FRUIT AND VEGETABLES
WELLINGTON PRICES. (By Telegraph—Press Association. I WELLINGTON, This Day. Prices of fruit and vegetables in the Wellington market this week are quoted as follows: — Lemons, Meyer, 12s to IGs 6d a Jcase; passion fruit, 18s to 23s a Lease; mandarins, 10s. 6d. to 13s. 6d. a j-case. Tomatoes, hothouse, 2s 4d. Io 3s. a lb.; tree tomatoes, 9s. to 12s. a J-case; grape-fruit, 7s. to 10s. a case. Asparagus, lOd. to Is. 3d. a bunch; cucumbers, hothouse. 6s. to 14s. a doz. Green peas, 7Ad. to 81d. a lb.: new potatoes, 2d. to 21d. a lb. Potatoes, 4s. to 6s. 6d. a cwt.; onions, ss. to 14s. a cental bag; kumeras, 9s. to Ils. a sugar-bag. Cabbage, spring, 4s. to 10s. 6d. a case;
lettuce, choice, 7s. to 14s 3d. a case; others, 2s. 6d. to 6s. 6d.; cauliflowers, Ils. 6d. to 21s. a sack; silver beet, 4s. to Bs. 6d. a case; spinach 4s. to 10s. a case; pumpkins, 20s. to 38s. a sack.' Carrots, 3s. to 9s. a case; swedes, ss. to Ils, a case; parsnips, 2s 6d. to 9s. a case; beetroot, 3s. to 9s. a case; leeks, ss. to 9s 3d. a case; rhubarb, 6s. to 13s 4d. a dozen bunches.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 October 1940, Page 9
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