FRUIT AND VEGETABLES.

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 106, 1 November 1933, Page 14

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES.

Laery and Co.. Ltd., George Ihomas and Co., Ltd., Thompson Bros., Ltd., Towns-end aud Paul, Ltd., D. Bowie and Co., Ltd., and W. Burbidge aud Co. report' present values as follows:—Apples, fancy grade Delicious, 8s to 10s per bushel; S'turmers, 8s to 9s Gd; Doughertys, /sod to 8s 6d. Pears, Winter Coles, 14s to 16s: Nelis, lls to 13s; Fancy P. Barrys, 10s 6d to lls; others, 8s to 9s. Lemons, New Zealand cured, 10s to 14s; tree-ripen-ed 5s to 7s. Passions. 14s to 16s per box. Gooseberries, 6d to 6%d per lb. Bronze plums, 7s per half-case. Potatoes, South Island-grown Dakotas, £5 to £6 per ton; Sutton Supreme, £4-10s. Onions, brown Spanish, prime, 9s to 10s per cwt; ex-cool store, 9s to 10s per crate, 7s to 8s per bag. Cauliflowers, 13s to 16s per sack. Cabbage, spring, 3s to 4s 3d per case. Carrots, 6s Od to 7s 6d per sack. Parsnips, 8s to 10s. Swedes, 4s to ss. Tomatoes, hothouse, Is per lb. Asparagus,' 6d to »d per bunch. Green peas, Nelson, 2%d to 2%d per lb; Hawke's Bay, 2%d; Otaki, 2%d. New potatoes, Pukekohe, l%d to l%d. Kumeras, 4s 6d to 5s per sugar bag. Cucumbers, hothouse, 4s to 8s per dozen. Rhubarb, (is to lls per dozen bunches. Lettuce, good'heart, 2s to 3s per banana case. Eggs, fresh, first grade, 10% dto lid per dozen. Walnuts, prime, 8d to 9d per lb. Honey, bulk, 3%d to 4%d.