FRUIT AND PRODUCE

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 927, 21 March 1930, Page 12

FRUIT AND PRODUCE

WELLINGTON MARKET REPORT FROM BROKERS Laery and Co., Ltd.. Wellington, report present values as foll-ow: Apples: Fancy Gravensteins, 7s to 1 9s; Cox's Orange, Ss to 10s; Jonathans, •! 6s 6d to 7s; Delicious, 7s to 9s: cook- { ers, 4s to 5s bushel. Pears: Choice W.8.C.. 10s to 12s; L.8.J., 9s to 11s; cookers, 4s to 5s bushel. * Peaches: j Choice Golden Quee», Ss 6d to 9s 6d; ! Hobbs’s Red, 6s 6d to 7s; others, 5s ■ to 6s half case. Plums: Choice dessert, i 9s to 10s 6d; others, 7s to Ss half j Cap© Gooseberries: Choice, os to 6s half case. Passions: Choice, Ss to 8s 6d; others, 6s to 7s half case. Lemons: Choice, cured, 16s to ISs; others, 12s to 14s bushel case. Quinces: Choice, 8s to 10s: others, 6s to 7s bushel case. Grapes: Choice hothouse, Is 3d to Is sd: others, Is to Is 3d a pound. Tomatoes: Choice, red, 5s to 6s; coloured 4s to 4s 6d half case. Cucumbers: Choice, 10s to 12s banana case; 3s to 4s half case. Celery: Choice, 5s to 6s dozen heads. Pumpkins: Choice, Red j Squash, 7s to Ss sack. Lettuce: Choice, j 6s to 7s banana case. Kumeras: Choice. !6s 6cl to 7s sugar bag. Black Leaf 40: In ten pound tins. 555: two pound tins. 14s 6d: half pound bottles. 5s 3d each: loz bottles, 14s 6d a dozen.