FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 102, 3 May 1939, Page 5

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

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

Fruit.—Apples: Jonathan, 5s to 7s a case; Coxes, 6s to 10s 6d; Delicious, 5s to 7s 6d; Dunns, 4s to 6s: Granny Smith, 7s to 9s; Stunners, 5s to 6s. Winter Cole pears, -6s to 7s 6d. Passion fruit, 5s to 9s. Chestnuts. 4d a lb. Walnuts. 6d a lb. Peaches, 3s to 4s 6d. Plums, 6s 3d. Grapes, Is 7d to Is 9d a lb. Tomatoes, 3s to ss.

Vegetables.—Cabbage; 2s to 5s a case; lettuce, Is to 2s; parsnips, ,5s to 6s 6d; cauliflowers, 3s to As; marrows, 4s to 6s; spinach, 4s" to 7s; leeks ? ss' to 6s; pumpkins, 4s to 7s; swedes,' 3s to 4s; beans, 14s to 235. 9d;-celery. 7s; cabbage, 3s to 6s 6d a sack; pumpkins, 2s to 12s; cauliflowers. 4s- to 7s 9d; peas, 12s to 20s: potatoes, 9s to 11s; rhubarb, 6s to 10s a doz. bunches; swedes, 3s; beetroot, 2s to 4s; leeks, 6s to 9s; turnips, 3s; carrots,' 4s to Bs.

Prices are quoted by Laery and Cc* Ltd., Townsend and Paul, Ltd., Geo. Thomas and Co., Ltd., D. Bo.\vie and Co., Ltd., Thompson Bros., Ltd., as follows:—Apples: Stunners, 5s to 7s a bushel case; Coxes, 6s to 13s; Delicious, 's to 8s; cooking, 4s to 6s 6d; Jonathans, 4s to 7s 6d; Granny. Smith, 5s to 7s 6d. Pears: Cooking, 4s to 6s a 5-case; Winter. Cole, 5s to 9s; Keiffer, 6s to 9s; Grapes, hothouse, Is to Is 9d a lb; passion fruit, 5s to 10s a case; Cape gooseberries, 6s to 7s 3d a i-case; peaches, 2s 6d to 5s 3d a Jcase; quinces, 4s to 6s a bushel case; tomatoes, local outside, 3s to 5s 6d a case; round, 4s to 6s; tree tomatoes, 6s 6d to 7s 6d a J-case; beans, 3s to 19s 6d a case; cucumbers, outside, 103 to 20s a case; lemons, choice, 25s to 30s a bushel; others, 14s to 20s; peas, 13s to 22s 6d a sack; potatoes, 8s to 11s (Hi a cwt; onions, local, 16s to 18s a cental bag; celery, 4s to 6s a case; swedes, 3s to 4s a case; marrows, 4s to 6s 6d a case; lettuce, Is to 2s 6d a case; cabbage, 3s to 4s 6d a case; cauliflowers, 7s to 12s a sack; pumpkins, 10s to 17s a sack; silver beet, Is to Is 6d a case; carrots, 5s to 20s a case; spinach, 6s to 11s a case; parsnips, 5s to 9s a case; beetroot, Is 6d to 3s a case.