FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 93, 6 May 1937, Page 12

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

Wellington Market Prices Prices of fruit, vegetables and other produce .in , the Wellington markets this week are quofed by Laery and Co., Thompson Bros., Ltd., Geo. Thomas and Co., Ltd., W. Burbidge and Co., Ltd., D. Bowie and Cot, Ltd., and Townsend and Paul, Ltd., as follows: — Apples (new season's): Granny Smith, 6/- to 9/- per bnshel case; cookers, 4/- to 7/-; Cox's Orange, 5/to 8/-; Jonathans, 4/ to 6/-; Delicious, 3/- to 5/6 Sturmers, 4/- to 7/-. Passion fruit, 10/- to 16/3 per case. Pears: Winter Coles, 10/- to 13/pqr 3-ease; cookers, 6/- to 8/-; Keiffers, 7/- to 9/-. Lemons: Choice, 12/- to 17/6 per bushel; others, 6/- to 10/-. Tomatoes: Local coloured, 3/6 to 6/per i-case; local ripe, 5/- to 8/6; tree tomatoes, 6/6 to 9/-. Cape gooseberries, 6/- to 7/6 per case. Grapes, hothouse, 1/6 to 2/2 per pound. Cucumbers, outside, 15/- 'to 22/- per case; green peas, 6/6 to 20/- per sack; marrows, 1/6 to 3/- per case; kumeras, 6/- to 9/- per sugar bag; beans, 9/- to 19/- per case; pie melons, 10/- to 14/per sack; sprouts, 7/- to 10/- per bag; potato.es, 5/- to 8/6 per cwt.; pumpkins, 7/- to 12/- per sack. Cauliflowers, 5/- to 13/- per sack; cnbbage, 1/6 to 4/6 per sack; lettuce, 10/- to 22/- per case; spinach, 2/- to 5/- per case; swedes,. 3/6 to 5/3 per case; carrots, 5/- to 8/6 per case; parsnips, 3/- to 6/- per case; beetroot, 1/to 1/6 per case; celery, 7/- to 13/- per case; leeks, 6d to 1/1 per bunch; cabhpge, 9d to 1/6 per case; onions, 7/6 to 8/6 per cental bag; rhubarb, 6/ to 12/- per dozen bunches; walnuts, 7d !o 8d per pound. Eggs: A grade, 2/10 per dozen; uiudium, 2/7; pullets, 2/2.