FRUIT AND PRODUCE PRICES

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 14 January 1928, Page 12

FRUIT AND PRODUCE PRICES

(By. Telegraph—Special to "The Mail")

WELLINGTON, 13th .Jan. / Messrs W. Burbidgo and Co.. report a, good demand for dessert and cooking apples, pears, dessert plums, cherries, black currants, nectarines " and ripe tomatoes-. Walnuts .wanted. Eggs dull. .Current prices: Astrachans 4s to ss; Gravensteins 3s 6d to ss; cookers, 3s Gd to 4s.9ct!> Early pears 3s to 4s 6d. Williams'ss 6d to"6s 6d. Teaches, dessert 4s 6d to 6s 6d. Cooking" 4? to ss. Plums, dessert, Santa- Rosa 9s 6d to 13s 6d; others 6s 6d to 8s 6d. Tomatoesripe 12s to 14s 6d; coloured 8s 6d to 13s; firm 5s 6d to 7s. Nectarines 6s to12s 6d. Green gages 8s 6d to 9s 6d. Black currants 7s to 8s 6d. Apricots 7s to lis, all half' cases. Raspberries 6s to 8g bucket, according to weight. Cherries 22s 6d 201 b. cases. New potatoes 9s to lis cwt. Eggs Is 8d dozen. : Walnuts lid lb. : • WELLINGTON, 13th Jan. Market Gardeners Ltd. report: Supplies have been heavy- and values much improved. ' Fruit: Apples 8s 6d to 12s 9d; peaches ' 6s'tol3s.6d;'plums.7s to 14s 6d; logan berries, 9d to Is chip; black' currants 9s to 10s 6d box; strawberries Is 6d to 2s>'3d chip; apricots 6s 6d to 16s box; gooseberries 2s 6d to 4s 3d box; grapes 2s to 2s' B£d'lb; tomatoes Hutt 8d to lOid.lb; tomatoes-Nelson glasshouse, '■'' 12s; tomatoes Nelson outdoor, 6s to . lis. 6d; raspberries 6s to 9s 6d bucket. . cherries 17s 6d to 32s 6d case. : Potatoes, bags 9s to 21s; ?otatoes,-' cases 105.6 d to' 23s 6d; onions ukekohe, 6s bag; onions, Canadian, 10s to 12s;,cauliflower 5s 6d to 7s case; cabbage, Is to 2s 6cl case; lettuce,. Is to 8s €3:cage; spinach 4s 6d case; carrots ,- s£d.'to Is bunch •;.' parsnips, ,8d to Is Id bunch; rhubarb, 7s to 10s dozen; cucumbers, Is to 4s 6d dozen;.beans, .to 7d-per 4b; peas 3s 6d tp 7s 6d bag; • . marrows, 5s 6d to-13s 6d case; spring ; onions, Is 6d to 2s 3d bunch. - —i—^—^^^^