FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 237, 19 September 1934, Page 8

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

Wellington Market Prices

Prices of fruit, vegetables and other produce in the Wellington markets are quoted by Laery and Co.. Ltd., Geo. Thomas and Co., Ltd., Thompson Bros., Ltd., Townsend and Paul, Ltd., D. Bowie and 1 Co., Ltd., and W. Burbidge and Co.. Ltd., as follows: —

Apples: Fancy Sturmers, 3/6 to 7/f a bushel: fancy Jonathans, 3/- to 5/-; fancy Delicious, 4/- to 7/6; fancy Granny Smith, 6/- to 8/-; fancy cook ing apples, 4/- to 5/6.

Pears: Choice Winter Coles, 7/- to 10/- a bushel; choice Winter Nelis 6/to 8/-; choice cookers, 5/- to 6/. Passions: Choice, 20/- to 25/- a halfcase; lemons, choice cured, 10/- to 14/a bushel; others, 7/ to 9/-; grapefruit, New Zealand, 9/- to 10/- bushel; poorman oranges, choice, 6/- to 7/ a bushel. Cucumbers, choice, 12/- to 18/- a dozen; potatoes, choice Dakotas £4 10/a ton; Suttons, £5; new potatoes, 2d to 2Jd per lb.; onions, choice Brown Spanish, 9/- to 11/- per cental bag; cabbage, choice spring, 1/9 to 4/9 a case; Savoy, 6/- to 7/6 per sack; lettuce, choice, 1/6 to 6/6 a case; cauliflowers, choice, 10/to 15/- per sack; pumpkins, choice grey, .12/- to 16/- per sack; spinach, choice, 4/- to 7/- a case carrots, choice, 3d 'to 4d per bunch jparsnips, choice, 4/- to 6/- a case; white turnips, choice, 1/6 to 2/- a ease; swedes, choice, 2/6 to 4/a case; spring onions, choice, 3d to J/per bunch; beetroot, choice, 4fl to sd' per bunch; celery, choice, 9d to 1/6 per bundle; leeks, choice, 2d to 6d per bunch.

Eggs, fresh, first grade, lOd to lid per dozen; honey, 7/6 to 8/6 dozen sections; walnuts, sdl 'to 7d per lb.