FRUIT AND VEGETABLES.

Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 118, 21 May 1941, Page 4

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES.

Laery and Co.. Ltd.. Townsend and Paul. Ltd., G. Thomas and Co., Ltd., Thompson Bros.. Ltd.. D. Bowie and Co., Ltd.. A. Pope and Co., Ltd.. and Turners and Growers (Wellington). Ltd., report Tuesday's values as follows: —

[ Quinces. 4s to 7s three-quarter case; [grapes, hothouse. 2s 9d to 3s Id per lib; passion fruit. 10s to 15s half-case; j grapefruit, New Zealand, 8s to 13s bushel case; lemons, Meyer, -10s to 14s [half-case; cape gooseberries, 7s to 7s j9d half-case; Chinese gooseberries. 12s ito 16s half-case; tomatoes. Hutt ripe 5s jto 8s 64, Hutt round 7s to lis 6d; tree ! tomatoes, 6s 6d to lis, all per half[case; beans, hothouse. Is to Is 5d per lb; cucumbers, 3s to 7s 6d banana case; ! green peas ; choice. 40s to 53s 6d case; pumpkins, 2s to 8s sack; potatoes, 8s to 13s cwt; onions, 6s to lis cental-bag; kumeras. 2s 6d. to 3s 6d sugar bag; sprouts, 9s to 13s bushel case; cabbage. 3s 6d to 9s 6d sack; cauliflowers, 4s to 9s 6d sack; lettuce, Is to'7s 6d case; silver beet, ls to ls 9d; marrows, ls 6d to 2s 6d; spinach, 5s to 15s 9d; swedes, Is to 2s 6d, all per case; leeks, ls to 6s 9d banana case; parsnips. 4s to 10s case; beetroot, 2s to 3s; carrots. 4s to 6s; celery, 4s to 8s 6d, all per case; rhubarb, 6s to 13s dozen bunches. Market Gardeners, Ltd., Wellington, report prices of fruit and vegetables as follows: —Apples: Stunner 3s to 4s, Rome Beauty 4s 6d to 5s 6d. Delicious 3s to 4s 6d; pears, Winter Coles, 6s to 8s 6d; tomatoes, 5s to 12s; passions. 9s to 12s; cabbage. 6s to 9s; cauliflowers, 4s to 10s; pumpkins, 4s to 6s; swedes, 4s to 6s 6d all per sack; cabbage. 2s to 3s 6d; carrots, 4s to 8s; parsnips. 5s to 9s 6d; swedes, 2s to 3s 6d; marrows. 2s to 3s 6d; lettuce, 2s to 7s; leeks. 5s fo"" 7s "6d; celery. '4s to" 8s; spinach, 7s to 12s 6d; sprouts. 6s 6d to 16s: silver beet ls 6d to 2s 6d; red beet, 2s 6d to 4s all per case;' rhubarb, 10s to 14s 6d- carrots, 3s to 5s 6d; celery, 6s to 9s; kumeras,, Niue, 10s, New Zealand 6s'to 10s 6d pcr v b'ag; potatoes, £11 10s to £12 10s per ton; onions, 7s to 10s per cental bag.