WELLINGTON FRUIT AND PRODUCE MARKET.

Colonist, Volume LV, Issue 13738, 2 June 1913, Page 8

WELLINGTON FRUIT AND PRODUCE MARKET.

(Special to "The Colonist.")

Wellington, May 31. The Now Zealand Fruit and Produce- Company report as follows: There is steady business- with vegetables and potatoes. Tho supplies of fruit arc small, being principally apples and pears Tho demand is good tor best quality fruit. Eggs have receded m value. Potatoes keen steady, with h tendency to fall. We quoto current prices as follows: Peavs, dessert \\inter Cole 4s to 4s 6d, Winter No is 4s to 4s 6d. Autumn Nelis 3s 9d to 4s M, Bourro Clairgau 3s to 3s 6d, Glau Morceau 3s 3d to 4h per halt , case, cooking pears 5s to 6s 6d; apples, desmort Jonathans 6s to 7s (id, Scarlet Poarmain 5s 6d to Gs 3d, Adams Poarmain 5s 6d to 6s 6d, Russets 5s to 6s, SpitKprbers 5s to 5s 6d, Stunners 5s to 5s 6d, cookers, Munroos 5s to Cs, Wolsoleys 5s 6d to 6s 3d, Alfnstons 4s 6d to os Gd, russets 4s 6d to 6s 3d, Ohinomuris 4s Gd to 5s 6d, fcpps Seedlings 3s Cd to 4s 6d; quinces bs bd per dump caso; grapes Is to Is 2d per lb • walnuts GUI per 1b; Capo gooseberries 3d to Id per lh : potatoes £o 10s; onions £9 lO.s; cauliflowers 8s to 10s «or sack; kumcras 7s to 9s per case; lottuco 3s to '1s per case; hens 2s bd, roosters' 4% ducks 5s 6d per pair; porkers 7d per lb.