Vegetable And Fruit Prices

Press, Issue 32333, 26 June 1970, Page 11

Vegetable And Fruit Prices

A good supply of lemons sold well at the Christchurch produce markets yesterday. All fruit, including a quantity of Island grapefruit and North Island tomatoes, fetched good prices. Cooking vegetables were cheaper. Parsnips were 50c cheaper, costing up to 50c a box. Carrots, selling at up to 80c a case, were 20c less. Cauliflower and white turnip prices increased by 20c, fetching up to $1.20 and 80c a case. Potatoes, cabbage, onion and pumpkin prices remained unchanged. The official price range supplied by the Christchurch Fruit and Vegetable Wholesalers’ Association was: Marrows.—3oc to 80c a case. Silverbeet.—3oc to 60c a case. Beetroot.—To 40c a case. Pumpkins.—To $2 a sack. Cabbages.—3oc to 51.20 a case. Carrots.—€oc to 80c a case. Cauliflowers.—Boc to $1.20 a case. Onions.—To $3.20 a bag. Parsnips.—soc a box. Sprouts.—To $3 a case. Swedes.—To $1.30 a bag. White turnips.—Boc a case. Potatoes.—Boc to $1.20 a sugar bag. Kumeras.—s4 a case. Spring onions.—To 75c a dozen bunches. Parsley.—sc a bunch. Lettuces.—4oc to $1 a dozen bunches. Leeks.—To 70c a case. White celery.—To $1.30 a case. Utah Celery.—To $1.60 a case. Spinach.—To $2 a case. Cucumbers. —To $3 a case. Rhubarb.—To $2 a case. Butternut Pumpkins.—sl.Bo to $2 a bag. Tomatoes.—To 45c per lb. Lemons.—s 3 a case. Grapes.—6oc to $1.20 per lb. Grapefruit.—To $5 a case. Passionfruit.—s2.so a case. Tamarillos.—sl.so to $3 a case. Chinese Gooseberries.—To $3 a case.