FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 47, 18 November 1937, Page 7

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

' Wellington Market Pricet ^rices of fruit. Vegetables and otber produce in the Wellington markets this week are quoted by Geo. Thomas and Co., Ltd.? W, Burbridge and Co., Ltd., 1). Bowie and Co., Ltd., downsend and Paul, Ltd., Thompson Bros., Ltd., and Laery and Oo., Ltd., as foilows Apples; Delicious, 4/- to 10/- per bushei case • Sturmers, 5/- to 8/6. Passion fruit, choice, 20/- to B3/6 per halfcase. Pears: Winter Coles, 7/- to 13/- per three-qilarter case ; Winter Nelis, 6/- to 11/-; cookers, 6/ to 9/. Lemons: 3/- to 9/- per bushei. Strawberies, Nelson, 8d to 1/6 per punnet. Clxerries, 1/- to 20/- per quarter case. Grapefruit, New Zealand, 4/to 6/- per case. » Tomatoes; Hothouse, 1/- to 1/5 per pound ; Nelson, 1.4/6 to 20/- per case. Beans, hothouse, l/- to 1/6 per pound. Gooseberries, 4d to 6d per pound. Kumei'as, 4/- pcr sugar bag Cucumbors, hothouse, 5/ to 15/- pudozen. New potatoes: Pukekohe, 2d to 2:(d pcr pound. Peas, 6'- to 13/- per sack. Asparagus. 4d to 8d per bunch. Potatoes, 12/- to 15/0 per cwt. Cauliflowers, 2.'- to 5/- per sack. Cabbage, spring, 6d to 2/6 per case. Lettuce, 6d to '3/6 per case. Spinach, 1/toO 4/6 per case. .Swedes, spring, 5d to 7d per btinch. Parsnips, spring 6d to 9d per btinch. . Beetroot, 2d td 7d per bunch. Rhubarb, 3/- to •18/'- per dozen buuches. Walnuts,- 8d to 10d per pound. Eggs": A gradc, 1/6 per dozen; m"diujt'n 1/6. |