FRUIT AND PRODUCE REPORT.

Colonist, Volume LII, Issue 12681, 28 October 1909, Page 4

FRUIT AND PRODUCE REPORT.

I The New Zealand Fruit and Produce Co. Ltd., report as follows, the prices ruling in the Wellington market : — Potatoes 3s 9d to 5s cwt, (seed) 4s to 4s 6d; onions (American) up to 1 Is. (Victoria/n) 10s 6d ; lettuce 0s to 9s case ; spinach 4s to 6s ; swedes 1 s to Is 6d cwt; asparagus 8d to 9-cl bunch; carrots 3s to 4s sack; parsnips 3s 6d to os ; pumpkin 7s to 8s : cauliflower 12s to 16s 6d; turnips Is 9d to 2s 6d; beetroot 2s 9d to 4s 3d ; marrow 4s to 6s ; cabbage os to Us (3d ; peas Is to Is 6d peck; rhubarb 3s to 5s doz; French beans 4-Jd per lb ; bananas 7s 9d to 10s case ; mandarins lls to 13s 6d: lemons 7s to 8s 6d ; loquats 5s to 7s box; pines 9* to lls.Gd; passions lls to lls 6d ; oranges (Island) 18s to 21s ; Sydney oranges 10s to 13s Bd ; Apples ('iasmanian Scarlet Permain) 14.s Gd to 16s, French Crabs 14s, Stunners 14s to 15s; e^gs (fresh) Is to Is Id doz; hens 4s 6d to 5s pair ; turkeys 14s to 18s ; ducks 6s to 8s ; bran 9s sack ; oats 2s 2d to 2s 4d bush ; chaff £3 to £3 10s; peanuts 20s sack.