FRUIT AND VEGETABLES.
Messrs. Market Gardeners/ Ltd., of Wellington, announce values of fruit and vegetables sold at their sales yesterday:— Fruit report.—Fiji bananas, 36s 6d case; Hutt tomatoes, Is 6d to 2s 9d case; Hutt grapes, Is 2%d to Is 3%d; Nelson grapes, Is 7'AA to Is BV&d-per lb; peaches, 4s to 6s 3d; pears, 4s to 5s 9d; cooking pears, 3s to 4s; ( cooking apples, 4s 6d to 5s 6d; blackberries, 3%d per lb; Delicious apples, 5s to 6s 6d; Jonathan apples, ss; Cox Orango apples No. 2, 3s 6d to 4s Gd; fancy grade Cox Orange apples, 6s 6d to 10s; quinces, 8s per case; plums, 4s to 5s case; passion fruit, 4s to 5s case. Vegetable report.—Southern potatoes, £8 to £8 10s; Hutt potatoes, 7s Cd to 8s 6d; onions, 5s per bag; lettuce, 9d to Is Od case; cabbage, 3s to 4s 6d case; marrows, Is case; swedes, 6s 6d case; parsnips, 9s case; beetroot, 2s case; beans, 6s to 8s 6d bag; peas, 5s 6d to 10s 6d sack; pumpkins, Ss sack; carrots, 4s case; spinach, 4s 6d case; cauliflower, 5s to 5s 6d; celery, Is 8d to Is '10d per bunch.
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 55, 8 March 1929, Page 12
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197FRUIT AND VEGETABLES. Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 55, 8 March 1929, Page 12
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