Fruit and Vegetables

Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 301, 21 December 1939, Page 2

Fruit and Vegetables

Market Gardeners, Limited, Wellington, announce values of fruit and vegetables sold at Tuesday's sales:— Fruit.—Apples, Sturmers 9s to 14s 9d, Crofton 9s to 14s per case, new season ’a cookers, halves 5s 6d to 7s 9d; peaches, 6s to 10s; plums, dessert 5s to 7s 9d, cookers 4s to ss; Nelson tomatoes, 7s 9d to 10 9d, all per half-case; apricots, 7s to 9s 6d per quarter-case; raspberries, Is 8d to Is lOd; strawberries, .Is 9d; black currants, 8d; red currants, sd, al! per punnet; gooseberries, sd; tomatoes, 9d to Is, both per lb.; black currants, 6s to 8s per 101 b. case. Vegetables.—Asparagus, 6s to 7s; rhubarb, 4s to 6s; carrots, 4s to 6s; swedes, 3s 6d to ss; broad beans, 2s 6d to 3s; silver beet, 2s; carrots, 9s to 12s 6d; parsnips, 9s to 11s 6d; marrows, 6s to 7s 6d; spinach, 3s to 6s all per case; potatoes 10s to 12s; peas 2s to 7s, both per sack; onions, 28s to 30s; beaus, 11s 3d, both per sugar bag; French beans, 4d to 6d per lb.; cucumbers, 5s to 8s 6d per dozen. Prices are quoted by Lacry and Co., Ltd., Townsend and Paul, Ltd., Geo. Thomas and Co., Ltd., D. Bowie and Co., Ltd., A. Pope an Co., Ltd., Thompson Bros., Ltd., as follows:—Apples, Sturmers 7s to 15s 6d a bushel case, Delicious 8s to 19s 6d, new season’s cookers 4s 9d to 6s 6d a halfcase; plums, cookers 3s Cd to 6s a half*case, dessert 7s 6d to 14s 6d; peaches, 3s to 6s a tray, dessert 9s to 15s a halfcaso, cookers 5s to 8s; loganberries, 7a 6d per 101 b. tins; apricots, 3s 6d to Ss 9d a quarter-case; black currants, 7s to Ss 6d 121 b. boxes; raspberries, 2s lb. punnet; red <*urrants, 4s to 4s Cd halfcase; passion fruit, 12s to 19s half-case; cherries, 4s to 14s Cd 121 b. box; tomatoes, local hothouse 8d to Is o£d a lb., Nelson coloured 5Jd to Bd, Nelson red 6d to 9£d; new potatoes, 7s to 9s a cwt.; beans, 5d to 8d a lb.; green peas, Is 6d to 6s a sack; gooseberries, 5d to 6d a lb.; hothouse cucumbers, 4s to 7s 6d a dozen; cucumber, outside, 11s to 12s 6d a half-case; lettuce, 3s to 6s 6d a case; cabbage, 6d to 2s a sack; cauliflowers, Is to 3s a sack; silver beet, Is to 2s 6d a case; marrows, Gs to 10s 9d a case; carrots, 2d to 7d a bunch; swedes, 3d to 4d a bunch; parsnips, 4ci to Cd a bunch; spinach, Is 6d to 4s a case; beetroot, new season’s, 4d to Gd a bunch; rhubarb, 3s to 6s a dozen bunches.