VEGETABLE GROWING

Grey River Argus, 21 May 1943, Page 2

VEGETABLE GROWING

NEW MOVES FOR PRICE STABILITY. WELLINGTON, May 20. ’lhe Government has advised pro ducers. wholesalers and retailers it has decided to adopt the contract sys-, tern of growing vegetables, the objective being to obtain price stability. There will also be introduced defined grading standards for vegetables and their retail sale according to grade. It is realised that the new system will fundamentally affect the operations of produce auctioneers, insofar as the auctioning method of selling will be virtually eliminated, in connection with the sale of vegetables, and Government representatives have asked auctioneers in the main centres to form a unified distributing system, so that individual firms will in' effect act as one coordinated receiving and distributing unit for handling vegetables during the emergency period. The system ■ will mean the grower will agree to grow a certain area of basic vegetables such as potatoes, onions, carrots, parsnips, swedes and cabbage, and the grower will receive a fixed contract price irrespective of the market position. Retailers have been advised that basic vegetables will be subject to price orders and all basic vegetables are to be sold by weight which is a major departure in the case of cabbages. CABBAGE AND SILVER BEET ' ORDER. 'P.A. WELLINGTON, May 20. A Price- Order to-night fixes the following retail prices for cabbage and silver beet as from May 24: Cabbages sold in the North Island. 3d ner lb., elsewhere 21d per . lb. Silver beet sold in the North Island 2id per lb, elsewhere 2d ner lb. The wholesale prices are fixed as follows (all ner cwt.): Cabbages, sold in the North Island, 13s; elsewhere, 11s; silver beet, sold in the North Island, 11s; elsewhere, 95..