FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 63, 7 December 1938, Page 14

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

Wellington Market Prices

Prices of fruit, vegetables and other produce iu the Wellington market this week are quoted by Laery and Co., L*d., Thompson Bros., Ltd.. D. Bowie and Co., Ltd., Townsend and Paul, Ltd., Geo Thomas and Co., Ltd., as follows:— Apples: Delicious, 19/- to 17/6 a bushel; Stunners, 9/- to 18/-. Rears: Winter Coles, 8/- to 15/- a three-quarter case: Winter Nells, 10/- to 14/9: P. Barry, 8/- to 11/-. Cherries: 2/- to .12/- a 101 b. punnet. Plums: Bronze, 4/- to 6/- a half case; Cherry, 5/- to 6/6: dessert, 8/- to 9/-. Peaches: 8/- to 12/- a half case; 3/6 to 3/10 a tray. Strawberries: Auckland. 1/9 to 2/4 a Tomatoes: Nelson, hothouse, coloured, 7d. to 91d. a lb.; ripe, 7Jd. to 9d. a lb. Local hothouse, 9d. to 11d. Beaus: Hothouse, 9d. to I/O) a lb. Gooseberries. 3*d. to 4|d. a lb. Cucumbers, hothouse, 3/- to 7/- a dozen; outside, «/- to 11/- a half ease. Asparagus, 7d. to 10(1. a bunch. Lemons: 8/- to 15/- » bushel. Peas: 3Jd. to 4Jd. a lb. Potatoes, new, 8/- to 12/- a sack. Swedes, 4/- to 8/6 a ease. Marrows, 10/- to 13/- a case. Lettuce: 1/6 to 6/- a ease. Cabbage. 6d. to 2/6 a case. Cauliflowers, 3/- to (’>/- a sack. Spinach. 2/- to 8/- a ease. Broad beans, 4/- to 12/9 a ease. Silver beet. 1/6 to 4/3 a case. Carrots, 6/- to 15/- a dozen bunches. Parsnips, 8/- to 15/a dozen bunches. Beetroot, 3/- to 7/- a dozen bunches. Rhubarb, 6/- to 9/- a dozen bunches. Eggs: A grade, 1/6 a dozen ; B grade, 1/4. ' Orient Company’s Dividend Ltv Telegraph,—l'roHi Usti.—Coiivrleht. LONDON, December 5. The Orient Steam Navigation Company', Ltd., has declared an ordinary dividend of 5 per cent.