FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 118, 15 November 1939, Page 12

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

Market Gardeners, Ltd., Wellington, announce values of fruit and vegetables sold at yesterday's sales:— Fruit.—Apples, Delicious 9s to 18s per case, Stunners 10s to . 15s, Tasmas 9s to 14s; pears, Winter Nelis 14s to 16s 6d, Broompark 12s to 13s; strawberries, ls 9d to 2s 2d per punnet; tomatoes, Is to ls 3d per lb; passion fruit, 20s 6d per box; gooseberries, 6d to 7d per lb; j bronze plums, 7s 9d per box. j Vegetables.—Carrots, 5s to 20s per dozen bunches; swedes, 6s 6d; turnips, 4s to 6s 6d; parsnips, 3s; rhubarb, 4s to 9s; radish, ls 3d; asparagus, 3s to 7s 6d; cucumbers, 4s 6d to 9s per dozen; cabbage, Is to 2s per case; cauliflower, 2s to 3s 9d; silver beet, Is to 2s 6d; leeks, ls to 2s; lettuce, 9d to 2s; spinach, 2s to 6s 6d; broad beans, ss; swedes, 3s to 4s; parsnips, 6s to. lis; cauliflower, 4s to 7s 6d.per sack; cabbage, 3s to ss; swedes, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; green peas, 2d to 3d per lb; new potatoes, 3£d; French beans, Is 9d to 2s 2d.

..Prices are quoted by Laery and Co., Ltd., Townsend and Paul, Ltd., George Thomas and Co:, Ltd., D. Bowie and Co., Ltd., Thompson Bros., as follows:— Apples, Stunners 10s to 17s 6d a bushel case, Delicious 10s o 19s 6d, Dougherty 10s to 15s, G. Smith 14 s to 20s; pears, Winter Coles 16s to 21s 6d a,,three-quarter case, Winter Nelis lis to 14s; bronze plums, 9s 6d a half-case; passioh fruit; 135.6 dto 21s a quartercase; strawberries, Is 3£d to Is a Jib punnet;: tomatoes (hot house), is to is sd. a-lb; grapefruit, New- Zealand, lis to 19s a bushel case; new potatoes, 3id to 3Hd a lb; green peas, 2|d to 3Jd"a lb; gooseberries, 6d to 7|d a lb; cucumbers, hothouse. 5s to 12s a dozen; ditto, outside, 17s 9d a 'half-case; asparagus, 6d to lid a lb bunch; swedes', 2s 6d to 3s a sugar bag; leeks, Is 6d to 2s 6d a case; lettuce, 6d to 3s 6d a case; cabbage, spring Is to 4s 6d a case; cauliflowers, 2s to 5s a-sack; pumpkins, Triumble, 40s 6d a sack; silver beet, 2s to 4s 3d a,case; carrots, new season's, 6d to Is lOd a bunch;-spinach, 4s to 10s a case; parsnips, 3s to 6s 6dcase; beetroot, new season's, 7d to lid a bunch: rhubarb, 4s to 10s a dozen bunches;