FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 59, 7 September 1938, Page 4

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

Market Gardeners, Ltd., Wellington, announce values of fruit and vegetables sold at yesterday's sales:— Fruit.—Apples, Stunners 4s to 7s 6d per case, Delicious 4s 6d to 7s 6d, Washington 3s 6d to ss, Ballarats 4s to 4s 6d Dougherty 3s to 4s, Rome Beauty 5s to 6s, Statesman 4s, Dunns 3s to 4s; New Zealand grape fruit, 6s to 7s; passion fruit, 9s to 10s; lemons, 5s 9d to 10s per case; hothouse tomatoes, Is lid per lb. Vegetables.—Cabbage, 2s to 3s 6d per case; lettuce, 2s to 10s; silverbeet, 6s to 10s; parsnips, 3s to 9s; beetroot, Is to 2s 6d; swedes, 6s to 7s cauliflowers, 4s to 7s; carrots, 5s to 10s 6d; leeks, 6s to 10s; marrows, 2s to 2s 6d; spinach, 7s to 10s; sprouts, 9s to 225; cauliflowers, 6s to 11s 6d per sack; pumpkins, 3s to 9s; cabbage, 2s 9d to 6s; potatoes, 5s to 6s; onions, 13s 6d per cental bag; turnips, 3s to 4s 6d per doz. bunches; leeks, 8s to 10s; rhubarb,-11s to 12s; carrots, 3s to 4s 6d; beetroot, 3s to 4s; radish, Is to Is 6d. Laery and Co., Ltd., Thompson Bros., Ltd., D. Bowie and Co., Ltd., Townsend and Paul, Ltd., Geo. Thomas and Co., Ltd., report present values as follows: —

Apples.—Granny Smith 6s to 8s 6d per bushel, Delicious 5s to 9s 6d, cookers, 3s 6d to ss, Stunner 4s to 7s; pears, Winter Coles 5s to 8s 6d per threequarter case, Winter Nelis 4s to 6s; lemons, 5s to 11s per bushel; Poormans oranges, 3s to 5s per bushel; peas, 8d to 9d per lb; potatoes, Nelson, 2d to 2£d per lb; potaoes, 3s to 5s cwt; kumeras, 3s to 4s per sugar bag; onions, 12s 9d to 13s 6d per cental bag; pumpkins, red 10s to 18s per sack; Triumble 12s to 21s 6d sack, Grey Is 6d to 2s 6d sack; lettuce, Is 6d to 4s per case; leeks, 6s to 11s per case; cabbage, spring 2s to 5s 6d case, Savoy 2s 6d to 6s 6d per sack; cauliflowers 5s to 13s 6d per sack; spinach, 3s to 7s 9d per case; silver beet, 6s to 9s per case; carrots, 4s to 7s 9d per case; parsnips, 6s to 9s 3d per case; beetroot, 2s 6d to 4s 6d case; marrows, Is 6d to 3s per case; celery, 20s to 30s per case, rhubarb, 7s to 12s per case; eggs, A grade Is 4d dozen, medium Is 3d dozen.