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.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 48, 25 January 1939, Page 14
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272FRUIT AND VEGETABLES. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 48, 25 January 1939, Page 14
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