FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 116, 2 June 1937, Page 3

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

Wellington Market Prices Prices of- fruit, vegetables and other produce in the Wellington markets this week are quoted.by Laery and Co. Ltd., Thompson Bros. Ltd., Geo. Thomas andCo. Ltd., W. Burbidge and Co., Ltd., D. Bowie and Co. Ltd., and Townsend and Paul, Ltd.,. as follows :— Apples (new ^eason's) : Granny Smith, 6/- to 8/- per bushel; cookers, 4/6 to 6/6; Jonathans, 4/6 to 6/6; Delicious, 4/6 to 7/-; Sturmers, 5/- to 8/-, Passion fruit, 6/- to 8/- per halfcgse. Pears : Winter Coles, 7/- to 10/- per threo-quarter case ; cookers, 6/- to 7/61; Keiffers, 6/- to 8/-, Lenions, choice, 18/- to 25/- per bushel; others, 10/- to 16/-; poorman oranges, 7/- to 11/- per bushel. Tomatoes : Local coloured, 2/- to 4/per half-case; ripe, 3/6 to 7/-; tree tomatoes, 7/- to 9/6; hothouse grapes, 1/9 to 2/6 per lb. # Marrows,T/6 to 2/9 a case; kumeras 2/- to 4/- per sugar bag; hothouse beans, lOd. to 1/H per pound; pie melons, 10/- to 14/- per sack ; sprouts, 3/- to 10/- per bag ; potatoes, 6/- to 9/per cwt. ; pumpkins, 7/- to 13/- per sack. Cauliflowers, o/- to 12/6 per sack; cabbage, 1/6 to 6/- pex* sack; lettuce, 4/- to 15/9 a case; spinaeh, 2/6 to 8/6 a case; swedes, 1/6 to 3/- a ease ; carrots, 6/- to 10/- a 'ease; parsnips, 5/to 8/9 a case; betroot, 1/6 to 2/- a case; celery, 4/6 to 8/- a caseg leeks, ■ 6d. to lld. per bunch; eabbage, 9d. to ' 2 /- a case ; onions, 7/6 to 8/6 per cental I bag; rhubarb, 6 j- to 12/- -per dozen bunches; walnuts, 7d. to 8d. per lb. Eggs : A . grade, 2/5 • a dozen ; medium, 2/-.