FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 248, 16 July 1941, Page 3

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

Wellington Market Prices Prices of fruit and vegetables in the .Wellington markets are quoted by Laery and Co,, Ltd., Townsend and Paul, Ltd., G. Thomas and Co., Ltd., Thompson Bros., Ltd., D. Bowie and Co., Ltd., A. Pope and Co., Ltd., and Turners and Growers (Wellington), Ltd., as follows: — Passion fruit, 18/- to 37/- a Lease; grapefruit, New Zealand, 6/- to 12/- a bushel case; lemons, Meyer, 6/- to 10/9 a J-ease; Chinese gooseberries, 8/- to 14/6 a Lease; tree tomatoes, 6./- to 11/a Lease. Tomatoes, hothouse, 1/--to 1/6 a lb.; beans, hothouse, 1/3 to 2/- a lb.; pumpkins. 5/- to 9/6 a sack. Potatoes, 10/- to 15/- a cwt.; onions, 10/- to 13/- a cental bag; ktimeras, 7/to 10/- a sugar-bag. ■ ■ Sprouts, 13/- to 28/6 a case; cabbage, 3/- to 6/- a. sack; cauliflowers, 4/- to 9/- a sack; lettuce. 4/- to 22/6 a case; spinach, 10/- to 20/- a case; silver beet, 1/- to 3/- a case; marrows, 2/- to 4/a case. Leeks. 8/- to 12/6 a case; parsnips, 8/- to 14/- a case; swedes, 3/- to 5/9 a case; beetroot, 4/6 to 6/3 a case; carrots, 5/- to 9/6 a ease; celery, Auckland, 16/- to 23/6 a case; local. 7/- to 14/-; rhubarb 8/- to 20/- a dozen bunches.