FRUIT AND PRODUCE PRICES

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 25 March 1936, Page 8

FRUIT AND PRODUCE PRICES

(By Telegraph--Special to “The Hail”' WELLINGTON, 24tli March. (Messrs Thompson Bros., Ltd., Geo. Thomas and Co., Ltd., D. Bowie and Co., Ltd., La cry and Co., Ltd., W. Burbidge and Co., Ltd., and Townsend and Paul, Ltd., report present values as follows: — Apples, choice Coxes Orange, 5s to 7s bushel case; cookers, 3s to 4s; Jonathans, 3s to 4s; Ballarats, 4s Cd to ss; Delicious, 4s to 4s fid. Quinces, choice, 0s to 7s. Pears, choice W.8.C., 3s to 5s Od .(-case; L.8.J., 0s to 10s 0d; cookers, 3s to 4s. Peaelies, choice dessert, 5s to Ss half case; cookers, 3s 6d to 4s Od. Cape Gooseberries, choice, 3s Oil to 4s Od. Passion. Fruit, choice, 3s lid to 4s box. Nectarines, choice, 0s to Ss half case. Grapes, choice hothouse, 8d to Is pound. Lemons, choice cured. 12s to 15s bushel; others, 0s to 10s.

Tomatoes, choice, 2s to s half case. Cucumbers, choice, Is Od to 3s banana case. Beans, choice, 3s to 10s part sack Potatoes, choice, 3s to 8s cwt. Peas, choice green, 8s to 12s Od bag. others, 3s to ss. Kumcras, choice, 4s to 5s sugar hag. Celery, choice, 12s to 15s banana case. Cauliflowers, choice, 8s to 10s Od sack. Cabbage, choice, 2s to 2s 6d banana case. Lettuce, choice, Is Od to 2s banana case; others, Od to Is Spinach, choice, 0s Od to 8s (kl banana case; others, 4s Od to 5.s Od. Swedes, choice. Is (id to 2s 0d banana ease. Marrows, choice, Is to Is Od banana case. Pumpkins, choice, 4s to 5s sack. Parsnips, choice, 2s to 2s (id banana case. Carrots, choice, 2s to 2s 0d banana case. Beetroot, choice, Is Od. to 3s banana ease. Leeks, choice, 3d to Od bundle. Rhubarb, choice, 2s to

dozen hunches. Onions, choice, 3s

to 3s fid sugar hag. Eggs, fresh, hens, 2s Is dozen; medium, Is 9d; pullets, Is 4d. Walnuts, choice, 44d to ajd pound