VEGETABLES AND FRUIT

Press, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 26856, 8 October 1952, Page 13

VEGETABLES AND FRUIT

The tangelo, a fruit which has appeared on the New Zealand market only in the last few years, is again on sale in Christchurch. A cross between the grapefruit and the tangerine, the tangelo is a j'Hcy citrus which may be used for most of i the purposes of the orange or the grape- i fruit. A consignment seen in one citv ■ greengrocer’s shop comes from Kerikeri. • and is priced at 3s per lb. Price will pro- ( bably be the main deterrent in the sales of this fruit at present, for it has to ' compete with oranges at Is 2Ad per lb ‘ and grapefruit at Is. Retail Prices Australian potatoes, 6d per lb; New Zealand* potatoes (old crop), 3d per lb. ’ new crop Is 2d per lb; onions, 6d per lb; 1 spring onions, 6d a bunch; sweet turnips, 4d per lb; carrots, 6d per lb; parsnips, 6d per lb; leeks. Is to Is 3d per lb; artichokes. 8d per lb; cauliflowers. 6d .to 2s - each; spring cabbages. 9d to Is 3d; spinach. 8d to Is a bunch. .Lettuces. Is 3d to 2s each: beetroot, nd to 9d a bunch; garlic. 2d per oz; green peas, 2s 3d per lb; hothouse tomatoes,, 5S : nd to 7s 6d per lb; hothouse cucumbers, i 3s 6d per lb; celery. Is to 2s a bunch; 1 radish’s, fid a bunch; asparagus. 2s 6d < to 3s a bunch. 1 Wolseley apples, 9d per lb; Granny £ a P”le p - Is ner lb: Sturmer apples c lOd per lb; Delicious apples. lOd to Is * per lb; dessert pears, is 2d per lb; rhu- < barb; Is 6d a bunch; Chinese gooseber- * ries, 2s to 2s 6d per lb; tree tomatoes, a Is fid to 2s per lb. f South African oranges, Is 2Jd her 1 lb; Australian oranges, Is 2sd;' tan- a eerines. Is fid: mandarins, Is fid: grape- v c ruit, Is; Meyer lemons. Is Id; New Zea- c land lemons, Is Id; marmalade oranges, a > 9d to Is: Australian lemons, Is 6d; Australian pineapples. 4s to 6s. j I MINING £ c Kanieri.—Returns for September are: 48 2 hours' working. 203,000 yards dredged, 1453 « ounces of gold won.—(P.A.) " ”■ ... 11 S