FRUIT AND VEGETABLES.
WELLINGTON' MARKET PRICES. Locally-grown apples and pears are r still plentiful and are coming on to the '.."Wellington market in good quantities. Cookers are quoted at 3s. 6d. and 4s.' 6d. a bushel case, and desserts at 55.. to 7s. During "the week ■ Canterbury pears ■■brought 6s. 6d. to 9s. 6d. for dessert 'kinds, and 4s. to os. for cookers. ' Nelson grapes sold at lOd. to Is. a jib. and Wellington grapes at 9d. to f.ls. Id. ■ r The price of quinces was 3s. 6d. to 4s. a busbel case. , Cape gooseberries bring 2d. to 3d. i'a lb. •■.'.'■'■ ; Cucumbers were scarce. Packed in ! banana cases the}' realised 7s. to 9s. ! Pumpkins sold at 3s. Gd. to 4s. a sack; Is. 6d. to 2s. a sack; onions, : 3s. 6d. to 4s. a cwt;; and pie melons ! 3s. 6d. to 4s. a'cwt.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1108, 22 April 1911, Page 8
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143FRUIT AND VEGETABLES. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1108, 22 April 1911, Page 8
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