FRUIT AND VEGETABLES.

Evening Post, Issue 25, 30 January 1935, Page 14

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES.

Market Gardeners, Ltd;, of Wellington, report values of fruit and vegetables as follows:—

Fruit.—Tomatoes, Is 3d to 2s lid per case; raspberries, lls 3d to 13s 6d per bucket; plums, 2s to 4s 7d; greengages, (is 6d to 6s 9d; peaches, Is 6d to 4s 4d; cooking apples, 4s 9d to 5s lOd; Gravenstein apples, 4s to 6a 6d; W.B.C. , pears, 5s to 5s 9d per bushel case; apridots, 2s 6d to 4s 4d; grapes, 8d per lb; nectarines, 2s to 3s; passion fruit, 3s to 10s 6d; lemons, 6s to" 12s per case. Vegetables.—Cucumbers, 2s to 2s 6d per case; beans, Is 9d to 9s lOd per case; potatoes, 4s to os per' case; lettuce, 2s to 7s per case; marrows, Is to Is 9d per lease; ..carrots. 1b 6d to 2s 6d per case; pumpkins, 2s lid per case; swedes, 5s to 6s 3d per case; parsnips, 2s 3d per case; silver beet, 3s per case; cauliflowers, 2s per case; pumpkins, 6s 6d to 9s 9d per sack; peas, 7s to 15s per sack; beans, 2s to 6s 3d per sack; carrots, 4s 4d per sack; parsnips, 2s to 9s per dozen bunches; car;rots, 2s to 4s per dozen bunches; beetroot, Is ,6d to 3s ■ per dozen bunches; swedes, 3s per dozen bunches; rhubarb, 2s to 3s per dozen bunches; water melons, Is 6d to 3s 9d each; potatoes, 6s 6d to 8s 6d per' cwt; onions, 6s to 6s 6d per sugar bag.