PRICE OF ROCK MELONS
Sir,- —When passing u fruit shop 0110 morning J noticed a .small rock melon in the window —about the size oi a tennis hall. 1 went in and inquired the price, and when told it was 8d I gasped and decided to go without. Next day i was talking to one of the American sailors, one of the senior ratings and a much-travelled man. Among other things we discussed prices, and I told hinf* about the rock melon and asked him what he reckoned would he a lair ligure for it. He said, "Twopence—but, madame, wo do not put such small melons on the market in America; we feed them to the ho^s!" I'm Tkm.jng You.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23923, 25 March 1941, Page 9
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120PRICE OF ROCK MELONS New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23923, 25 March 1941, Page 9
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