FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 December 1940, Page 11

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

WELLINGTON MARKET PRICES. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. Cherries, 6s. to 15s. 6d a box; red currants, ss. to ss. 6d. bucket; strawberries, Auckland, 2s. to 2s. sd. punnet; Nelson, Is. to Is. ,3d. a punnet; gooseberies, 3jd. to sd. a lb; grapes, hothouse. ,3s. Id. to 3s. 7d. a lb. Tomatoes, local hothouse, Is. to Is. 6d. a lb.; Nelson, hothouse, red, lOd. to Is. a lb.; Nelson coloured, sd. to lid. a lb.; bronze plums. 4s. 6d. to Bs. J-case; plums. Sharpe’s Early, 7s. 9d. to 10s. Jcase; cherry plums, 3s. 6d. to 6s. 6d. J-case; peaches. 6s. 6d. to 13s. J-case; trays, 45.; grapefruit. 7s. to 15s. J-case. Asparagus. Bd. to lOd. a 1 lb. bunch; cucumbers, hothouse, 6d. to Ils. 6d. a dozen: outside, 13s. 6d. J-case; green I peas, 3s. to 10s. bag; .new potatoes, local, 6s. to 9s. 6d. cwt. sack; onions, choice. 245. to 295. cental bag. Cabbage, 2s. to 9s. case; lettuce, choice, 14s. to 245. 6d. case; others, 7s. to 13s. case; cauliflowers, 2s. 6d. to 11s. &d. sack; silver beet, 2s. 6d. to 7s. case; spinach. ss. 3d. to 12s. 9d. case; marrows. 20s. to 225. case.

Swedes, now season’s, ss. to Bs. case; parsnips, new season’s, 7d. to Is. Id. a bunch; beetroot, new season’s, 6d. to lid. a bunch; carrots, new season’s, 4d. to IOJd. a bunch; broad beans, 3s. 6d. to 7s. 6d. banana case; rhubarb, 4s. to 10s. a dozen bunches.