FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 119, 13 February 1941, Page 3

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

Wellington Market Prices Prices of fruit and vegetables in the Wellington markets on Tuesday are quoted by Messrs. Laery and Co., Ltd., Townsend and Paul, Ltd.,,G. Thomas and Co., Ltd., It. Bowie and Co., Ltd., Thompson Bros., Ltd., A. Pope and Co., Ltd., and Turners and Growers' (Wellington), Ltd., as follows : — Raspberries, 12/6 a tin. Grapes, hothouse, lid. to 1/3 a lb. Tomatoes, Hutt coloured, 3/6 to 5/- half ease; Hutt ripe, ">/- to 7/-; Nelson red. 2/6 to 7/6 £ Nelson coloured, 2/- to 3/6. Plums._ 5/- to 8/- half case. Apricots, 8/- to 15/- half case. Peaches, 5/- to 9/- half case; 2/9 to 3/10 a tray. Nectarines, 4/- to 10/balf case. Greengages, 7/- to 10/- half case. Beans, 1/- to 10/- banana case. Cucumbers, outside, 2/- to 4/- banana case. Pumpkins, 5/- to 8/- a sack. Green peas. 15/6 to 29/3 a sack. New potatoes, ioeal, 3/6 to 6/6 a cwt. sack. Onions, 5/- to 6/6 sugar bag. Kumeras, 18/- to 20/- sugar bag. Cabbage, 2/- to 4/6 case. Lettuce, 1/- to 6/- case. Cauliflowers, 5/- to 11/6 sack. Silver beet, 2/- to 4/3 case. Spinach, 4/- to 8/9 case. Marrow's, 1/6 to 3/9 case. Swedes, 3/- to 5/- case. Parsnips, 6/to 7/9 case.. Beetroot, 2/- to 4/6 case. Carrots, 8/- to 13/6 case. Celery, 9d. to 2/6 a bunch. Rhubarb, 3/- to 8/- dozen bunches.