PRODUCE MARKET

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22510, 13 December 1947, Page 8

PRODUCE MARKET

WELLINGTON RATES GREEN PEAS UNWANTED The market has taken on a brighter outlook, this no doubt being due to increased supplies of small fruits coming to hand and the warmer weather, states the weekly report of Messrs. Townsend and Paul, Limited, fruit and produce merchants, Wellington. Fruits in greatest demand are strawberries, cherries, dessert plums, gooseberries, peaches, cucumbers and raspberries. Glasshouse tomatoes, especially coloured, are sought after for Christmas ripening. Vegetable sales have been rather slow, more particularly cabbage and cauliflower. Green peas have been offered as low as a few shillings per sack. However, a good demand was shown for choice lettuce, beetroot and hothouse beans. The potato market is virtually flooded. Quotations are:—Plums, Gem, 12s to 14s; Sharp’s, 16s to 245; Cherry, 5s 6d to 8s 6d; Bronze, 6s to 10s 6d £-case; cherries, 16s to 24s £-case; strawberries, 2s 11 to 3s 6d; red tomatoes, Is to Is 4Jd; coloured, Is 2d to Is Gd; gooseberries, Gld to 9d per lb; peaches, 8s to 15s 3d a tray; 7s to 20s J-case; gladioli, Gd to 2s; sweet peas, Id to 3d; carnations, Gd to 2s; Watsonia, 4d to 6d bunch; poppies, Is to 4s gross; cabbage, 4s to 8s; cauliflowers, 8s to 20s; carrots, spring, 35s cwt.; parsnips, spring, wanted; beetroot, 9s to 13s; marrows, 10s to 16s case; cucumbers, 20s to 30s J-case; peas, l£d to 7d; French beans, Is to Is lOd; asparagus, Is to Is 4d lb; lettuce, 5s to 15s case; W,L. hens, 3s 6d to 6s; 8.0. hens, 7s to 12s 7d; ducks, young, 8s to 15s 6d; old, 5s to 9s: roosters, 4s 6d to 8s; cockerels, 2s to 3s; turkeys, 2s to 2s 3d lb live weight.