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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 30 March 1929, Page 7

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WELLINGTON MARKETS W. Burbidge and Co. report a keen demand this week for fancy grade Coxes, large green cooking apples, dessert pears, pie melons and Cape gooseberries. Potatoes easier. Current prices:—Coxes 8s to 13s 63, Delicious 6s to 7s 6d, Jonathons 4s 6d to 6s, Sturmers 6s to 7s, Ballarats 6s 6d to 7s, Washingtons 6s 6s to 7s, Cleopatras 6s to 6s 6d. Pears: Williams 6s to 10s, L. Bon Jersey 6s to 9s, cooking 4s to ss. all bushel case. Tomatoes.: Round Red 4s 6d to ss, coloured 4s lo ss, cooking 5s .to "6s" 6d. Cape gooseberries 5s to 5s 6d, all half cases. Pie melons 7s to 9s sack. Red pumpkins 7s to 8s sack. New laid eggs, 2s to 2s Id dozen. Potatoes £8 10s per ton. Separator butter Is to Is 2d per lb. Walnuts 9d to lOd per lb. The Wellington Fruitbrokers, Messrs: Laerv and Co., Ltd., Geo. Thomas and Co., Ltd., Thompson 'Bros., Ltd., Townsend and Paul, and D, Bowie and Co., report as follows : _ • Good demand continues for all choice, lines of fruit, and consignments are recommended, especially Coxes Orange, and Fancy grade cooking apples. Recent values are as follows: —Apples : Choice Cox Orange, 8s to 10s, Delicious 6s 6d to 7s 6d, Jonathans 6s to 7s, Alfristons 5s to 6s, Dunns 4s 6d to 5s 6d, others 4s to 5s bus. case. Pears: Choice Jersev 6s 6d to 8s 6d. Coles 7s to Bs, Nelis 6s 6d to ?s 6rl. Vicars 5s to 6s, others 4s to 5s bushel case. Peaches: Golden Queen 8s to 9s, Solway 6s to 7s. others 4s 6d to 5s 6d half case. Plums: Choice 5s to 6s, others 3s to 4s half case. Grapes :• Choice Is Id to Is 4d, outdoor grown 6d to 9d per lb. Passions: 5s to 6s, others 3s to 4s per box. Cucumbers: Choice 4s to 5s * banana case. Cape gooseberries: Choice dry 4s 6d to 5s 6d half case. Quinces: Choice 7s to Bs, ethers 5s 6d to 6,s 6d bushel case. Tomatoes: Choice Hutt red 3s to 3s 6d, coloured 2s 6cl to 3s half case, Hawkes Bay Is 6d ner quarter box. Lemons: Choice New Zealand cured 16. s to 19s, others 10s to 14s bushel case. Potatoes: Choice grade 7s 6d to 8s 6d, others 6s to 6s 6d per cwt. Onions: Choice grade 7s to 7s 61 cental bag. Kumaras: Choice grade >Ps to 13s banana case. Green peas: Choice 10s to 14s half sack. French beans, Choice 3s to 5s half sack. Pumpkins: Choice red 6s 6d to 7s 6d per sack. Marrows: Choice 3s to 4s per sack. Watermelons: Choice 2s to 3s each. Pieir.rlons: Choice 6s to 7s per sack. Cauliflowers: Choice 12s to 15s per sack. Ktrgs: Fresh Is lOd to 2s per dozen, iwnvls: White Leghorns 4s to 4s-6d, heavy br'iV- breeds 6s to 8s pair. Ducks: Voting Indian Runner 7s to Bs, heavy breeds 8s to 10s. old ducks 6s per pair. Furkevs: Is 2d to Is 3d r>er lb. Dressed workers: 6id to 7d ner lb. Butter: Farmers' separator and milled good Is 2d to Is 3d per lb.