Vegetable And Fruit Prices

Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31658, 19 April 1968, Page 11

Vegetable And Fruit Prices

Most vegetables were sold at firices which were much above ast week’s, when the first sale after the Easter break was held in Christchurch produce markets yesterday. Supplies of lettuces, cucum-i bers, and sweet corn were more i than the demand required, and! prices for these were below average, as at last week’s sale. Prices paid for silver beet, cauliflowers, sprouts, spinach, and tomatoes were about half as much again as those of last week. The official price range supplied by the Christchurch Fruit and Vegetable Wholesalers’ Association is: Marrows.—To 60c a sack. Silver Beet.—2oc to 80c a case. Beetroot.—2oc to 25c a case. Pumpkins.—sl.2o a sack. Cabbages.—Savoy, to $l.lO a case. Carrots.—soc to $l.BO a case. Cauliflowers.—3oc to $2.70 a I case. Onions.—To $1.40 a bag. Parsnips.—soc to 90c a case. Sprouts.—s4.2o to $6.40 a case. Swedes.—sl.2o a bag. Potatoes. —To $1.50 a bag. Spring Onions.—To 80c a dozen bunches. Radishes.—To 60c a dozen bunches. Parsley.—sc to 10c a bunch. Lettuces.—loc to $l.lO a case. Leeks.—To 11 a case; loose, $1.20. Celery.—White, 65c a case; Utah, 80c. Stringless Beans. Outside grown, to $3.70; glasshouse, to $2.50 a case. Sweet Corn.—loc to 20c a tray. Rhubarb.—To $1.60 a case. , Butternut Pumpkins.—To $2 a box. Buttercup Pumpkins.—To 60c a box Tomatoes.—Bc to 25c a lb. Peaches.—6oc to $1.50 a case. Dessert Plums.—9sc a case. ■ Grapes.—2Bc to 65c a lb. I Tamarillos.—s2.lo to $2.55 ail case.