Vegetable And Fruit Prices
The market was generally ; steady with about the same |number of price increases as I decreases on last week’s prices iat the Christchurch produce markets on Monday. In the vegetable section, cabbages rose considerably from 25c to 45c a case to 40c to 70c a case but sprouts dropped from 85 20 to $5.90 a case to $4.10 to 84.50 a case Potatoes have remained steady for some time at 81.20 a sugar bag Fruit showed some fluctuations with grapes up from 35c to 60c a pound to 45c to 75c a pound. Tamarillos dropped from 83.75 to 85 a case to 82.75 to $4.10. The official range of prices supplied by the Christchurch Fruit and Vegetable Wholesalers’ Association was: Marrows.—To 70c a bag. Silver Beet.—soc to 70c a case. Beetroot. —To 50c a case. Pumpkins.—Bl.so to 82.50 a sack. Cabbages.—4oc to 70c a case. Carrots—6oc to 81.20 a case. Cauliflowers.—Bl.so to 81.70 a case. Onions.—To 90c a sugar bag. Parsnips —Bl to 81.40 a case. Sprouts.—s4.lo to 84.50 a case. Swedes.—9l.2o to 81.50 a sugar bag Potatoes—To 81.20 a sugar bag. Kumeras —To 84 a case. Radishes.—4oc a dozen bunches. Parsley.—7c a bunch. Lettuces.—4oc to 81.20 a case. Leeks.—To 81.30 a dozen bunches. Celery.—Utah. 40c to 75c a case. Spinach.—To 81.15 a case. Cucumbers.—24c a pound. Rhubarb.—To 81.60 a case. Tomatoes.—loc to 18c a pound. Plums.—Dessert, 81.80 to 82.50 a case. Grapes.—4sc to 75c a pound. Tamarillos.—B2.7s to 84.10 a case. Chinese Gooseberries.—B2 to 83,45 a case.
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Press, Volume CIX, Issue 31975, 30 April 1969, Page 16
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