WELLINGTON MARKETS

Marlborough Express, Volume XLV, Issue 216, 19 September 1911, Page 3

WELLINGTON MARKETS

(Evening Post, Saturday.) Fruit and vegetable buyers and auctioneers have had a busy time this week. Sydney fruit arrived in bad condition on Wednesday, and was sold next day. Mandarins went from 7s ' to 10s for choice, inferior Is 9d to ss, j oranges realised 5s to Bs, lemonsi 3s to 5s pineapples 9§ to 12s, passion fruit { 10s to 13s per half-case. j

Bananas from Rarotonga arrived ex Aorangi, and were sold yesterday at from 5s 6d to 6s per case. Oranges by the same steamer sold at 8s to 15s, according to condition, the bulk being in bad order. Californian apples, the first shipment of the season, sold at 17s per case for dessert sorts. With the advent of rhubarb, Hobart apples are a little lower in values. Stunners sold to-day at 9s to lls, French crabs 9s to 10s 6d, stone pippins 9s to lls. No local apples were forward this week. A small consignment of Australian j pears shipped from Sydney, landed in | bad condition, and sold at 4s to 8s per case. Rhubarb from local districts is com-

ing in freely, and to-day's value is 6s j to 8s per dozen bundles. Cucumbers are plentiful to-day, from 4d to 6d each. Dunedin celery realised 4s to 5s ? per dozen heads. Other lines of vege- | i tables are plentiful, and values are : low. Cauliflowers sold at 3s to 8s- per ' sack, cabbages went from 3s to 6s, i" lettuce 2s to 4s per case, spinach 4s ■ to 5s per case, spring onions 3d to 4d

1 per dozen bunches, radish Is to Is 3d j ; per dozen bunches, carrots Is to 3s 1 > per sack. I i Owing to the arrival of small sup- j E' lies, the egg market is somewhat rmer, and consignments are selling . ■ freely at lid per dozen. Poultry is j ; realising good prices. The market' j was almost bare of supplies this week. I Cut flowers are very plentiful, and values range from 2d to 4d per dozen blooms, for jonquils, etc. Violets are j abundant at 4d to 9d per dozen ; bunches. ' . i Green peas from Nelson arrived in the markets to-day. They were keenly sought after at 2s to 2s 6d per peck. There was, too, a strong demand for ■ early asparagus at 3s 2d. to 3s 7d for ; bundles of one pound. Other high- , priced vegetables were French beans, > at 2s 3d per pound, new potatoes 3d ( to 4d per pound, and for high-grade: tomatoes 2s 3d per lb. j