WELLINGTON FRUIT AND PRODUCE MARKET.

Colonist, Volume LVII, Issue 13852, 21 August 1915, Page 8

WELLINGTON FRUIT AND PRODUCE MARKET.

(Special to "Tho Colonist.")

Wellington, Aug. 20

Thompson Bros., Ltd., report as follows on the Wellington fruit and produce market:— Tlio demand remains firm for .'all choice fruit.. Stunner apples have boon i..; heavier svppl.Y. with the domnn/.l sliuhtly easier/ For other linos, henxt'.vcr, ihe demo.nd is woll maip.taiaQ<l. •Sydnov fruits wore in li^-avi-er supply, ."iul viilnns .\".«'ior than reoenily. A ( nnsidc ralilo quantity ot: Ca.iii'onnan wad Inland oranges carnn forward durinc; tliC w<H>k, .pnles hcinz fairly p;ood. Dui-int', Ihe week th.o following values ruled:— Pears: Choice large Winter Nedi.s 8s my 9s per half-case, swal! 4s to 6s, .Josephine -anall 3s 6d lo 4s 6d, large 8s io 9s \pples: Choice Aurkland Dougherty Hs to 10s, others 7,s to Ba, Delicious choice 6n 6cl to 7s, others 5s k) 6s, Uokewood Gs to 6s -3d, SpriKgrtale f>s to 7s, Stunner oxtra choice 9s. others fu to 8s Rhymor -1s 6d to 5s 4d, Home Beaut v ';~s fid to Gs, Munroo's Favour; Ho 'Washington, Lord Wolsek-y, finci ClJonafcrj-. hnv,e 7s to 7s 6d, others Gs to (5s od, Epps's Seedling 3s 6d to 4s ,ld per bupliel. ' . Green pens, choice, arc worth _'s to '2s 3d per peek. Vofo+abh'S nro in good supply. Potatoes: Southern £7 10s to £8 per °Oiiions: Victorian £11, New Zealand C 7 10s U) £& per tun.