WELLINGTON MARKETS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 92, 18 March 1936, Page 4

WELLINGTON MARKETS.

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES. , WELLINGTON, March 17. Prices of fruit, vegetables, and other produce in the Wellington markets this week are quoted as follow— Apples.—Cox’s Orange, 5s to 9s 6d per bushel case; cookers, 2s 6d to 3s Cd; Jonathans, 3s to 4s 6d ; Ballarats, 3s (xl to 4s; Delicious, 4s to ss. Quinces, choice, Os to 8s Cd per bushel. Pears: W.8.C., 6s to 8s 6d per three-quarter case; L.8.J., 6s to Bs. Peaches: Dessert, 4s to 5s a half-case ; cookers, 3s to 3s (xl. Plums, 4s to 5s a half-case. Cape gooseberries, 3s 6d to 4s a halfcase. Passion fruit, 3s 6d to 4s a box. Nectarines, 6s to 8s a half-case. Tomatoes, Is 6d to 2s 6'd a half-case. Grapes, hothouse, 8d to Is a pound. Cucumbers.—2s to 4s a case. Beans, 3s to 10s per part sack. Potatoes, 3s to 7s a cwt. Peas, green, 17s to 24s a bag; others, 5s to 10s. Lemons: Cured, 8s to 13s a bushel; others, 4s to 6s. Kumeras, 5s to 9s a sugar bag. Celery, 12s to 15s a case. Cauliflowers, 6s 6d to 8s 6d a sack. Cabbage, Is to Is 6d a banana case. Lettuce, Is 6d to 2s a case; others, 6d to Is. Swedes, Is 6d to 2s 6d case. Marrows, Is to 2s a case. Pumpkins 4s to 6s a sack. Parsnips 2s to 3s per dozen bunches. Carrots, 2s to 3s per dozen bunches. Beetroot, Is 6d to 3s per dozen bunches. Rhubarb, 2s to 4s per dozen bunches. Onions, 3s 6d to 4s per sugar bag. Eggs.-—Fresh, hen’s, Is 8d per dozen; medium. Is 6d: pullets, Is. Walnuts, 4|d to 5Jd a pound.

AUCKLAND MARKET PRICES.

ATTENTION GIVEN TO MANAWATU POTATOES.

AUCKLAND, March 17. Excessive moisture appears to have affected the quality of Pukekohe potatoes and some merchants are turning their attention to the Manawatu crop, which is now available at about 30s per ton above Pukekohe rates, both landed in Auckland. The Pukekohe quotation is £4 15s per ton on rail. Pukekohe onions are selling at £5 10s per ton on rail, Pukekohe. Maize is more plentiful through the arrival yesterday of a shipment from South Africa, which came to hand in excellent condition. Merchants report that their orders were short shipped, but tlie aggregate quantity should be sufficient for a month’s requirements, particularly as the price of 6s 9d per bushel is still too high to encourage free consumption. Freer supplies of .this season’s Australian barley have resulted in a reduction of 3d per bushel in the local price, which now stands at 4s 2d for clipped and 3s 9d for undipped lines. A very unusual position has arisen in regard to fowl wheat. As a result of the damage done to the crops in the south, linos that will pass the ordinary grading test are extremely hard to procure, and it appears as though local poultry-feeders will have to use chiefly undergrade lines. The price of graded wheat has been advanced Id a bushel to 6s 2d, through store, and ungraded qualities are available at a few pence lower.