FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 187, 25 August 1937, Page 8

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

Wellington Market Prices Prices of fruit,, vegetables and other produce in the Wellington markets thia week are quoted by.Laery.and Co., Ltd., D. Bowie and Co., Ltd., W. Burbidge and Co., Ltd., Thompson Bros., Ltd., Townsend and Paul, Ltd., and Geo. Thomson and Co., Ltd.,. as follows: — Apples; Granny Smith, 7/- to 10/6 a. bushel case; cookers, 5/- to 10/-; Delicious, 5/- to 9/6; Sturmers, 5/- to 9/6. Passion fruit, choice, 12/- to 16/- a half-case. Pears: Winter CoTes, 6/- to 13/- a S-case; Winter Nclis, 6/- to 9/-; c.ookers, 7/- to 10/-. Lemons, choice, 10/- to 14/- a bushel case; others, 4/- to 8/-. Poorman oranges, 5/- fo 8/- a bushel. Tree tomatoes, 5/- to 7/- a half-case. ' Kiumeras, 4/- to 5/- a isugar-bag. Sprouts, 7/- to 9/- a bag. New potatoes, Nelson, 2Jd fo 3d a lb. Potatoes, 9/to 13/6 a cwt. Pumpkins, 14/- to 19/a sack. Cauliflowers, 7/- to 14/- a sack; cabbage, 3/- to 8/6; lettuce, choice, 7/- to 14/- a case; spinaeh, 7/- to 17/-; swedes, " 1/- to 2/-; carrots, 6/- to 12/-; parsnips, 6/- to 11/-; beetroot, 1/6 to 3/9; celery, 10/- to 15/-; leeks, 3d to. 6d a bunch; spring cabbage, '2/6 to 5/6 a case; onions, 10/- to 15/- a cental bag; rhubarb, 6/-' to 19/- a dozen bunches. Walnuts, 8d to lOd a lb. Eggs: A gra.de, 1/3 a dozen; medium, i/2.