Vegetable And Fruit Prices

Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31463, 1 September 1967, Page 10

Vegetable And Fruit Prices

Good supplies of all vegetables were available at Christchurch produce markets yesterday, especially lettuces from Oamaru and local growers. Lettuces sold from SI to 52.20 a case. Some North Island supplies of tomatoes were delayed by a train derailment near Taumaranui and did not arrive until about 1 p.m. They sold at prices from 43 cents to 70 cents a pound. Other prices supplied by the Christchurch Fruit and Vegetable Wholesalers* Association were:— Silver Beet.—4o cents to 75 cents a case Beetroot.—so cents a case. Pumpkins.—To 312.50 a sack. Cabbages.—Savoy, to 95 cents a case; Spring, to 85 cents a case. Carrots. —50 cents to $1.20 a case. Cauliflowers.—Bo cents to $1.50 a case. Onions.—To $1.20 a sugar bag. Parsnips.—To $1 a case. Sprouts.—To $2.50 a case. Swedes.—To $1 a bag. Potatoes.—sl.2o to $l.BO a sugar bag. Spring Onions.—9o cents a dozen bunches. Radishes.—6o cents a dozen bunches. Parsley.—2o cents a bunch. Leeks.—To $1.50 a case. Celery.—White and Utah, 60 cents to $1.20 a case. Spinach.—To $1 a case. Cucumbers.—To 50 cents a pound. Rhubarb.—To $l.BO a dozen bunches. Grapefruit.—To $3 a case. Tamarillos. —$1.50 to $2.10 a case.