FRUIT MARKETS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 53, 8 April 1914, Page 11

FRUIT MARKETS.

IN WELLINGTON.

(Sun Special.) WELLINGTON, April 8. The present market values are as follow: —Peaches: Extra choice, 3/6 to 5/-; good, 2/6 to 3/-. Pears: Winter Nelis and Winter Cole, extra choice, 8/6 to 10/6; good, 6/6 to 7/6; Marie Louise, 7/6 tp. 9/-;, Josephine, 7/- to 8/-; Beurre de Capiamonts, extra choice, 7/- to 8/-; good, 6/6 to 7/-; Beurre Bosc, extra choice, 7/- to S/-; good, 6/to 7/-; Beurre Clairgeau, extra choice (medium size), 6/- to 7/-; good, 5/- to 5/6; ' Conference, extra choice, 7/6 to 8/6; good, 6/- to 7/-; Beurre Easter, extra choice (medium size), 5/- to 6/-; Vicars, choice, 4/- to 4/6 per bushel case; medium quality at relative rates. Tomatoes, extra choice, 3/- to 3/6 per half case; medium samples as per quality. Passions, choice, 4/- to 4/6 per half case. Cucumbers, choice, 1/6 to 2/- per half case; double-case, 3/- to 4/6. Cape gooseberries, keen demand, choice, 5/6 to 6/6 per half case. Quinces, choice, 3/- to 4/-' per bushel case. Walnuts, choice, 6M to 7d per lb. Apples: Cox's extra, 8/6 to 10/6; good, 7/6 to 8/-; Jonathan's, extra choice, highly coloured 5/6 to 6/6; good, 4/6 to 5/-; other extra choice dessert varieties, 5/- to 7/6; good, 4/6 to 5/-; medium at relative rates; Cookers, large green choice, 4/13 to 5/-; good, 4/to 4/3; medium, 3/- to 4/- per bushel case. Grapes, choice, lid to ,1/11; good, 7d 'to lOd per lb. Potatoes, choice white - to 90/- per ton; medium samples as per quality. Onions, choice, 5/6 to 6/- per cwt.; medium samples at relative rates; pickling onions, choice,. 7/- to 8/- per cwt. Marrows, 1/6 to 2/6 per case. French beans, 2/6 to 3/6 per half sack. Pumpkins, choice, 4/- to 5/-. Cauliflowers, choice, 5/- to 6/-. Cabbages, 2/- to 4/6. Parsnips, 4/- to 5/6. Carrots, 2/6 to 4/- per sack. Lettuce, choice, 2/6 to 4/6. Fresh eggs, 1/8, 1/9; preserved, 1/4 per doz. Pie melons, choice, 6/- to 7/6 per sack. Poultry: Fowls, good, 3/- to 3/9; Ducks, 4/- to 5/-; Turkeys, lid to 1/- per lb dead weight.