WELLINGTON FRUIT AND PRODUCE MARKET.

Colonist, Volume LVI, Issue 13592, 6 October 1914, Page 8

WELLINGTON FRUIT AND PRODUCE MARKET.

(Special to "The Colonist.")

Wellington, Oct. 5. Laery and Co., Ltd., report as follows on the Wellington fruit and protinee market:— - The market has firmed for all lines 'of appfes and pears. Supplies are short of requirements. Hothouse tomatoes are strongly inquired for, and immediate consignments are recommended. Apples: Choice Stunner 12s to 14s, Washington and Five Crown llsi to 12-s, Epps's Seedling 8s to 9s, Rokewood 9s 6d to ]0s 6d, Jonathan and Dougherty-

12s 6d to 13s 3d, medium at relative rates". Pears: Choice Winter Colo 9s to 9s 6d, Josephine 9s 6d to LOs Cd, lteurr© Bosc 8s 6d to 9s, Heurro Dei! and L'lnconniie 7s to' 7s 6d. Hothouse- tom.-itws Is 6d to Is- 9cl per lb. , Green peas Is l)J to 2s.ld per peck Poultry: Htisis ":; to 5s Gd, cockerels 5s 6d to*6s Gtl, ducks us to 7s 6d ; turkeys, gobblers ]s, hens lOd per lb, lne\vr>i«'!it. ' -.s Is to Is hi per dozrn. ' v''UiU!j:iit -'!;w to -18s »n- kcrosono lii.