FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 135, 9 June 1937, Page 6

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

Price of fruit, vegetables, and other Co Ltd., D. Bowie and Co., Ltd.,. ana Townsendand Paul, Ltd, as follow*Apples; Granny Smith 6s to Bs6d ocr bushel; cookers, 4s 6d to 7s; Jonathans 3s 6d to 6s 6d; Delicious, 4s to 7s Stunners, 3s 6d to Bs. Passion fruit, 6s'to 9s per half-case. Pears: Winter Coles, Is to 13s per half-case; cooker^, 4s 6d to 6s 6d;:Keiffers, 3s to 8s 9d. Lemons? Choice, 20s to 31s per bushel; others, 8s to 165.. Poorman oranges 8s to lls per bushel. Tomatoes: Loca coloured; 2s to 3s per half-case; local ripe 3s 6d to 9s; tree tomatoes, 6s to 7s. Marrows, 2s 6d to 3s' 9d per case. Kumeras,' 2s to 4s per sugar bag. Hothouse beans, -10d. to Is 2d per lb. Pie melons, 10s. to 14s;■ persack -Sprouts 4s to 8s pei-bag. Potatoes, 6s to 9s per cwt. Pumpkins, 5s to 15s per sack. Cauliflowers, 7S to 14s 9d per sack. Cabbage, 5s 6dtoW per sack. Lettuce 3s 6d to 9s per case. Spinach, 3s 6d to us 6d per case. Swedes, Is to 2s per case. Carrots, ssto.Bs 6d per. case. Parsnips, 5s to 9s per case. Beetroot,'ls to 2s per case. Celery, 3s 6d to ,8s 6d per case, Leeks, 4d to 8d per bunch. Cabbage, 2s to 4s 6d per case. Onions, 7s 6d to 8s 6d per cental bag. Rhubarb, 6s to 12s per dozen bunches. Walnuts, 7d..t0 lud pei* lb: Eggs: A grade, 2s 4d per. dozen; "^Market Gardeners, Ltd., Wellington, announce values of fruit and vegetables sold at yesterday's sales:— Fruit: Apples, Jonathan, 4s to 5s per case; Dunns, 4s to ss; JDelicious,.: 4s ,to 5s- Stunners, 4s to 6s; Ballarats, 5s to 6s 6d; Washington, 6s to Gs 6d. Pears. Winter Cole, 9s to 14s; Keifters, 7s to 8s 6d; Vicars, 5s 6d to 6s 6d. Passion fruit 8s to 10s 6d. Tomatoes, 3s to 10s 6d. "Vegetables: Leeks, 2s 6d per case: silverbeet, Is to Is 6d; lettuce, '2s 6d to 8s 6d; beetroot, 3s; cabbage, 2s 6d to 3s 6d; swedes. 3s to 4s; parsnips, 6s 3d to 9s; marrows, 4s; spinach, 10s to 12s 9d; sprouts, 14s 6d; celery, 7s 6d; pumpkins. 6s 6d to 10s per sack; cauliflowers, 6s 3d to 14s 9d; cabbage, 7s to Us 3d; swedes, 2s 6d; potatoes, £7 to £8 10s per ton; onions, 8s 6d per cental; carrots, 3s to'9s per dozen bunches; celery. 3s to 15s; turnips, 2s to ss; rhubarb, 4s to lls; radish, 3s .to 4s; leeks, 10s to 17s. ■ .■■■■■ ■■-.