FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 76, 22 December 1937, Page 9

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

Wellington Market Prices Priees of fruit, vegetables and other produce in the Wellington markets this week are quoted by George Thomas and Co., Ltd., W. Burbidge and Co., Ltd., D, Bowie and Co., Ltd., Townsend anu Pttul, Ltd., Thompson Bros.. Ltd., and Laery and Co., Ltd., as follows: — Apples: Sturmers, 4/- to 13/- per bushel case; Sturmers, 4/- to 13/-. Loganberries; 5/- to 6/- per tin. Red currants, 4/6 to 5/6 per tin. Black currants. 8/- to 9/6 per half-case. Apricots; 6/6 to 9/- per half-case. Plums: Bronze, 3/- to 4/6 per half-case. Cherry, 4/- to 6/-: Sharp's Early, 6/- to 8/-. Lemons: 8/- to 10/- per bushel. Cherries: 7/- to 12/3 per half-case. Peaches, 4/6 to 10/3 per half-case. Tomatoes: Hothouse, local, 6$d to 9d per lb.; Nelson, coloureu, 4$d to 7d; ripe. 5d to 8d. Beans: French, 4d to 8d per lb. Gooseberries, 2d to 2$d per lb. Cucumbers, outside, 7/- to 11/6 per half-case. New potatoes: 8/- to 10/- per sack. Peas, 3/- to 15/- per sack. Cauliflowers, 2/- to 6/6 per case. Cabbage, 6d to 1/- per case. Lettuce, 6d to 2/6 per case. Spinacli. 1/- to 2/6 per case. Swedes: 2/- to 3/- per case. Carlrots, ld to 5d per bunch. Parsnips, 2d to 4d per bunch. Beetroot, ld to 3d per bunch. Rhubarb, 2/- to 5/- per dozen bunches. Walnuts, 6d to 8d per lb. Eggs: A grade, 1/6 per dozen; medium, 1/5.