FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 74, 29 March 1939, Page 17

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

Market Gardeners, Ltd., Wellington, announce values of fruit and vegetables sold at yesterday's sales: — Fruit. —Pears: Winter Cole, 5s to 6s 6d per case; L.8.J., 9s to 11s 6d; cookers, 4s to 6s. Apples: Delicious, 5s to 7s; Jonathan, 5s to 7s 6d; Dunn's, 5s to 8s; Coxes, 6s to 9s. Quinces, 5s to 8s 9d; passion fruit, 6s to 8s; grapes, 6d to Is 4d per lb; tomatoes, 2s 6d to ss; peaches, 4s to 6s; nectarines, 5s to 7s 3d; plums, 4s 6d to 5s 6d. Vegetables.—Cabbage, 2s to 3s per case; silver beet, Is 6d to 2s; lettuce, 3s to 6s; swedes, 2s to 3s; cauliflowers, 6s; marrows, 3s to 4s; carrots, 6s to 8s; pumpkins, 4s 6d; spinach, 10s to 14s 9d; parsnips, 6s to 8s; beans, 5s to 12s; peas, 12s to 18s 9d per sack; pie melons, 9s; swedes, 3s; potatoes, 9s to 11s; beetroot, 2s to 4s per dozen bunches; carrots, 3s; parsnips, 4s; leeks, 8s to 9s. Prices are quoted by Laery and Co., Ltd., Townsend and Paul, Ltd., Geo. Thomas and Co., Ltd., D. Bowie and Co., Ltd., Thompson Bros., Ltd., as follows:—Apples: Coxes, 5s to 9s a bushel; Delicious, 4s to 7s; cooking, 4s to 9s; Jonathans, 4s to 7s 6d; Granny Smith, 6s to 13s. Pears: L.8.J., 7s to 12s a aA case; cooking, 3s to ss; Winter Coles, 3s 6d to 7s 6d. Grapes: Hothouse, Is Id to Is 7£d a lb; passion fruit, 4s to 5s a half-case; Cape gooseberries, 6s a half-case; peaches, 5s to 7s 6d a half-case; nectarines, 5s to 9s 9d a half-case; apricots, 6s to 10s 3d a half-case; quinces, 5s to 8s 6d bushel; tomatoes, local, outside, 3s to 4s a case, round 3s to 5s 6d; plums, dessert, 5s to 7s 6d a half-case; beans, 5s to 11s a case; cucumbers, outside, 10s to 16s a case; lemons, choice 16s to 26s a bushel, others 10s to 15s; peas, 13s to 22s a sack; potatoes, 8s to 12s a cwt; onions, local, 8s to 9s a sugar bag; swedes, 2s .to 5s a case; marrows, 3s to 7s a case; lettuce, 2s to 7s 6d a case; cabbage, Is 6d to 3s a case; cauliflowers, 12s 6d to 15s 6d a sack; pumpkins, 5s to 10s a sack; silver beet, Is to 2s a case; carrots, 4s 6d to 9s 6d a case; spinach, 5s to 15s a case; parsnips, 6s to 11s a case; beetroot, Is 6d to 2s a case; eggs, special 2s 3d a dozen, A grade 2s Id, B grade Is 94.