WELLINGTON MARKET

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22656, 5 June 1948, Page 2

WELLINGTON MARKET

VEGETABLES IN DEMAND

Townsend and Paul, Limited, fruit and produce merchants, Wellington, report that during the past week there has been a v particularly keen demand for all choice lines of vegetables, the demand as usual being far in excess •■of supplies. Accordingly, the ceiling price has been ruling for all controlled lines such as cabbage, carrots, kumaras, •swedes, parsnips and silverbeet, whilst spinach, cauliflower and green peas are realising excellent figures.* Increased supplies of tree tomatoes came to hand on Monday and values eased slightly, whilst the demand for passionfruit, Chinese gooseberries and tomatoes is still particularly keen. All ■citrus are realising ceiling prices. With shorter supplies of flowers coming to hand values have automatically increased, with very high values being obtained for choice chrysanthemums, violets and poppies. Lighter yardings of poultry than usual have been offered, with values increasing. Quotations are:—Tomatoes, choice 13s to 22a, others 5s to 12s; passionfruit, 16s to 28s Cd; persimmons, 5s to 7s; chokos, 6s 6d to 7r fid : tree tomatoes, choice 10s to 13s fid, others 8s to Os; Chinese gooseberries, 16s to 30s per half-case; choice grapes, 3s fid to 4s 3d lb.; Meyer lemons, sweet oranges, ceiling price; poppies, tangerine 4s fid to 6s 6d, art 7s fid to 11s. paperwhites 5s 6d to 6s a gross; carnations, 3s to 4s: violets, 4s 6d to 9s; chrysanthemums, 4s fid to 26s 6d a dozen bunches ; erica. Is 3d to Is 9d a bunch; artichokes, 8s to 10s a bag; beetroot, 8s to 12s; celery. 13s to 20s; Chinese cabbage, 6d to Is a bunch: leeks, 17s to 255; spinach, 25s to 355; rhubarb. 6s to 12s; lettuce, 6s to 14s; marrows, 3s to 5s a case; cabbage, carrots, kumaras, silverbeet, onions, ewedes, parsnips, ceiling; cauliflowers, 15s to 245; pumpkins, 5s to 14s a sack; hothouse beans, 2s lOd; peas, lOd to Is 2d a lb; White Leghorn hens, 3s to 5s 3d; Buff Orpington hens, 6s to lls; white ducks, 7s to 14s; coloured 4s to 12s.