FRUIT AND VEGETABLES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1062, 27 February 1911, Page 8

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES.

"iiTJSTKALUNV : GRAPES AND' ISLAND ;>;>];•.■.•'" V '. FRUIT. ■■:■;■■■ .A'very small shipment of. fmil arrived from Sydney last week.-,lt consisted principally of.pineapples,'■passion fruit, and ;-viater .melons., Good .pineapples sojd on .tho Wellington market, at from 105.,t0 ,13s.' Several lines arrived in very ov'crr •ripo!condition, and'realisod from Is. to ,'Ss,.,.a,' case. .Passionjfruit brought' Ss. ; to, lis. per half gin case.V-Water melons wore ,\colu,at Is. and 2s. ; e'acli. •,•'.■'■... Dciscrt .pearsA are'still cxmting forward /from Melbourne.' Good.green conditioned .pold.at from Bs. toi 10s. Cd. per bushel* • case. Over-ripe lots'.brought 25v.,t0.55.-.' '.;• Tht> first consignment,of tho season of trapes ; havo' conio, forward. >They opened: in-good order,-and sold at ,Bs. 6d. to 10s. 6d. pa; box of about 201b. •Consignments'from;;,Soutli .'Australia are exocctedat any.time. Tho next oonsignpicnt of. Island ,frult ' ,is -due in' Wellington on Tuesday. •;Ban i - anas. and ; pineapples, will bo to-harid'-'froni . transhipped at | Auckland.;: '- '.. NELSON' APPLES 'ARRIVING. ■ ;Ne\7 Zealand-grown pears arc coming' on to tho. Market-''freely from Nelson nud sellin.; at from ss. to- 7*.-a case: others; is. to it. 6d. -. .; ' ,v;,' 1 : :,-: ',-•. .;. apples.aro.now. eVlho market. •Somo of tho samplos]sent: across are very fine- Cox'e orange, Jand -,ar© realising' Gs. .:6d.-to.:8». Gd.: lljbsfon pippin, Ss. to 75.; ■and fcarlct pairmniu,' Gs.'Gd. to, 7s. 0d.... .;> , EGETABIES ; ) IN 'DEMAND.;'' [".;' ■ .Vegetables are'in.good demand in -Wellington. On the maffcor'cauliflowers bring .: from 10s. to 13s.'a'sack, cabbages 4s. to 65., green'peas 10s./to Us.,. French bean's .*«. tq'Gs. per half-sack, pumpkins Ss. Gd. to 6s. fid. per sack",'marrows 3s. to 4s; swedes Is. Gd. to 25.-: per c , T t., and tablo carrots 3s. 6d: to 4s. Gd."per sack.