FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 52, 24 November 1937, Page 7

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

Wellington Market Prices Prices of fruit, vegetables and other produce in the Wellington markets this week are quoted by Geo. Thomas and Co.t Ltd,, W. Burbidge and Co., Ltd., B. Bowie and Co._, Ltd., Townsend and Paul, Ltd-., Thompson Bros., Ltd., apd Laery and Co., Ltd., as follows:— - Apples: Delicious, 4/- to 10/- per bushel casej Sturiners^ 5/- to 10/% Passion fruit, choice, 20/- to 33/6 per 2-case. Pears: Winter Coles> 7/-.to 15/- per f-case; Winter Nelis, 6/- to 13/-; cookers, 6/- lo 9/-. Plums: Bronze, 6/6 to 7/6 per J-case. Lemons; 4/- to 8/- per bushel. Strawberries: Nelson, 6d to 1/4 per punnet. Cherries, .8/- to 15/- per i-case. Gfapefruit, New Zealand, 4/- to 6/- per bushel casei Tomatoes: Hothouse# 8d. to 1/1 J per pound; Nelson, 14/6 to 20/- per case. Beans: Hothouse, 1/- to 1/4 per pound. Gooseberries, 3d to 5d per lb. Kumeras, 4/- per sugar bag. Cucumbers: Hothouse, 6/- to 14/- per dozen; outside, 14/- to 15/- per- i-case. New potatoos, 2d to 2^d per pound. Peas, 6/- to 13/- per sack. Asparagus, la to 8d per bunch. Cauliflowers, 1/- to 3/- per sack. Cabbage> 6d to 2/6 per case. Lettuce, 6d to 2/6 per cass. Spinach, 6d to 3/6 per case. Swedes, spring, 2^d to 6d per bunch. Carrots, spring,, 3d to 8d per bbneh. Parsnips, spring, 5d to 1/- per bqnch. Beetroqt, ;2d to 6d per bunch. Ehubarb, 4/- to 8/- per dozen bunches. Wglnuts, 8d to lOd per pound. Eggs: A gradet 1/6 ]per dozen; medium, 1/5.