FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXVI, Issue 121, 6 May 1936, Page 6

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

Wellington Market Prices Prices of fruit, vegetables and other produce in the Wellington markets this week are quoted by George Thomas and Co., Ltd., Thompson Bros. Ltd., Laery and Co. Ltd., D. Bowie and Co. Ltd., W. Burbidge and Co., Ltd., and Townsend and Paul Ltd. as follow:— Apples: Choice Cox’s Orange, 3/6 to 6/- per bushel case; cookers, 2/6 to 4/-; Jonathans, 2/6 to 4/-; Ballarats, 3/6 to 5/6; Delicious, 3/- to 5/-; Granny Smith, 5/- to 6/6; Stunners, 3/- to 4/-. Quinces, choice, 7/- to 9/- per case. Pears: Choice cookers, 3/6 to 5/- per three-quarter case; Winter Coles, 3/- to 6/-; Keiffers, 2/6 to 5/-. Cape gooseberries, choice, 3/G to 5/3 per box. Passion fruit, choice, 4/- to 7/- per box. Tomatoes, choice, 8/- to 11/- per half case. Grapes, choice, hothouse, 9d to 1/7 per lb. Tree tomatoes, choice, 6/- to 7/9 per half-case. Lemons: Choice, cured, 12/- to 15/6 per bushel; others, 5/- to 10/-. Beans, choice, 4d to 7d per lb. Potatoes, choice, 7/- to 9/- per cwt. Peas, choice, green, 15/- to 20/- per bag; others, 4/- to 10/-. Kumeras, choice, 7/- to 9/- per sugar bag. Celery, choice, 3/- to 7/- per case. Cauliflowers, choice, 8/- to 10/- per sack. Cabbage, choice, 1/6 to 3/6 per case. Sprouts, choice, 7/- to 8/6 per sugar bag. Lettuce: Choice, 4/- to 5/- per case; others, 1/6 to 2/6. Spinach, choice, 2/6 to 4/- per case; others, 1/6 to 2/-. Swedes, choice, 2/6 to 4/- per case.’ 'Marrows, choice, 6d to 1/- per case. Pumpkins, choice, 3/6 to 6/- per sack. Parsnips, choice, 3/- to 5/ per case. Carrots, choice, 3/ to 4/- per case. Beetroot, choice, 4/- to 7/- per case. Leeks, choice, 5d to 8d per bundle. Rhubarb, choice 4/- to 6/- per dozen bunches. Onions, choice, 3/- to 3/6 per cental bag. Eggs: Fresh hens,2/5 per dozen; medium, 1/10; pullets, 1/8; preserved, 1/7. Walnuts, choice, 41d. to 5Jd. a lb.