FRUIT AND VEGETABLES.

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 46, 31 August 1928, Page 12

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES.

Market Gardeners, Ltd., of Wellington, report values of fruit, vegetables, etc., at their sales.' . Good weather livened up the market. Fruit: Californian lemons 48s to 50s; Calif ornian grapes, 21s to 255;., Coot Island oranges, 135.6 dto 16s; Cook Island bananas, 18s 6d to 26s 6d; Cook Island tomatoes, 9s; local Stunner apples, 4s 6d to Cs; Dougherty apples, 4s to ss; Washington cookers, 5s to Gs 6d; Ballarats, cooking apples, 6s to 7s; Delicious, 6s- Winter Cole pears, 6s to 9s; vicar pears, 6s. Vegetables: Southern potatoes, £6 10s to £8; Southern onions, 5s per bag; Californian onions, 14s Gd to 16s bag; Japanese onions, 15s crate; lettuce, 3s Gd to ss; No. 2 lettuces, 7s 6d to 1.5s 6d: No. 1 cabbages), 2s Gd to 5s 9d case; Swedes, 2s 6d to 3s 9d case; marrows, 4s to 5s case; parsnips, 5s to 6s 9d case; carrots, 4s 6d to 14s 6d case; beetroot, 9s 6d case; cauliflower, 5s to Gs case; spinach, 9s 6d to 11s- Gd case; new potatoes, 3%d to 4d per lb; green peas, ll%d lb; cauliflower, 9s to 14s 6d sack; sprouts, 8s to 13s bag; fresh cut flowers, daffodils, 3s 6d to 4s dozen; Sol De Or, 5s 6d to 7s 3d dozen; anemones, 3d to Is bunch; freesias, 3%d to 7%d bunch; violets, Sd to Is dozen; hyacinths, Is 3d bunch; spring. rhubarb, Is 3d to Is 9d bunch; winter rhubarb, 14s to 28s dozen; fat ducks, 13s 6d to 17s 6d pair.