PRODUCE MARKET: WELLINGTON RATES

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23288, 24 June 1950, Page 3

PRODUCE MARKET: WELLINGTON RATES

There was a good inquiry for all choice lines at the Wellington iroduce market on Thursday, according to the weekly report of Messrs. Townsend and Paul, Limited, fruit and produce merchants, Wellington. Passionfruit, tree tomatoes and mandarins were keenly sought after, and there was a good inquiry for wellcoloured grapefruit. Cauliflowers and spring cabbages were realising excellent values. Savoy cabbages, on the other hand, were cheap. Consignments of flowers were recommended.

Quotations: —Artichokes, 5s .o 7s; carrots, 7s to 12s; kumeras, best, 20s to 255; sprouts, 25s to 355, all sugar bags; hothouse stringless beans, 3s 9d lb.; spring cabbage, 16s to 19s; celery, 5s to 16s 6d; lettuce, 10s to 13s; leeks, 5s to 11s; marrows, 4s to Gs; rhubarb, 20s to 325: silvorbeet, 3s to 4s: white turnips, 11s 6d case: Savoy cabbage, 5s to 7s; cauliflowers, 29s to 435; pumpkins, Triumble, 10s to 13s; red, 10s to 16s; parsnips, 8s lo 12s; swedes, 6s to 10s, all sacks; spring onions, 2s to 3s; Chinese cabbages, Is to Is 6d; radish, 6d to lid; parsley, 4cl to 9d, all bunches; potatoes, 12s to 17s 0d; onions, 45s to 48s cwt.; New Zealand grapefruit, 12s to 20s; sweet oranges, 28s to 355, all bushels; Meyer lemons, 7s to 11s; tree tomatoes, choice 10s to 16s 6d, others 6s to 9s 6d; Chinese gooseberries, 22s 6d ti 325; mandarins, 40s to 555, all half-cases; passionfruit, Is 6d to 3s dozen; hothouse tomatoes, 2s 2d to 2s 7d lb.; White Leghorn hens, 5s 6d to 7s 3d: Buff Orpington hens, 8s to 10s; geese. 6s; white ducks, 10s fid to 12s 6d: coloured. 6s to 9s 6d; turkey, 2s 3d per lb. live weight; Guinea fowl, 18s 6d to 21s.