FRUIT AND VEGETABLES.

Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 93, 17 October 1934, Page 14

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES.

Laery and Co., Ltd., Geo. Thomas and Co., Ltd., Townsend and Paul, Ltd., Thompson Bros., Ltd., D. Bowie and Co., Ltd., W. Burbidge and Co., Ltd., report present values as follows:—Apples, fancy stunners 5s 6d to 7s 6d per bushel, Delicious 4s to 7s 6d, Washingtons 6s Gd to Bs, cookers 6s to 7s 6d; pears, choice Winter Coles 7s to 10s, Winter Nelis 5s to 7s, cookers 6s to 7s; passions, 7s to 10s per half-case; lemons, cured 7s to 9s per bushel, others 4s to 6s; grapefruit, New Zealand, 6s 6d to 7s 6d; cucumbers, 6s to 8s per dozen; tomatoes, hothouse, Is 4d

to Is 6d per pound; French beans, hothouse, Is 3d; Poorman oranges, choice, as to 7s per bushel; potatoes, Dakotas £4 to £4 5s per ton, Suttons £5; new potatoes, lYzd to l%d per lb; green peas, 4d to 6d; asparagus, 5d to 7d per bundle; onions, Brown Spanish, 8s per cental bag; cabbage, spring, 9d to Is 9d per banana case; lettuce, 2s to 6s; cauliflowers, 9s to 14s per sack; spinach, Is to 4s 6d per banana case; carrots, 3d to 6d per bunch; parsnips, 3s 6d to 4s 6d per banana case; rhubarb, 4s to 8s per dozen bunches; white turnips, 2d to 3d per bunch; swedes, 5s to 6s per banana case; spring onions, 6d to Is 7d per bunch; beetroot, 4d to 6d; celery, 6d to 10d'; leeks, 2d to 4d; eggs, fresh, first grade, lid per dozen; honey, 8s fid to 9s dozen sections; walnuts, 6d to 7%d per lb.