FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 127, 23 February 1938, Page 14

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

Wellington Market'Prices

Prices of fruit, vegetables and other produce on the Wellington markets this week are quoted by Laery and Co., Ltd., Thompson Bros. Ltd., W. Burbridge and Co., Ltd., D. Bowie and Co., Ltd.. Townsend and Paul Ltd.) and George Thomas and Co., Ltd., as follows: — Apples: Gravenstein, 2/6 to 5/- a bushel; cooking. 2/6 to 4/6; Cox’s Orange, 3/- to 5/6; Worcester Permain, 2/6 to 3/6. • Pears: W.8.C., 5/- to 7/- per threequarter case; L.8.J., 5/- to 7/-. Nectarines, 3/6 to 6/6 per half-case.' Quinces, 6/- to 7/- per half-case. Passion fruit, 3/6 to 8/- per half-case. Plums: Dessert, 5/- to 8/- per halfcase ; cooking, 3/- to 5/-. Peaches: Dessert, 3/- to 4/6 per halfcase; cooking. 2/- to 3/6. Lemons: 5/- to 16/- per bushel. Grapes: Local hothouse, 7d. to 1/1 per lb. Tomatoes: Ripe, 1/- to 1/6 per case; coloured, 1/4 to 1/9; round, 1/6 to 2/6. 1 Beans: 1/6 to 6/- per ease. Cucumbers, outside, 1/- to 2/- per case. Potatoes, 5/- to 8/6 per sack. Pie melons, 5/- to 6/- per sack. Cauliflowers, 5/- to 7/9 per sack. Kumeras, 5/- to 7/- per sugar-bag. Onions, 5/6 to 6/6 per sugarbag. Peas, 8/- to 16/8 per saek. Pumpkins, 4/- to 8/-. Cabbage: 2/6 to 5/- per case. Cabbage, savoy, 4/- to 9/- per saek. Lettuce, 1/6 to 8/6 per sack. Spinach, 2/6 to 5/per case. Swedes, 2/6 to 5/3 per case. Carrots, 2/- to 6/- per case. Parsnips, 5/- to 6/9 per case. Beetroot, 1/6 to 3/per case. Marrows, 1/- to 2/- per case. Celery, 3d. to 1/3 per case. Rhubarb, 4/- to 6/- per bunch. Eggs: ,A grade, 2/- per dozen : medium, 1/16.