FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 40, 10 November 1937, Page 14

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

f Wellington Market Prices Priees of fruit, vegetables and other week are quoted by Messrs Geo, Thomas produce on the Wellington markets this and Co., Ltd., W. Burbidge and Co., Ltd., D. Bowie and Co., Ltd., Townsend and Paul, Ltd., Thompson Bros., Ltd., and Laery and Co., Ltd., as follows: — Apples: Delicions, 4/r to 10/- per bushel case; Sturmers, 5/- to 8/6; Eome Beauty, 6/- to 10/-. Passion fruit, choice, 20/- to 33/6 per half case. Pears: Winter Coles, 8/- to 15/6 per threequarter case; Winter Nelis, 7/- to 12/-; eookers 7/- to 9/6. Lemons: Choice, 6/- to 8/- per bushel; others 4/- to 5/-. Grapefruit, New Zealand, 4/- to 5/- per bushel. Tomatoes: Hothouse, 1/- to 1/8 per pound. Beans, hothouse, 1/9 per pound. Gooseberries, 6d to 84d per pound." Kumeras, 6/- to 8/- per sugar bag. Cucumbers, hothouse, 6/- to 13/- per ' dozen. ' New potatoes: Pukekohe, l|d to 2d 1 per pound. Peas, 2a to 3d per pound. Asparagus, 5d to 9d per bunch. Potatoes, 12/- to 14/6 cwt. Cauliflowers: 4/- to 8/6 per sack. Cabbage, spring 6d o 3/6 per case. Lettuce, 1/- to 4/- per case. Spinach, 1/- to 7/6 per ease. Swedes, spirng, 4d to 9d per buneln Carrots, spring 4d to lia per bundh. Parsnips, spring 6d # to 1/- per buneln Beetroot, 3d to 9d per bunch: Looks, 4d to lOd. Bhubarb, 3/- to 8'/- per dozen bunches. Walnuts, Sd to lOd per pound. Eggs: A grado, 3/4- per dozen|aiodium, 1/3.