Second Edition Commercial.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 6 May 1914, Page 3

Second Edition Commercial.

WELLINGTON MARKETS

Apples, choice coloured lis to 12s case, prime 9s to 10s case, unpopular dessert varieties Gs Gd to 7s Od case; cookers, choice 4s (kl to 5s case, prime 3s to 4s; pears, choice dessert 10s to ils per case, prime Ss Gd to 9s 6d, good Gs to 7s; stewing, choice 4s Gd to 5s Gd case, prime 3s to 4s; Cape gooseberries, 5d per lb: passions, 5s Gd to Gs Gd box; tomatoes, choice, Gs Gd to 7s half-case, prime 5s to Gs, seconds, 3s to 4s, green Gd to Is Gd: grapes, choice large Is to Is 3d lb; prime 8d to lOd.

Pickling onions are quiet, at £8 10s to £9 per ton; onions £o 10s to iJG; potatoes, prime £5 10s to A'G per ton. Cauliflowers, choice 8s to 10s sack, prime Gs Gd to 7s Gd; others 2s to 3s; cabbages, choice 4s to 4s 9d sack, prime 3s to 3s Gd; parsnips, 4s 6d to 5s Gd sack; French beans, 5s (id to Gs Gd half-case; pumpkins, 4s to 4s Gd sack; carrots 3s Gd to 4s fid sack; green peas, choice lis to 13s three-quarter sack, prime 8s to 10s; turnips, 2s Gd to 3s Gd sack; beetroot, 3s to 4s sack; mushrooms, 9s to 12s large case: spinach, 2s to 3s case; lettuce, 6d to Is 3d case; cucumbers, Ga to 8s case.

The egg market i 9 still feeling the effects of the American importations; fresh locals are selling in the vicinity of 2s, and preserved at Is 5d to Is fid per dozen.