FRUIT AND VEGETABLE?
WELLINGTON MARKET PRICES. Prices of fruit, vegetables and other produce are quoted as follow: Apples.—Coxes, 5s to 9s a bushel: Delicious, 4s to 7s; cooking, 4s to 9s; Jonathans, 4s to 7s 6d; Granny Smith, 6s to 13s. Pears: L.8.J., 7s to 12s a three-quar-ter case; cooking. 3s to ss: Winter Coles, 3s 6d to 79 6d. Grapps; Hothouse, Is Id to Is 7jd a lb. Passion fruit, 4s to 5s a half case. Cape gooseberries, 6s a half ease. Peaches: 5s to 7s 6d a half case. Nectarines: 5s to 9s 9d a half case. Apricots, 6s to 10s 3d a half case. Quinces: 5s to 8s 6d a bushel. 'Tomatoes: Local outside, 3s to 4s a case; round, 3s to 5s 6d. Plums: Dessert, 5s to 7s 6d a half ease. Beans: 5s to 11s a case. Cucumbers, outside, 10s to 16s a- caso. Lemons: Choice, 16s to 26s a bushel; others, 10s to 15s. Peas: 13s to 22s a sack. Potatoes: 8s to 12s a cwt. Onions: Local, os to 9s a sugar bag. Swedes: 2s to 5s a case. Marrows : 3s to 7s a case. Lettuce: 2s to 7s 6d a case. Cabbage: Is 6d to 3s a case. Cauliflowers: 12s 6d to 15s 6d u. sack. Pumpkins: 5s to 10s a sack. Silver beet: Is to 2s a case. Carrots: 4s 6d to 9s 6d a case. Spinach : 5s to 15s a ease. Parsnips, 6s to Us a case. Beetroot: Is 6d to 2s a case. Eggs.—Special, 2s 3d a dozen; A grade, 2s Id; B grade. Is 9d.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 101, 29 March 1939, Page 4
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267FRUIT AND VEGETABLE? Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 101, 29 March 1939, Page 4
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