FRUIT AND VEGETABLES.
Market Gardeners, Ltd., Wellington, announce, values of fruit and vegetables sold at yesterday's sales:— Fruit. —Lemons, 4s to 6s per case; apples, Delicious 7s to 9s 6d, Stunners 6s to 10s; Winter Cole pears, lls 9d to 13s 9d; gooseberries, 6d to 7id per lb; tomatoes, lljd to Is 6d per lb; passion fruit 15s 6d to 17s 9d; grapefruit, lls
9d. Vegetables.—Cabbage, Is 6d to 3s 5d per case; silverbeet. 9d to Is: lettuce, 9d to 2s; spinach, Is 6d to 2s 6d; cauliflowers 2s fid to 6s sd; swedes, 5s 3d; beetroot, Is Gd to 2s; new potatoes, 2rld per lb; onions. 20s to 21s per cental bag; green peas, lid to 3d per lb; asparagus, 4s 6d to 6s per dozen bunches; turnips, Is to 2s; rhubarb, 2s to 4s; carrots, 3s to 8s; parsnips. 8s to 15s; radish, 2s to 3s. D Bowie and Co., Ltd., "W. Burbidge and Co., Ltd., George Thomas and Co., Ltd Laery and Co., Ltd., Townsend and Paul, Ltd., and Thompson Bros., Ltd.. report present values as follows: — Apples, choice, Rome Beauty, 9s to 10s a bushel; Delicious. 9s to 14s; Stunners, 6s 6d to 11s; Doughertys. 6s to Bs. Poars, Winter Coles, 10s to 14s i-case; Winter Nelis, 7s to lls; P. Barry, 8s to 9s 6d. Strawberries, Is 4d to 2s 3d punnet. Gooseberries, Gd to 7d lb. I Tomatoes, hothouse, IOJd to Is 3Jd. I French benns, hothouse, Is lOd. Cucumbers, 6s to 8s dozen. New potatoes, 2d to 2jd lb. Asparagus, 4d to 6d bunch. Green Peas, 2d to 3Jd lb. Lemons, cured, 6s to 7s bushel; others, 4s to ss. Grapefruit. N.Z., 8s to 10s. Passions. 8s to 12s half-case. Leeks, 9d to Is 3d bunch. Pumpkins, large sacks, 14s to 15s sack. Cabbage, spring. Is to 3s 8d banana case. Cauliflowers, large sacks, 6s to 10s sack. Lettuce. Is 6d to 2s 5d banana case: others, Gd to Is. Spinach, 2s to 3s Gd. Parsnips, 8s to 10s dozen bunches. Carrots, ns to Bs. Beetroot, Is 6d to 2s banana case. Swedes, 7s 6d to 9s 6d. Rhubarb, new season's. 2s to 4s dozen bunches. Potatoes, prime, 10s to 14s cwt. Onions, choice, 18s 6d cental bag. Eggs, fresh, hen's. Is dozen; medium, lid. Walnuts, 4d to 6d lb. -
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Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 111, 6 November 1935, Page 12
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