FRUIT AND PRODUCE MARKET

Colonist, Volume LII, Issue 12753, 28 March 1910, Page 4

FRUIT AND PRODUCE MARKET

(Special to "The Colonist.") The New Zealand Fniit aj)d Produce Co., Ltd., report on the Wellington fruit and produce market as follo.ws: — Prices for both dessert and cooking apples are still low, only the best dessert meeting with any demand. Ordinary pears are dull of sale, but a good demand exists for best eating varieties, viz., Autumn, Nellis, Winter, Cole and Marie Louis. The potato market is still firm. Vegetables are^ruling about the same as last week. Eggs are meeting a much better salo and we anticipate a decided rise during the coming week. Following are the prices realized during the past week-. Potatoes 5s to 6s 3d c\rt; onions 3s 9d to 4s. owt; swedes 2s 3d cwt; turnips 2s 6d sack carrots 3s to 5s sack; parsnips 4s 6d to 6s sack; beetroot 2s~6d to 3s 6d sack ; cabbage Is 6d to 4s 9d sack ; cauliflower 4s to 6s sack; peas 6s to Us 6d sack; marrows Is to 2s sack; tomatoes Is 3d to 2s case; beans (French) 3s "to 4s 6d sack; beans (broad) 2s to 3s 6d sack-, lettuce Is to 3s case; cucumber 3s tops 6d case. Apples (cooking) 3s 6d to 4s 3d; apples (dessert) 5s to 8s; plums (cooking) 2s 6d to 3s; blackberries l^d to 2d P er lb > Ye*™ (c 001111^) 4s to ss ; pears (dessert) 8s to 10s ; pears (half -case) ss; grapes 7d to 8d per lb. ; peaches (cooking) 3s' to 4s; peaches (dessert) 4s 6d to 5s 6d Eggs Is 4d to Is 5d (good, demand) chaff, £4 to £5 ; ducks 4s 6d to 5s per pair; hens 3s to 3s -6d per pair; bran 9s per sack ; wheat 4s 4d per bushel.