WELLINGTON FRUIT MARKETS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 31, 13 March 1914, Page 11

WELLINGTON FRUIT MARKETS.

(SUN Special.)

WELLINGTON, March 13* Messrs Townsend and Paul, Ltd., report a keen demand for all choice fruit.

Present values are:—Peaches, extra choice 5/- to 6/-, good 3/- to '4/-, medium 2/- to 2/9 per half case; plums, choice 4/- to 5/6, good 2/9-'. to 3/6, medium 2/- to 2/6, Damsons 2/6 to 3/6 per half case; pears> extra choice, Marie Louise 8/- to 10/-, Beurro do Capiamonte 8/- to 10/-, Bon Chretien 10/- to 13/-, Louise Bonne 6/6 to 7/6, Bartlett 7/- to 9/-, Bourre' Bose 7/- to 7/6, Beurre Clairgeau (medium size) 7/- to %/-, Beurre d 'l.el 6/6 to 7/6, Beurre Easter 5/- to 6/6, Josephine 8/- to 9/-, Bergamets 4/6 to 6/-, Vicars 5/- to 5/6/ other extra choice dessert varieties 6/6 to 9/- per bushel case, medium quality at relative rates; tomatoes, extra choiee 4/- to 5/-, good 3/- to 4/-, medium 2/- to 2/6 per half case; passions, choice 4/- to 4/6 per half ease; cucumbers, choice 2/- to 2/6, per half ease, 4/- to 5/6 per double case; apples, extra choice Cox's and Ribstons 9/- to 10/6, good 8/- to 8/9, Jonathans (extra) 6/6. to 7/6, good 5/- to 6/-, other extra choiee dessert varieties 7/6 to 10/-, good 5/- to 6/6, medium quality at "relative rates, cookers (large green), choice 5/- to 6/-, medium to good 4/- to 4/9 per bushel case;. Cape gooseberries, choiee, 5/- to 6/- per half case; grapes, extra choice SI to lOd, good 7d to 7kl per lb; potatoes, choice white varieties, 4/- to 5/- per cwt; onions, choice 6/- to 7/- per cwt, pickling onions, choice 9/- to 10/- per cwt; marrows, 2/- to 2/6 per case; French beans, 4/- to 6/- per. half sack; 2/- to 4/-; .parsnips, 4/- to 5/6; carrots, ?,/- to 4/6; lettuce, 2/- to 5/- per case; fresh eggs, 1/5 to 1/6 per dozen; pumpkins, choiee, 5/- to 6/6 per sack; pie melons, choice, 7/- to 7/6 per sack; butter, farmers' separator or milled lib pats or bulk, BAd to lOd per lb; poultry, fowls 2/9 to 3/6, ducks 4/6 to 5/- per pair; turkeys lOd to lid per lb- dead weight.