FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2981, 19 January 1917, Page 8

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

. LOCAL MARKET CONDITIONS. Fruit inspectors of tho Horticulture Division report as follows on the condition of locally-grown fruit and vegetables in shops and auction rooms, and the market condition of these for the month of December:—

. Auckland.—Average prices for tho month aro as follow:—Apples, local oxtra superior, 15s. to 175.; strawberries, Is. 2d.; peaches, 4s.' to Ss.; apricots, 9s. to 155.; plums, best English 7s. to 10s., good 6s. to 75.: goosotferries, ss. to 9s. half bushol; Capo gooseberries, sd. lb.; hothouse tomatoes, 10d. to'ls. 2d.; oranges, local, 165.; loinons, 7s. to 12s. Christchurch.—Peaches, 4|d. to s}d. per 11).; plums, 4d. to 4.U1. per II).; apricots, 3d. to sd. per lb.; tomatoes, Is. to , ls. 2d. per lb.; raspberries, 7d. to Bd. per lb.; lid. to Is. 2d. per lb.; strawberries, lOd.oo Is. Id. per lb.; gooseberries, 2}d. to 3jd. per lb.; currants, 4d. to scl. per lb.: potatoes, 2Jd. to 3d. per lb.; cauliflowers, 2s. 6d. to 4s. 6d. per dozen • cabbages, Is. to 2s. 3d. per dozen; peas, Is. 6d. to 2s. 6d. per peck; cucumbers, 6d. to 7d. per lb.

Dunedin.—Peaches, 4}d. to Is. per lb.; plums, black, 3}d. to 4£-d. per lb.; cherry plums, 6s. 3d. per case; strawberries, 7<l. io Is. 3d. per pottlo; cherries. Is. 2d. to Is. 7d. per lh.; tomatoes, local hothouse, Is. 4d. to Is. 6d. per Ib.; cucumbers, 7s. 6d. to 14s. per dozen. Vegetables—Cabbages, Is. 6d. to 2s. per dozen; cauliflowers, 4s. to 6s. per sack; carrots, new season's, Is. to Is. 6d. per dozen hnnehes; turnips, 6d. to Bd. per dozen; rhubarb, Id. to l-{d. per lb. for choice rod, others 6s. to 7s. per cwt.; lettuce, 4d. to Is. per dozen; new , potatoes, local lid. to 2d., Auckland l'Jd. per lb.; green peas, 2sd. to 3d. for choice.

Invcrcargill.—Peaches. Id. to 4d. per Ib.: apricots, 2Jd. to od. per lb.; nectarines, 3d. to id. per ]b.: plums. 3d. to sd. per Ib."; cherries, lid. per lb. ; tomatoes, i)d. to.lid. per lb.; now potatoes. 2Jd. per lb.; cabbages, 2s. 6d. to 3s. 6d. per sack; cauliflowers, 2s. per dozen.,