FRUIT AND VEGETABLES
WELLINGTON MARKET PRICES. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. Prices of fruit and vegetables in the Wellington market are quoted as follows: — Chinese gooseberries. 5s to 12s a 1case; lemons (Meyer), 13s to 15s a lcase; passion fruit, 7s to 25s a J-case. Tomatoes, hothouse, 2s to 2s 2d a lb; tree tomatoes, 7s to 9s a 1-case; grapebit, New Zealand. 8s to 12s a case. Green peas, Is to Is 3d a lb; new potatoes, 2d to 2.’,d a lb. Potatoes, 4s to 6s a cwt; onions, 7s to 11s.a cental bag; kumeras, 18s to 21s a sugar bag. Cabbage, 4s to 8s a sack; ditto, spring, 5s to 7s 9d a case; lettuce, 3s to 16s a case; sprouts 11s to 13s 3d a sugar bag; cauliflowers, 10s to 14s 6d a sack; silver beet, 2s to 5s 3d a case; spinach, 5s to Ils a case. Marrows. Is to Is 6d a case; pumpkins, 5s to 18s a sack. Carrots, 2s to 4s a case, swedes, 2s 6d to 5s 6d a case; pasnips, Is 6d to 3s a case; beetroot, Is to 2s 9d a case; leeks, 2s 6d to 5s a case; celery, 15s to 21s a case; rhubarb, 12s to 16s a dozen bunches.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 August 1940, Page 9
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