FRUIT AND VEGETABLES.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 48, 25 January 1939, Page 14

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES.

WELLINGTON PRICES. Prices of fruit, vegetables and other produco in tho Wellington markets this week are quoted as follow: Apples. —Dessert, 5s to 14s a bushel; cooking, 6s to Bs. Pears: W.B.G. 5s to 6s 6d a i-ease. Raspberries, 10s to 12s fid d tin; grapes, hothouse, Is to Is 7d a lb; plums, dessert, 2s 6d to 9.s a j-caso; cooking, Is 6d to 3s 6d; Blue Diamond, 4s 1 6s 6d. Peaches, dessert, 3s to 7s a L ease: cooking, 2s 6d to 4s. Nectarines, 6s 6d to 8s 6d a Lease, greengages, 8s to 12s 6d a Lease; black currants, 11s to 13s a Lcaso; apricots, 3s to 6s a i-case. Tomatoes : Nelson, coloured, 6s to 8s a &-case ; ripe, 8s to 10s a i-caso; local, 4d to- 7d a lb. Beans, 9s to 27s 6d a case; cucumbers, hothouse, 3s to 5s a dozen; outside, 3s to 4s 6d a Lease. Lemons, 6s to 11s 9d a bushel.

Peas, 9s to 21s a sack; potatoes. 7s to 10s a sack; onions, local, 9s to 9s 6d a sugar-bag; swedes, 3s to 6s a case; marrows, 2s to 7s a case. Lettuce, 2s to 6s 6d a' case; cabbage, 2s 6d to 6s a ease; cauliflowers. 7s to 12s 6d a case; pumpkins, 8s to 12s a sack; silver beet, Is 6d to 3s 6d a case; carrots, 6s to 11s 3d a case.; parsnips, 10s to 13s 6d a case; beetroot, 2s to 3s 9d a case; rhubarb, 4s a dozen bunches. . Eggs.—Special. Is 9d a dozen; A grade, Is 6d; B grade, Is 4d.