FRUIT AND PRODUCE PRICES

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 2 April 1930, Page 10

FRUIT AND PRODUCE PRICES

(By Telegraph-Special to "The Mail") WELLINGTON, Ist April. Messrs Laery and Co., Ltd., Thompson Bros., Ltd., Townsend and Paul, Ltd., Geo. Thomas and Co. and Bowie and Co. report excellent demand and satisfactory values during for all choice lines of fancy grade fruit and recommend consignments. Present values are as follows: Apples.—Fancy Cox Orange 10s, 12s, Jonathans 6s, 7s, Delicious 6s 6d, 7s 6d, cookers 4s, 5s bushel ease. Pears: Choice firm L.D.J. 10s, 12s, Coles 7s, fis, Nelis 6s, 6s 6d, cookers 4s, 4s 6d bushel. Peaches: Choice Golden Queen 7s. fis, Solways 6s, 6s 6d, others 4s 6d. 5s 6d half-case. Cape gooseberries: Choice ss, 6s half-case. Passions: Choice large 55,. 6s, others 3s 6d, 4s 6d box. Lemons: Choice cured 14s, 16s, others Us, 10s bushel case. Grapes: Choice hothouse Is 6d, Is 9d, others Is, Is 3d lb. Knmcras.—Choice Bs, 10s, others 6s, 7s bushel. Tomatoes: Choice Hutt red 5s 6d, 6s 6d, others 4s 6d, 5s 6d halfease. Cucumbers: Choice 10s, 12s banana case, 4s, 6s half-case. Potatoes: Prime 7s, Bs, others 5s 6d, 6s 6d cwt. Onions: Prime 4s 6d, others 4s cental bag. Green peas: Prime 12s, 15s, others fis, 10s half-sack. French beans: Prime 7s, fis, others ss, 6s half-sack. Cauliflowers : Prime 10s, 12s, others ss, 7s sack. Cabbage: Prime 6s, 7s, others 3s, 5s banana case. Celery: Prime 3s 6d, 4s 6d others Is 6d, 2s 6d dozen heads. Pumpkins: Prime red ss, 6s, others 3s 6d, 4s 6d sack.

Butter.—Farmers' separator and dairy 1/- to 1/1 lb. Eggs: Fresh Is 9d to Is lid dozen. Fowls: White Leghorns 4s 6d, ss, heavy table breeds 6s, Ss pair. Ducks: Young Indian Runner 7s 6d, 9s, heavy table breeds 9s, lis, old 5s 6d. 6s 6d pair. Turkeys: Prime Is 4d, Is 6d lb.