FRUIT AND VEGETABLES*

Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 97, 21 October 1936, Page 14

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES*

D. Bowie and Co., Ltd., Townsend and Paul, Ltd., Geo. Thomas and Co., Ltd., Thompson Bros., Ltd., and Laery and Co., Ltd., and Burbage and Co. report present values as follows:— Apples: Delicious, 4s to 7s 6d a bushel: Stunners, 3s to 7s 6d; Washingtons, 4s to 6s 6d. Pears: Winter Coles, 4s to 12s 5d per 3-case; Winter Neks, 4s to 7s; P. Barrys, 6s to' 10s. Poorman oranges, 8s to 14s a bushel;- cucumbers, hothouse, 6s to 11s 6d a dozen; lemons, cured 10s to 16s 6d a bushel, others 4s to 9s; green peas, 4d to 7id a pound; potatoes, 9s to 10s 6d a cwt; asparagus, lOd to Is per pound bunch; tomatoes, hothouse, Is to Is 7d a pound; french beans, hothouse, Is 7d a pound; new potatoes, Nelson,2 id to 3i a pound/Pukekohe 3d to 4d«a pound; celery, 2s to 4s 6d per case; cauliflowers, 8s to 14s 6d per case; lettuce, choice, 5s to 9s per case; others, Is to 4s per case; spinach, 2s to 6s per case; swedes, Is to 3s per case; parsnips, 3s to 6s per case; carrots, Is to 3s per case; beetroot, 8s to 10s 9d per case; spring cabbage. Is to 3s 5d per case; leeks, 4d to 9d per bunch; white turnips, 4d to 8d per bunch; rhubarb, 4s to 8s per dozen bunches; onions, local,. 8s to 15s per cental bag; eggs, special, Is '4d per dozen, A grade Is 3d, B grade Is 2d; walnuts, choice, 8d to 9d a lb. Market Gardeners, Ltd., Wellington, announce values of fruit and vegetables sold at yesterday's sale: — Fruit.—Apples: Delicious, 4s to 6s per case; Stunners, 4s 6d to 7s; Rome Beauty, 4s 6d to ss. 9d; Dougherty, 4s •to ss.' Lemons, 8s to 10s; hothouse tomatoes, Is Id to Is 2d per lb; mushrooms, Morecambe 2s 6d to 3s per lb, others Is 9d to 2s 6d per lb; Winter Nelis pears, Bs. . „- Vegetables.—Cabbage, Is to 3s Id per case; spinach, Is 6d to 3s 9d; carrots, ls'6d to 4s 6d; parsnips, 4s to 6s 8d; lettuce; 3s to 10s; cauliflowers, 5s 6d to 9s; swedes, 2s to 3s; green peas, 6d to 7d per lb; carrots, 3s per sack; cauliflowers, 8s to 15s per sack; onions, 5s to 15s per cental bag; potatoes, £7 to £10 per ton; asparagus, 4s to 14s per dozen bunches; rhubarb,-4s to i 10s; beetroot, 3s 6d to 6s; leeks, 2s to ss; carrots, 3s to 4s.