FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 138, 14 June 1939, Page 5

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

Market Gardeners, Ltd., Wellington, announce the values of fruit and vegetables sold at yesterday's sales: — Fruit.—Apples: Stunners, 6s to 8s b'd per case; Granny Smith, 9s to 10s; Statesman, 5s to 8s; Jonathan, 7s to 10s; Delicious, 5s to 10s; Romes, 6s to Bs. Pears: Nelis, 6s to 8s; Coles, 8s to 10s; Keiffers, 8s to 10s. Tomatoes: 4s to 10s 6d; tree tomatoes, 6s to 7s. Vegetables.—Silver beet, Is 6d to 3s per case; swedes, 4s per case; parsnips, 7s to 8s 6d per. case; leeks, 5s 9d to 7s 6d per case;" carrots. 7s to 10s per case; beetroot, 5s to 6s per case; lettuce, 8s to 11s per case; cabbage, 3s to 4s 6d per case; spinach, 5s 6d to 14s 6d per case; cauliflowers, 3s to 6s 3d per case; spring cabbage, 7s per case; marrows. 5s to 6s 6d per case; sprouts. 16s to 21s per case; pumpkins, 7s to 16s per sack; -cauliflowers, 5s 6d to 9s per sack; swedes, 5s to 6s per sack; cabbage. 7s to 9s per sack; potatoes, 12s to 14s per sack; rhubarb, 8s to 13s per dozen bunches; carrots, 4s per dozen bunches; beetroot, 3s per dozen bunches; turnips. 4s to 6s per dozen bunches; parsnips, 6s to 7s per sugar bag; carrots, 6s to 8s per sugar bag. Prices are quoted by Laery and Co, Ltd.. Townsend and Paul, Ltd., Geo. Thomas and Co., Ltd., Thompson Bros., Ltd. D. Bowie and Co., Ltd., as follows: — Apples: Stunners, 5s to 9s a bushel case; Delicious, 5s to 11s; cooking, 5s to 8s; Jonathans, 5s to 10s; Granny Smith. 7s to 10s. Pears: Cooking, 6s to 9s ' a three-quarter case; Winter Coles, 7s to 10s 6d; Keiffer, 6s to 9s. Grapes, hothouse, 2s to 2s 6d a lb; passion fruit, 8s to 16s 3d a half-case; New Zealand grapefruit, 7s to 14s 6d a bushel case; tomatoes, local outside, 4s to 9s 3d a case; round, 6s to 10s 6d; tree tomatoes, 5s to 8s 3d a half-case; beans, hothouse, lid to Is 6d a lb; peas, 15s to 20s a sack; potatoes. 12s to 14s 6d a cwt; onions. 18s to 22s a cental bag; celery, 4s to 10s a case; swedes, 4s 6d to 8s 6d a case; marrows, 6s to 10s a case; lettuce, 6s to 18s 6d a case; sprouts, 10s to 16s a sugar bag; cabbage, 6s to 12s 3d a sack; cauliflowers. 4s to 10s a sack; kumeras, 10s to 15s a sugar bag; pumpkins, 8s to 20s a sack; silver beet, Is 6d to 4s a case; carrots, 7s to 13s 6d a case; spinach. 3s to 12s a .case; parsnips. 7s to Us 6d a case; beetroot. 2s to 4s a case; rhubarb, 8s to 12s a dozen bunches.