FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 69, 23 March 1938, Page 4

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

- Market Gardeners, Ltd,, of-Welling, ton, announce values of fruit - an* vegetables sold at yesterday scales:--Fruit—Apples (per case), ,Graymstein 2s 6d to 3s, Jonathan 3s to 4s, Cookers 4s to 5s 6d, Delicious 4s to 6£ Cox's 4s to 7s 4d; peaches, 4s to es 10d; pears. W.B.C. 4s to 7s. Bosci ?6 6d to 4s, Packhams 5s to 5s 3d, Winter Cole 5s to 6s; lemons,. 11s to ,l6fe tomatoes, Is to 3s 9d; pineapples, 175 to ISs; passion fruit, halves 7s to IS, bushels 22s 9d; grapes, 9d to Is per

Vegetables.—Marrow, 2s -to 3s per case; carrots, 2s 6d to 4s 3d per case; cucumbers. Is to 2s per case; potatoes. 2s to 3s 6d per case; swedes, 2s to >'4s per case; parsftips, 5s 3d per ease; lettuce, 7s 3d to 14s 6d per ease; cabbage, 5s 8d to 10s per case; spinach, 2s to 5s per case; beans, Is 6d to 41 6d per case; cauliflowers, 2s od per sack; peas, 6s to 13s 6d per sacK; pumpkins, 6s to 7s per sack; potatoes, 5s to 6s 6d per sack; onions, 9s to 12s per cental bag; prime ducks, 5s 6d to 6s per pair; beetroot, Is 6d to -is per dozen bunches; carrots, Is to *s per dozen bunches; rhubarb, 4s to 5s per dozen bunches. Prices are quoted by Laery and Co., Ltd., Thompson Bros., Ltd.v W. Bur» bidge and Co., Ltd.. D. Bowie and CoLtd., Townsend and Paul, Ltd., and Geo. Thomas, and Co., Ltd., as follows:— , Apples Jonathan 3s to 5s per bushel, Cox"s Orange 4s to 7s, Delicious 3s 6d to 5s 6d, Cookers 3s. to ss; pears, WB.C. 4s Gd to 9s 6d per three-quarter-case, L.B.J. 6s to 10s, Winter Cole 4s to 7s 6d; quinces, 7s to 10s 6d per bushel; passion fruit, 8s to 10s 6d per half-case; peaches, 4s to 8s 6d per halfcase; cape gooseberries, 5s to 6s 6d per half-case; lemons, 10s to 18s per bushel; grapes, hothouse 7d to Is lOd per lb; tomatoes, 9d to 4s per case; beans 2s to 11s per case; cucumbers, outside 2s .to 6s 6d per case; potatoes, 3s to 7s per sack; pie melons, 6s to 8s per sack; cauliflowers, 7s to 12s per sack; kuineras, 4s 6d to 5s 6d per sugar-bag; onions, 4s to 5s per sugar-bag; peas, 10s fo 21s per sack; pumpkins, 4s to 7s per sack; lettuce, 5s to 16s per sack; cabbage, 6sto 10s 6d per case; Savoys, 10s to 15s 3d per. sack: spinach, 3s to 8s 6d per case; swedes. Is fid to 4s 9d per case; carrots, 3s to 6s. 9d per case; parsnips, 3s 6d to 5s 6d per case; beetroot; Is 6d to 2s 6d per case; marrows. 2s to 4s 3d per case; celery. 6d to Is flci per case; rhubarb, 4s to 6s per dozen bunches; eggs. A grade 2s per dozen, medium Is lOd. :