloured, 5s 61 to 12s; turkeys, 2s 3d per lb. live weight; guinea fowl, 19s 6d to 21s 6d.