FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 132, 7 June 1939, Page 14

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

Market Gardeners, Ltd., Wellington, announce values of fruit and vegetables sold at yesterday's sales: — Fruit.—Apples: Granny Smith, 9s to 10s per case; Stunners, 6s to 10s; Delicious, (is to 8s 6d; Jonathan, Gs to 7s (3d; Golden Delicious, 7s to 9s. Tomatoes, 5s to 8s Gd; Chinese gooseberries, 4s to 10s; grapes, Is 8d per lb; tree tomatoes, 7s; pears, Nelis, 6s to 7s 9d; ! Keillors, 9s to 10s 3d. Vegetables: Cabbage, Is 8d to 5s 3d per case; marrows, tis to 8s (Jd; spinach, 9s; lettuce, 7s to 14s (id; cauliflowers. 4s to 6s 9d; celery, ss; leeks, 6s to 8s; beetroot, 4s to ss; swedes, 4s to ss; silverbeet, 2s to 3s; parsnips, 9s; swedes, 5s to 6s per sack; pumpkins, 10s to 18s- 6d; cabbage, 9s to 14s Ud; cauliflowers, 6s to 15s; potatoes, 11s to 14s; carrots, Gs Gd per doz, bunches; beetroot, 4s; rhubarb, 65,. to 13s; leeks, Bs. Prices are quoted by Laery and Co., Ltd., Townscnd and Paul, Ltd., Geo. Thomas and Co., Ltd., D. Bowie and Co.. Ltd.. Thompson Eros, Ltd., as follows:— Apples.— Stunners, 5s to 8s a bushel 'case; Delicious, 5s to 8s 9d; cooking, Gs to 9s; Jonathans, 5s to 10s; Granny Smith, 7s to 10s. Pears, Winter Coles, Gs to 10s a three-quarter case; cooking, 6s to 9s; KeifTers, Gs 6d to 9s Gd. Grapes: Hothouse, Is 9d to 2s 6d a lb. Passion fruit, 8s to 16s 3d a half case. New Zealand grapefruit, 12s to 16s 3d a bushel case. Tomatoes: Local outside, 2s Gd to 9s 3d a case; round, 5s to 10s. Tree tomatoes, 4s to Gs Gd a half case. Beans: Hothouse, 6d to Is 2d a lb. Peas, 15s to 23s a sack. Potatoes, 12s to 15s a cwt. Onions, 18s to 23s a cental bag. Celery, 5s to 8s a case. Swedes, 3s to 5s a case. Marrows. 4s to 6s 6d a case. Lettuce, 4s to 16s a case. Sprouts, 8s to 15s a sugar bag. Cabbage, 7s to 17s 6d a sack. Cauliflowers, 8s to 15s a sack. Pumpkins, 7s to 15s 6d a sack. Silvcrbeet, 2s to 4s Gd a case. Carrots, 7s to 13s 6d a case. Spinach, 8s to 16s 6d a case. Parsnips, 3s to 9s 6d a case. Beetroot, 2s Gd to 5s a case. Rhubarb, 8s to 14s a dozen bunches.