WELLINGTON MARKETS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 57, 7 March 1936, Page 4

WELLINGTON MARKETS.

Prices of fruit, vegetables and other produce in the Wellington markets this week are quoted as follow. Apples: Choice, Worcester Pearmains, 2/6 to 3/6 per bushel case; Gravensteins, 4/ to 6/6; Cox's Orange, 3/ to 5/; cookers, 4/ to 6/10. Quinces, choice, 6/ to 8/ per "Pears: Choice, W.8.C., 4/ to 7/ per %-case; L.8.J., 4/ to 6/6. Peaches: Choice, dessert, 4/ to 6/6 per half-case; cookers, 3/6 to 4/6. Plume: Choice, dessert, 4/6 to 6/ per hall-case; cookers, 3/ to 4/; Grand Duke, 4/ to 5/3. Cape Gooseberries: Choice, 3/6 to 4/6 per half-case. Passion fruit: Choice, 5/ to 7/6 per box. Nectarines: Choice, 3/6 to <>/ per half-case. Apricots: Choice, 5/ to 8/ per half case. Raspberries: Choice, 5/ to 5/6 per bucket. Tomatoes: Choice, 1/6 to 2/6 a half-case. Grapes: Hothouse, choice, 8d to lid a P oun d. . , , Cucumbers: Choice, 1/ to 1/6 per case. Beans: Choice, 2/ to 4/ per part sack. Potatoes: Choice, 4/ to 6/ a cwt. Peas: Choice, green, 5/ to 13/ a bag. Lemons: Choice, cured, 10/ to 15/ a bushel; others, 5/ to 8/. Kumaras: Choice, 9/ per sugar bag. Cauliflowers: Choice, 5/6 to 7/ a sack. Cabbage, Choice, 9d to 1/3 a case. Lettuce: Choice, 4/ to 6/8 a ease; others, 1/6 to 3/. Swedes: Choice, 1/6 to 2/ a case. Marrows: choice, 1/ to 2/6 a case. Pumpkins: Choice, 3/ to 5/ a sack. Parsnips: Choice. 2/ to 3/ per dozen bunches. Carrots: Choice, 1/6 to 3/ per dozen bunches. Beetroot: Choice, 1/6 to 3/ per dozen bunches. Rhubarb: Choice, 1/ to 1/6 per dozen bunches. Onions: Choice, 3/6 to 4/ a sugar bag. Eggs: Fresh, hens, 1/4 per dozen; medium, 1/2; pullets, '10d. Walnuts: Choice, 5d to 6d a pound.