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Horowhenua Chronicle, 3 February 1915, Page 3

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4 WELLINGTON MARKETS. Fruit.—Apples, choice coloured dessert 8s Od to 9s case, prime 7s (3d to 8s; cookers, choice large '4s 6d to 4s 9d case, prime 3s 6d to 4s; pears, choice dessert 7s to 8s case, prime 5s 6d lo 6s 6d; greengages choice 3« to 4s od half case, prime 2s to 3s; plume, choice favourites 4s to 4s 6d half case, prime 2s to 3s 6d; nectarines, choice 4s 9d to 5s 9d half case, prime 3s 6d to 4e 6d; peaches, choice dessert 5s to 5s 9d half case, prime 4s to 4s 6d; raspberries 7s to 8s bucket; Cape gooseberries 5d to 6d per lb; tomatoes, choice 4s to ss, prime 3s (kl to 3s 9d lia-If case. Potatoes and onions.—The usual lemand is being met wifh for potatoes, supplies of which are arriving in sufficient quantities for "the market's requirements, both from the BTutt and Otaki. The quality generally is firstclass and values are 011 a satisfactory level. South Island potatoes should be a factor on the market before long. Onions aro only in quiet demariO', with an improving quality noticeable as 'he season advances. Potatoes, choice 16 per ton; others £5 10s. Other vegetables.—Cauliflower an*.in very small supply, and lettuce, with cabbage, has undergone an advance n price. Other lines of vegetables are in fair to good demand. Cauliflowers choice 6s to 8s sack, prime 4s 6d to 5s 6d ; cabbages, choice Ts 0d 'tw 5« id, others 2s Gd to 3s; lettTice, choice 3s to 3s 9d case; carrots 5s to 6* sack; parsnips 5s to (is sack; marrows 2s to 3s case; pumpkins 7s to 8s sack: beetroot 4s to 5s sack; green peas 8s to 10s part sack; swedes 50s ton; turnips 3s to 4s sack: French beans 2Jd to 3d per lb; spinach -Is to 5s case. Eggs.—The market continues steady, ivit ha good demand existing at Is 7d to Is 8d for fresh eggs, and Is 4d for preserved.