Wellington Produce Prices

Manawatu Times, Volume 65, Issue 121, 23 May 1940, Page 10

Wellington Produce Prices

Market Gardeners, Ltd,, Wellington, sales were as follows:—Tomatoes 4s to 11s, grapes 2s to 2s 6d per lb., passionfruit 7s to 10s, tree tomatoes 6s to 7s 6d per box. Celery 4s to 12s, carrots 3s to 4s, beetroot 2s to 3s, turnips 2s, rhubarb 6s to 10s, all per dozen bunches. Carrots 2s 6d to 4s 6d, parsnips 3s to

3s 9d, cabbage 2s to 3s, leeks 4s to 6s 6d, swedes 3s to 3s 9d, silver beet Is to Is 6d, lettuce Is to 5s 2d, celery Is 6d to 4s, sprouts 3s 6d to 13s 6d, spinach 3s to 7s 6d, all per case. Pumpkins 5s to 6s, cabbage 3s to 10s 6d, cauliflower 7s to 9s, peas 11s to 14s, all per sack, onions 9s to 11 s per cental bag, potatoes £6 to £7 a ton.

Laery and Co., Ltd., Townsend and Paul, Ltd., Geo. Thompson and Co.. Ltd., D. Bowie and Co., Ltd., Thompson Bros., Ltd., and A. Pope and Co., Ltd., report present values us follows: Quinces 8s to 10s 9d a case, cape gooseberries 6s to 7s Gd, Chinese gooseberries 10s to 14s half-ease, passionfruit 10s to 16s, tree tomatoes 8s to 12s, tomatoes (ripe) 4s to 13s, Mayer lemons 16s to 30s bushel case, potatoes 5s to 7s Gd cwt., onions 7s to 12s cental bag, kumeras 5s to 7s 6d sugar bag, beaus (hothouse) 9hd to Is lb., green peas 11s to 29s sack, cabbage 4s to 7s super sack, lettuce 9d to 4s case, sprouts 10s to 18s sugar bag, pie melons 5s to 7s sack, cauliflowers 6s to 11s super 1 sack, silver beet Is to os case, spinach 2s to 7s 9d, marrows Is 6d to 3s, pumpkins 3s to 7s super sack, carrots 3s Hd to 5s 9d case, swedes 2s 6d to ss,

parsnips 3s to 6s, beetroot 2s 6d to ss, leeks 3s 6d to 5s 9d, celery 3s 6d to Bs, rhubarb 8s to 16s dozen.