FRUIT AND VEGETABLES.
Market Gardeners, Ltd., Wellington, announce values of fruit and vegetables sold at yesterday's sales: — Fruit. —Apples, Delicious 6s to 9s per case, Stunners 6s to 10s; lemons, 4s to ss; grapefruit; 8s to 10s; passion fruit, 13s to 16s; Winter Cole pears, 8s to 14s. Vegetables.—Cabbage, 6d to Is per case; swedes, 4s; beetroot, Is; carrots, 4s to 5s 6d; cauliflowers, 2s to 3s; spinach. Is to 3s; lettuce, 3s to 9s; parsnips, 11s 6d; pumpkins, 4s 4d; silver beet, 2s; cauliflowers, 3s to 4s per sack; new 'potatoes, 3£d per lb; asparagus, 4s to 9s per doz bunches; radish. Is 6d to 2s; silver beet, 3s to 4s 6d; carrots, 3s to ss; beetroot, 2s to 4s; leeks, 3s to 12s; rhubarb, 6s to 11s; cucumbers, 5s to 8s per dozen; potatoes, £13 to £13 per ton; onions, 20s to 25s per cental bag. Laery and Co.. Ltd., Geo. Thomas and Co.. Ltd., Townsend and Paul, Ltd., D. Bowie and Co., Ltd., Thompson Bros., Ltd., and W. Burbidge and Co., Ltd., report present values as follows:— ■ Apples, choice Rome Beauty 8s to 10s per bushel, Delicious 7s to 9s 9d, Stunners 8s to 10s, cookers 8s to 10s, Doughertys 6s to 8s; pears, Winter Coles 8s to 10s per three-quarter case, Winter Nelis 5s 6d to 7s, P. Barry 6s to 8s; tomatoes, hothouse, Is 6d to 2s per lb, cucumbers, 6s to 9s per dozen; new potatoes, 3Jd to 3Jd per lb; asparagus, 6d to 8d per bunch; green peas, 5d to 7id per lb; lemons, cured 6s to 7s per bushel, others 3s to ss; poorman oranges, 8s to 10s; passions, 12s to 17s per half-case; leeks, 6d to Is 6d per bunch; marrows, 3s to 4s per banana case; pumpkins, large sacks, 4s to 6s per. sack; cabbage, spring, 6d to 2s per banana case; cauliflowers,- large sacks, 4s to 7s per sack; lettuce, 4s to 5s 6d per banana case, others 2s to 3s; spinach, 2s to 4s; parsnips, 10s to 13s; carrots, 6s to 8s per sugar bag; beetroot, Is Cd to 2s per banana case; swedes, 3s 6d to 4s 9d; celery, 14s to 16s; rhubarb, new season's, 4s to 6s per dozen bunches; potatoes, prime, 17s 6d to 19s Eer cwt; onions, 20s to 26s per cental ag; kumeras, 4s 6d to 5s 6d per sugar bag; eggs, fresh, hens', Is per dozen, medium lid; honey, choice, in sections, 7s to 8s per- dozen sections; walnuts, l4dior6dE.ee pound,
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Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 87, 9 October 1935, Page 14
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419FRUIT AND VEGETABLES. Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 87, 9 October 1935, Page 14
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