COSTLY DELICACY
MUSHROOMS FROM 2/6 TO 3/6 A POUND PRICES AT WELLINGTON Special to TUB SUX WELLINGTON, Today. Two years ago mushrooms could be bought in Wellington for about 4d a lb. Today, if mushrooms are fancied, the purchaser must pay at least 2s 6d a lb for them. If he has a nice palate he can pay as much as 3s 6d. The change, said a small farmer near Wellington today, is due to the fact that the Chinese greengrocers are adopting new methods. Mushrooms gathered by the farmer have virtually no sale. Years ago they were bought at a small price and sold at a small price. Today, the Chinese go mushrooming in their motor-cars in the early morning and gather small supplies which are retailed at from 2s 6d a lb. This farmer alleges that other centres are beginning to suffer in the same way, and that the farmer who has a mushroom “crop” must now use them in his own frying-pan—unless he arrives too late.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 969, 12 May 1930, Page 10
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