FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 99, 23 October 1940, Page 12

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

Laery and Co., Ltd., Townsend and Paul, Ltd., George Thomas and Co., D. Bowie and Co., Ltd., Thompson Bros., Ltd., A. Pope and Co., Ltd., and Turners and Growers (Wellington), Ltd., report values as follows:— Lemons, Meyer, 10s to 15s half-case; passion fruit, 11s to 14s half-case; mandarins, 7s to 15s half-case; tomatoes, hothouse, Is 6d to 2s 3d per lb; tree tomatoes, 10s to 16s 3d half-case; grapefruit, 8s to 15s 3d case; asparagus, 8d to Is per lib bunches; cucumbers, hothouse, 7s to 13s 6d dozen; green peas, 4d to 6d per lb; new potatoes, 6s to 8s sugar bag; potatoes, 4s to 6s 6d per cwt; onions, 7s to 15s cental bag; kumeras, 8s to 12s sugar bag; cabbage, spring Is to 6s case; lettuce, choice 7s to 11s 9d case, others 2s to 6s case; cauliflowers, 5s to 12s 6d sack; silver beet, 3s to 7s case; spinach, 2s to 7s' case; pumpkins, 30s to 40s sack; carrots, 2s to 9s 3d case; swedes, 2s 6d to 11s case; parsnips, 4s to 9s case; beetroot, 3s to 9s case; leeks, Is to 5s case; rhubarb, 3s to 10s dozen bunches.

Market Gardeners, Limited, of Wellington, report values of vegetables sold as follows:—Asparagus, 6s to 10s; parsnips, 2s to 2s 6d; carrots, 2s to 2s 6d; rhubarb, 4s to 6s; beetroot, 2s to 3s; radish, 2s to 4s; spring onions, 12s to 245, all per dozen bunches; cucumbers, 7s to 13s per dozen; green peas, 4%d to 6d; broad beans, 4d to sd, both per lb; carrots, 3s to 6s; parsnips, 3s to 6s; cabbage, Is to 3s; silver beet, Is 6d to 3s 6d; leeks, 2s to 3s; beetroot, 3s to ss; cauliflower, 4s to 6s; lettuce, 4s to 10s, all per case; carrots, 4s to 6s; cauliflower, 4s to 8s; cabbage, 3s to 6s, all per sack; potatoes, £5 10s to £6 10s per ton; onions, 12s to 16s per cental bag.