FRUIT IN LONDON,
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEM EAST AND WEST.
Writing from London Mr. Wm. Brown, JLr piW in the firm of Messrs. Laery aad Co., fruit and produce merchants, states.—"l cannot understand lw the fruit hawkers sell iruit EO cheap hc-ro. You see lovely bananas ticketed two and three for a penny, and Messina orange at the same price. It must cost a lot of money to import banana*. The bunches ore "apjcd round with wadding, and placed ui a era?" something like a cheese crate, "oil packed with fibre, « W •" bunch measures a lot. On thelOJte hand the fine fruit shops m tho good streets get groat prices-green peas, Is Id per lb. M peck); French beans, 2s por lb.; pears. 8d l<> IM. each; Hobirt Bpplos, 4<3. and 6d. each I , 1W sma U tomatoes ticketed in good shops 2d. each, bsck street shops, just as good, 3d. per lb."
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 865, 11 July 1910, Page 6
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152FRUIT IN LONDON, Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 865, 11 July 1910, Page 6
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