FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 137, 7 December 1938, Page 22

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

Market Gardeners, Ltd., of Wellington, announce values of fruit and vegetables sold yesterday as follows:—

Fruit.—Apples, Delicious 9s to 14s per case, Stunners 10s to 13s 6d per case, Dougherty 6s to 7s 6d; tomatoes, 6d to 8d per lb; cherry plums, 5s 9d to 6s 6d; cherries, 10s to 12s 6d; strawberries, lid to Is 4d per punnet: red currants, 4|d to 5d per lb; gooseberries, 3Jd'to 4£d per lb; bronze plums, Bs.

Vegetables.—Cabbage, Is to 2s 6d per case; lettuce, Is 6d to 4s per case: cauliflowers, 3s to 4s 6d per case; silver beet, 2s to 2s 6d per case; swedes, 6s to 8s per case; beetroot, 3s 3d to 9s 6d per case; carrots, 7s to 9s per case; turnips, 3s to 4s per case; broad beans, 6s 9d per case; spinach, 3s to 7s 6d per case; french beans, 9Jd per lb; green peas, 3Jd to 4£d per lb; cauliflowers, 4s to 6s 9d per sack; cabbage, 3s to 4s per sack; potatoes, 10s per sack; onions, 16s per cental bag; turnips, 3s to 5s per dozen bunches; rhubarb, 4s to 10s per dozen bunches; parsnips, 7s to 8s per dozen bunches; carrots, 3s to 10s per dozen bunches; beetroot, 5s per dozen bunches; radish, Is to Is 6d per dozen bunches; asparagus, 5s per dozen bunches; cucumbers, 3s to 5s per dozen.

Prices of fruit, vegetables, and other produce in the Wellington market this week are quoted by Laery and Co., Ltd., Thompson Bros., Ltd., D. Bowie and Co., Ltd., Townsend and Paul, Ltd., Geo. Thomas and Co., Ltd., as follows:—Apples, Delicious 10s to 17s 6d a ~bushel, Stunners 9s to 18s; pears, Winter Coles 8s to 15s a three-quarter-case, Winter Nelis 10s to 14s 9d, P. Barry 8s to 11s; cherries, 2sj to 12s a 101b punnet; plums, bronze 4s to 6s a half-case, cherry 5s to 6s 6d, dessert 8s to 9s; peaches, 8s to 12s a half-case, 3s 6d to 3s lOd a tray; strawberries, Auckland Is 9d to 2s 4d a lb; tomatoes, Nelson, hothouse, coloured, 7d to 9|d a lb, ripe 7Jd to 9d a lb, local hothouse 9d to lid; beans, hothouse 9d to 1 OJd a lb; gooseberries, 3£d to 4£d a lb; cucumbers, hothouse 3s to 7s a dozen, outside 8s to 11s a half-case; asparagus, 7d to lOd a bunch; lemons, 8s to 15s a bushel; peas, 3|d to 4£d a lb; potatoes, new, 8s to 12s a sack; swedes, 4s to 8s 6d a case; marrows, 10s to 13s a case; lettuce, Is 6d to 6s a case; cabbage, 6d to 2s 6d a case; cauliflowers, 3s to 6s a sack; spinach, 2s to 8s a case; broad beans, 4s to 12s 9d a case; silver beet, Is 6d to 4s 3d a case; carrots, 6s to 15s a dozen bunches; parsnips, 8s to 15s a dozen bunches; beetroot, 3s to 7s a dozen bunches; rhubarb, 6s to 9s a dozen bunches; eggs, A grade Is 6d .a dozen, B grade Is 4d.