FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 89, 12 October 1938, Page 15

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

Market Gardeners, Ltd., Wellington. anonunce values of fruit and vegetables sold at yesterday's sales:— Fruit,—Apples, Delicious, 4s to 8s per case; Stmraers, 5s to 7s 6d: Dougherty, 3s to 4s; Washington, 5s to 6s. Lemons, 5s to 6s. Tomatoes, Is lOd to Is lid per lb. Passion Fruit, 18s 9d. Pears, Winter Cole, 5s to 7s fid; Winter Nclis, 5s to 7s.

Vegetables.—Cabbage, 7s 9d to 13s 6cl per case; cauliflowers. 6s to 14s; carrots, 4s to 9s 3d; swedes, 6s to 8s; parsnips, 8s to 15s; spinach, Cs to 9s 9d; silverbeet, 5s to 6s 6d: beetroot, is 6d to 6s: lettuce, 7s to 12s 6d; leeks, 9s to 12s 9d: cauliflowers, 13s to 17s per sack; cabbage, 8s to 12s; swedes, Ss to 10s; carrots, 8s to 10s; potatoes, 5s to 6s; onions, 13s to 14s per cental bag; rhubarb, 6s to 8s per dozen bunches; carrots, 4s to ss; beetroot, 4s to ss; asparagus, 4s to 8s; radish, 3s to 15s; cucumbers, 8s to 9s per dozen.

Prices are quoted by Laery and Co.. Ltd., Thompson Bros., Ltd., D. Bowie and Co., Ltd., Townsend and Paul, Ltd., and George Thomas and Co., Ltd., as follows:—

Apples, Granny Smith, 6s to 8s a bushel; Delicious, 5s to 8s; cookers, 4s to 7s; Stunners, 4s to Bs. Pears, Winter Coles, 5s to 12s 6d a three-quarter case; Winter Nelis, 5s to 7s tid; P. Barry, 6s to 7s 6d. Tomatoes, hothouse, Is 6d to Is 9d a lb; cucumbers, hothouse, 7s to 12s a dozen; asparagus, lib bunches, 6d to lOd a bunch; passion fruit, 10s to 15s 6d a quarter case; lemons, 3s to 5s a bushel; New Zealand grapefruit, 5s to 7s 6d a bushel; peas, 9d to lid a lb; potatoes. Nelson, 3d to 3id a lb; Pukekohe, 3-id; others, 3s to 5s 6d a cwt; onions, 12s to 13s a cental bag; pumpkins, triumble, 14s to 25s a sack; lettuce, 2s 9d to 13s 9d a case; leeks, 9s to 13s a case; cabbage, spring, 6s 9d to 15s 9d a case; cauliflowers, 12s to 20s a sack; spinach, 4s to 9s Cd a case; swedes, 4s to 6s a case; silver beet ,5s to 7s a case; carrots, 6s to 13s 6d a case; parsnips, 9s to 17s a case; beetroot, Is to 4s Dd a case; marrows, 5s to 7s a case; celery, 27s to 29s a case; rhubarb, 3s to 8s a dozen bunches. Eggs, A grade, Is 4d a dozen; B grade, Is 2d.

burns were discovered. She called in Dr. Thomas, who gave it as his opinion that the burns were not caused by a hot-water bottle. When she examined the cot she found the bottle placed according to regulations, and so. placed that it could not possibly burn an infant.

To Mr. Hobbs she said she had been caused the greatest anxiety about the whole happening, and it would be a cause of great satisfaction to her to find the reason.

Dr. J. Restell Thomas said he had examined the burns. He detailed the subsequent illness of the child. He had no idea of what caused the burns.

Dr. A. B. Pearson, pathologist at the Christchurch Hospital, gave details of a post-mortem examination, and announced his opinion of the immediate cause of death, which was afterwards embodied in the verdict.

Asked to express his opinion about how the bums on the child's body compared with the shape of a metal hob from the nursery fireplace, th§ witness said that the most reasonable explanation of the burns was that th® child came into momentary contact with the hob.