FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 192, 10 May 1940, Page 12

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

Wellington Market Prices Market Gardeners. Limited. Wellington. ri'imrt prices of fruit ami vegetables at their wales yesterday as tollows Fruit: Tomatoes, 3/- to 8/- a box; passionfruiL <B/- to 12/9 a box ; grapes, 1/t to 2/- a lb.: quinces. o/9 to «»/- a bushel. Vegetables: (’el.-ry. (»/- to 11/-; •< ili'b barb. C>/- tn 1-1/-: beetroot. 1/C>: earrois. 3/-: all a dozen liunches. (.’tirrols. 2/(O 2/11; parsnips 2/6: both a sugar bag. Du rsnips. I/- to 9/6: cauliflower, o/- to 5/9; earrots. -I/- to 6.. If; celery, </- ;o S/9; beetroot. 3/- to 3/9: marrows, 1 /■ to 2/-: silver beet. lid. to 1/6: pumpkins. 2/-; swedes, 2/6 to 5/-: spinach. -I/- to S/- ; leHuee, 2/- to -1/9: leeks. 9/-: beans, is/- to 26/3: all n ease. Cabbage, .’./- Io 10/-; cauliflower, 3/9 lo 10/-; carrots. 5/-; swedes, 2/6 to 5/-; pumpkins, I/- to 6/-: pens. 7/- to 20, - : all a sack. Potatoes. t’7 u ton: onions, 10/- to 12/- a cental bag.

Wellington Poultry Market

Prices of live poultry in the Wellington market are quoted by Townsend and Paul. Lid., as follows: — Fowls.—White Leghorns: Hens, 2/6 to. 3/3 each; cockerels, JOd. to 1/- a lb.; pullets, best -I/- Io 8/- each, others 3/- to 4/- each. Black Orpingtons: Hens, hoavv -I/- to 6/6 each, medium 3/- to 4/6: cockerels. heavy lOd. Io .1/- a lb., medium JOd. Io 1/-. Rhode Island Reds' Cockerels, heavy JOd. Io I/- a lb. Ducks.—lndian Runner, young 4/- to 6/- each, old 3/- to 4/6. White, young -I/- to 7/-, heavy ■!/- to 7/-. Geese. —I/- to 7/6 each. Turkeys.— I/- to 1/2 a lb.