LOCAL MARKET PRICES

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 136, 6 December 1939, Page 14

LOCAL MARKET PRICES

Market Gardeners, Ltd., of "Wellington, beg to announce values of fruit and vegetables sold at their sales yesterday:—

Fruit Report.—Apples: Stunners 9s to 16s, Delicious 9s to 20s; pears, Winter Nelis, 13s to 14s, Peter Barry 13s to 16s; peaches, 8s to 11s 3d; cherry plums, 10s 9d; bronze plums, 6s 9d to 6s 3d, all per case; gooseberries, 4|d to 5-|d; red currants. sd; tomatoes, lOd to Is 3|d, all per 1b; strawberries, Is 4d to Is 9d per punnet. • Vegetable Report.—Swedes, 6s to 8s; carrots, Is to 6s; parsnips, 6s; rhubarb, ,4s. to 9s; turnips, 3s; beetroot, 6s ito 8s 6d; radish, Is to 2s; asparagus, 6s to 7s, all per dozen bunches; cucumbers, 5s to 8s per dqzen; beetroot, 7s to 10s; lettuce, 3d to Is 6d; broad beans, 2s to 3s 6d; swedes, 6s to 8s; cabbage, Is to 4s; spinach, Is to 2s 6d; cauliflower, Is to 2s 6d; carrots, 9s to 12s; parsnips, 7s to 10s 6d, all per case; peas, 7s to 13s 3d; cauliflowers, Is 6d to 4s, both per sack; potatoes, 2£d to 2£d; French beans, Is 2d to Is 6d, both per lb. ' Laery and Co., Ltd., Townsend and Paul, Ltd., Geo. Thomas and Co., Ltd., D. Bowie and Co., Ltd., Thompson Bros., Ltd., A. Pope and Co., Ltd., report present values as follows:—

Apples, Stunners 10s to 18s bushel case, Delicious 10s to 20s bushel case; pears, P. Barry 10s to 16s three-quarter case, Winter Nelis 8s to 14s 9d threequarter case; bronze plums, 7s to 10s half-cas,e; cherry plums, 6s to 9s 6d half r case; peaces, 5s 3d tray; red currants, 6s to 7s bucket; peaches, 7s to 12s halfcase; passion fruit, 13s 6d to 19s 6d quarter-case; strawberries, local Is 3d to Is 4d lib punnets, Nelson Is 2d to Is 3d lib punnets; cherries, 8s to 17s 6d 121b boxes; H.H. tomatoes, local 9d to Is 3d lb, Nelson 9d to Is 3£d 1b; New Zealand grapefruit, 7s to 11s 6d bushel case; new potatoes, 2d to 2id lb; H.H. beans, Is l£d to Is 4d lb; green peas, 9s to 20s sack; gooseberries,, 4d to s|d lb; H.H. cucumber, 5s to 9s dozen; cucumbers, outside 10s to 12s 6d halfcase; asparagus, 5d to 7d lb bunches; lettuce, 6d to 2s case; cabbage, Is to 5s case; cauliflowers, 3s to 5s 6d sack; silver i beet, Is to 5s 6d case; carrots, new season's, 3£d to 9£d per bunch; swedes, 6d to 7£d bunch; parsnips, 4dj to 9d bunch; spinach, Is to 4s 6d case; beetroot, new season's Is to Is 3d bunch; rhubarb, 5s to 11s dozen bunches.