FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 91, 19 April 1939, Page 12

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

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

Fruit: Apples, Coxes 7s to 12s per case, Delicious 5s to 7s 6d, Jonathan 5s to Bs, Granny Smith 7s to 9s 6d, Dunns 4s to 6s 6d, Stunners 6s to 7s; peaches, 3s to ss; quinces, 4s to 6s; pears, Winter Nelis 4s 6d to 5s 9d, Winter Cole 4s to 7s, cookers 4s 6d to 6s, Keiffers 5s to 7s 6d; tomatoes, 4s to 7s 3d; grapes, Is 3d to 2s 2d per lb; persimmons, 4s to 4s 6d per case; lemons (cured)", 18s to 255; lemons (uncured), 6s to 14s.

Vegetables: Lettuce, 2s to 4s 6d per case; cabbage, 3s to 4s; pumpkins, 2s 6d to 4s 6d; marrows, 4s to 7s; swedes, 4s to 10s 6d; parsnips, 10s to 13s 6d; carrots, 9s to 18s 9d; celery, 4s to 9s; spinach, 4s to 13s; silver beet, 3s to 6s 3d; cauliflowers, 3s 6d; beans, 10s to 20s; cucumbers, 10s to 17s 6d; sprouts, 11s; pumpkins, 5s to 12s 6d per sack; cabbage, 6c to 16s; marrows, 6s to 8s; peas, 14s to 23s 9d; potatoes, 9s to Us; beetroot, 3s to 4s per dozen bunches; carrots, 4s to 7s; leeks, 6s to 9s; parsnips, 6s to 9s.

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

Apples, Cox's 6s to 15s a bushel, Delicious 5s to 18s, cooking 4s to Bs, Jonathans 3s 6d to 7s 6d; pears, L.B.J. 7s to 12s a three-quarter case, cooking 4s to 6s, Winter Coles 6s to 10s; grapes, hothouse Is lid to 2s 2d a lb; passion fruit, 9s to 13s a half-case; cape gooseberries, 5s to 6s a half-case; peaches, 3s 6d to 6s 6d a half-case; quinces, 3s to 5s a bushel; tomatoes, local outside 5s to 8s 5d a case, round 6s to 9s; beans, 5s to 24s a case; cucumbers, outside 10s to 26s a case; lemons, choice 20s to 28s 6d a bushel, others 14s to 16s; peas, 17s to 28s 6d a sack; potatoes, 8s to 11s 6d a cwt; local onions, 17s to 19s a cental bag; celery, 9s to 13s a case; swedes, 7s to 12s 6d a case; marrows, 4s to 7s a case; lettuce, Is 6d to 7s a case; cabbage, 2s 6d to 5s 6d a case; cauliflowers, 8s to 15s a sack; pumpkins, 6s to 12s a sack; silver beet, 3s to 5s a case; carrots, 8s to 17s 6d a case; spinach, 5s to 14s a case; parsnips, 7s to 12s a case; beetroot, 2s to 4s 6d a case.