PRODUCE MARKET: WELLINGTON RATES

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23023, 13 August 1949, Page 6

PRODUCE MARKET: WELLINGTON RATES

The general tone cf the produce market in Wellington on Thursday was good, according to a report received from Gisborne Markets, Limited. The outlook was still affected by the inclement weather.

Greens made good prices, cauliflower, spiing cabbage, spinach and celery being in short supply. Field produce was firm, good quality lines selling well. Rhubarb showed a sharp increase, but roots were mainly over-supplied with prices down accordingly.

Small fruits, tree tomatoes and Chinese gooseberries showed a decided fall. Citrus was quiet. Quotations: —Cabbage, drumheads 16s sack, spring 6s to 18s, savoy 8s to 14s; cauliflower, 15s to 20s; pumpkins, triumbles, £ls to £lB ton; carrots, 3s to 6s; swedes, 2s to 4s; silver beet, 2s to ss; leeks, 7s to 9s; lettuce, 10s to 16s; spinach, 20s; marrows, 5s to 6s; celery, 14s to 20s; beetroot, spring, 13s to 16s case; parsnips, 6s to 10s case; Brussel sprouts, 8d to Is 2d lb.; kumaras, 30s to 355; tomatoes, 2s 6d to 3s; rhubarb, 18s to 30s; Chinese gooseberries, large, 22s to 28s; small, 8s to 14s; passion fruit, 4s to 5s dozen; grapefruit, 10s to 12s 6d bushel; lemons, Meyer, 5s to 9s; tree tomatoes, 7s to 13s. Townsend and Paul, Limited, fruit and produce merchants, Wellington, report;—New Zealand grapefruit, 10s to 15s bushel; tree tomatoes, 7s to 13s; Meyer lemons, 6s to 9s; Chinese gooseberries, choice, 20s to 30s 6d; others, 10s to 15s half case; passionfruit, 3s 6d to 4s 6d dozen; hothouse tomatoes, 2s to 2s 9d lb; kumaras, 27s 6d sugar bag; artichokes, 5s to 6s 6d; spring beetroot, 20s to 24s 6d; spring cabbage, 11s to 21s; lettuce, 31s to 375; marrows, 6s to 9s; new potatoes, e'eiling; rhubarb, 18s to 40s; silverbeet, 3s 6d to 6s; spinach, 20s to 40s 6d; white turnips, 6s to 9s all cases; cauliflowers, best, 20s to 325; others, 10s to 18s; carrots, 4s to 6s; triumble pumpkins, wanted; parsnips,. 10s to 14s; swedes, 2s to 5s all sacks; cental onions, 18s to 21s; parsley, 3d to 9d; radish, 3d to 6d; Chinese cabbage, 6d to Is; celery, 3d to 6d to 4s 6d all bunches; peas, lOd to Is 4d lb.; sprouts, lOd to Is 4d lb.; White Leghorn hens, » 4s 6d to 7s 6d; Black Orpington hens, 7s 6d to 16s; cockerels, 2s lb. -.live weight; white ducks, 12s 6d to -20 s; * coloured, 8s to 18s; geese, 6s to 6s 6d; , turkey, 2s 3d to 2s 5d lb.; poppies, t: tang., 3s to 6s; art, 4s 6d to 8s 6d; J daffodils, best, 21s 6d to 295; jonquils, * 5s to 9s; carnations,- best, 30s per gross; ' boronia Is 3d to Is 8d bunches; violets, j 4s to 5s per dozen. All flowers were *, in good demand.