FRUIT AND VEGETABLES.

Evening Post, Volume 105, Issue 4, 6 January 1928, Page 10

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES.

Market Gardeners, Ltd.. report'average values of fruit and vegetables sold during the past week. There were heavy,supplies, with fair values. Fruit—Apples, new season's cookers, 8s 6d to 10s 6d; cherries, local, 22s to 235; plums, Burbanks. 6s 6d to 9s; peaches, 4s 6d to lis 6d; raspberries,' 5s to 7s 6d; black currants, 9s 6d: strawberries, ls.4d to Is fid; tomatoes, Hutt 4d to Is lb, Nelson 7s to 16s case; apricots, 6s 6d to 15s 6d; loganberries, 8d to Is chip. VegetablesPotatoes, local, 8s 6d to 18s cwt; potatoes, Pukekohe, 13s to 18s cwt; onions, Canadian, 14s to 16s crate; peas, 4s to 8s 6d per sack; cabbage, Is to 3s case, 3s to 4s per sack; carrot-, 6d to Is per bunch, 6s 6d to lis pen sack; parsnips, 4d to Is per bunch; cucumbers, 3s to 5s 6d dozen: lettuce, la to 3s case; spinach, 3s to 4s 6d case; beetroot, 2d to 6d bunch; ' cauliflower, 2s to 6s sack; marrows. 12s to 16s case; French beans. 4d to B%d lb; butter beans, 4d to 8d lb; rhubarb, 6s to 10s dozen.