FRUIT AND VEGETABLES.

Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 31, 5 August 1936, Page 14

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES.

■ Market Gardeners, Ltd., Wellington, announce values 6f fruit and vegetables sold at yesterday's sales:— '

Fruit.—Apples, Delicious 4s to 6s 6d per case, Stunners 2s 6d to 6s, Dunns 2s 6d.to 4s, Washington 4s to ss, Ballarats 4s 6d to 5s 6d; Winter Cole pears; 5s to 7s 6d;.lemons, 8s to 16s; passion fruit, 20s. to 255. .

Vegetables.—Lettuce, Is to 5s 9d per ' case; carrots, 2s 6d to 3s; swedes, 3s to 4s; pumpkins, 2s 3d to 4s 9d; parsnips, 3s 6d to ss;-red cabbage, 2s 6d; beetr root, 2s to 4s; cauliflowers, 8s to 16s lOd.per sack; cabbage, 3s to 10s; pumpkins, 5s to 7s; carrots, 3s to ss; onions, 4s to 6s per cental bag; potatoes, £6 to £7 10s per ton; turnips, Is to 4s 6d per dozen bunches; beetroot, 2s to 8s per dozen bunches;- leeks, 6s to 7s per dozen bunches; carrots, 2s to 3s per dozen bunches; radish, ls Nto 2s per. dozen bunches; rhubarb, 12s to 16s per dozen bunches.

•Laery and Co., Ltd., Thompson Bros., Ltd., George Thomas and Co., Ltd., Townsend and Paul, Ltd., D. Bowie and Co., Ltd.,. and W. Burbidge and Co., Ltd., report present values as follows: —Apples: Dunns, 2s 6d to 4s per. bushel; Jonathans, 3s to 6s; Ballarats, 5s to 6s; Delicious, 3s to 8s; Granny Smith, 5s to 8s; Stunners, 3s to 6s 6d; Washingtons, 3s 6d to 5s 6d. Pears: •Winter Coles, 6s to 8s per three-quarter case; Winter Nelis, 5s to 6s; cookers, 4s to 6s. Poorman oranges, 7s to 11s per bushel; passion fruit, 15s to 23s per box; tomatoes, hothouse, Is to Is 2d per pound; tree tomatoes, black 5s to 6s 6d per half-case, red 3s 6d to 4s 6d; lemons, cured 15s to 17s per bushel, others 6s to 12s; green. peaS 5d to 7d per lb; beans, French H.H., Is 81d; potatoes, 6s to 7s 6d per cwt; new potatoes, Nelson, lid to 3d per pound; celery, 5s to 11s per banana case; cauliflowers, 6s to 13s per sack; cabbage, 4s to 8s; sprouts, 3s 6d to 6s per sugar bag; lettuce, Is to 10s per banana case; spinach, 2s to ss; swedes, 2s to 2s 6d; pumpkins, 8s to 16s per sack; parsnips, 3s 6d and 5s per banana case; carrots, 2s to. ss; beetroot, 3s 6d to ss; spring cabbage, 3s 6d to ss; leeks, 3d to 9d per bunch; rhubarb, 4s to 10s per dozen bunches; onions, 5s to 10s per cental bag; eggs, fresh, special, Is 5d per dozen, hens, A grade Is 4d, B grade Is 3d; walnuts, choice, .4d to 6d per lb.