FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 145, 22 June 1938, Page 6

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

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

Fruit.—Apples, Delicious 3s to 4s 6d per case, Sturmers 3s to 4s 6d, Washington 2s 6d to 3s 6d, Ballarats 3s to 4s, Granny Smith 4s to 5s 6d, Jonathan 3s to 7s. Statesman 2s to 3s, Rome Beauty 4s; Lemons, 7s to., 8s; New Zealand Grapefruit, 8s to 9s 8d; Pears, Winter Nelis 4s -to 5s 6d, Winter Cole 4s to 9s, P. Barry 4s to 7s 9d. . Vegetables.—Parsnips, 6s to 9s per case; Swedes, 2s 6d lo 7s 6d; Spinach, 6s to 10s; pumpkins, Is 8d to 2s 6d; cabbage, ,7s to 10s 3d; carrots, 3s to ss; beetroot, 2s to-2s 6d; lettuce, 5s to 17s 3d;. silverbeet, 5s to 6s; leeks, 5s to 6s 6d: marrows, 4s to ss; cabbage, 10s to 17s 3d per sack; cauliflowers, 10s to 17s 6d; pumpkins, 4s 6d to 7s; marrows, 4s; swedes, 4s 6d to 6s; potatoes, 6s to 7s; onions, 12s to 16s per cental bag; beetroot, 2s to 3s 6d per dozen bunches; carrots, 2s to 3s 6d: turnips, 3s to ss; radish, Is; rhubarb, 10s to 12s 6d; hothouse beans, 5d to Is 8d per lb. Prices are quoted by Laery and Company, Ltd., Thompson Bros., Ltd., D. Bowie and Company, Ltd., Townsend and Paul, Ltd., George Thomas and Company, Ltd., as follows:— . Apples, Granny Smith 3s 6d to 5s a bushel, Jonathan 3s to 8s 3d, Delicious 2s 6d to 6s, cookers 2s to 4s, Sturmers 2s to 6s;' pears, Winter Coles 4s to 6s 6d a three-quarter case, Winter Nelis 3s to ss, Keiffer 4s to 6s 6d; passion fruit, 20s to 30s a half-case; lemons, 4s to 7s.a bushel; tomatoes, hothouse, Is to Is BJd a lb; tree tomatoes, 3s to 6s a half-case; beans, hothouse, 6d to Is 3d a lb; peas, Is Id to Is 2d lb; potatoes, 4s to 6s a cwt; kumeras, 4s to 5s a sugar-bag; onions, 12s to 16s a cental bag; pumpkins, 4s to 8s a sack; lettuce, 3s to 10s a case; leeks, 4s to 6s 6d a case; cabbage, 5s to 7s 6d a case; savoy, 10s to 14s 6d a sack; sprouts, 10s to 16s a sugar-bag; cauliflowers, 12s to 18s a sack; spinach, 4s 3d to 20s a case; swedes, 3s to 7s a case; silver beet, 3s to 6s 9d a case; carrots, 3s to 7s a case; parsnips, 5s to 9s 9d a case; beetroot, Is to 2s a case; marrows, 2s to 4s a case; celery, 7s to 12s a case; rhubarb, 7s to lis a dozen bunches; eggs. A grade 2s 4d a dozen, medium 2s 2d.