FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 179, 27 April 1938, Page 14

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

Wellington Market Prices

Prices of fruit, vegetables and other produce in the Wellington.markets this week are quoted by Laery and Co., Lta., Thompson Bros., Ltd., D. Bowie and Co., Ltd., Townsend and Paul., Ltd., and Geo. Thomas and Co., Ltd., as follows.--Apples: Granny Smith, o/(> to of- a bushel; Jonathan, 3/6 to 6/-; Cox Orange, 3/6 to 9/-; Delicious, 3/b to 6/-; 'cookers, 3/6 to 4/6: Sturmers, 4/Pears: Winter Coles. 5/- to 8/- a 2* case; Winter Nelis, 2/- to 4/-; cooking, 4/- to 5/-. Quinces, 5/- to 7/- a bushel; passion fruit, 12/- to 17/- a i-case; cape gooseberries, 5/- to 6/- a 4-case; grapes, hothouse, 1/- to 1/9 a lb.; lemons, 8/- to 15/- a bushel. Tomatoes, 4/- to 13/9 a case; tree tomatoes, 3/- to 4/6 a 1-case; beans, 3/- to 30/- a case; potatoes, 5/- to </- a cwt.; pic melons, 3/- to 4/- a sack; kumeras, 5/- to 7/6 a sugar-bag; onions, 10/--to 13/6 a cental bag: pumpkins, o/t 0 8/- a sack. Lettuce, 6/- to 7/- a sack; cabbage, 6/- to 14/3 a case; savoy, 10/- to 18/sack; canliflowers, u/- to 10/6 sack; spinach, 4/- to 10/6 case; swedes, 3/- to 7/- ease: carrots, 3/- to 7/6 case; parsnips. 4/- to 7/- case; beetroot, 1/- to 3/6 ease; marrows, 1/- to 3/- case; celery, 4/- to 10/6 case; rhubarb, 5/- to 10/- a dozen; leeks, 6d. to 1/- a bunch. Eggs: A grade, 3/- a dozen; medium, 2/10.”

The price fixed by the Commonwealth Bank for gold, including jewellery, lodged at the Melbourne Mint for the week ended April 15, was at the rate of approximately £7/18/5 an ounce (22 carats), equal to a premium of 103.45 per cent Payment is made according to the assay value of the gold. The price was 1/3 an ounce lower on the week. The price per ounce fine is £B/12/10, a fall of 1/41 an ounce on the week.