WELLINGTON FRUIT AND PRODUCE MARKET.

Colonist, Volume LVIII, Issue 14292, 22 December 1916, Page 3

WELLINGTON FRUIT AND PRODUCE MARKET.

(Special to "The Colonist.)

Wellington, Dec. 21. I rnompson Bros., Ltd., report as FoV- \ tows on ttie Wellington fruit and pro- | luce market:— • All varieties of early fruit are meeting an excellent demand in our market, and we look to high, values obtaining during the festive season. Shippers are strongly recommended to market freely. The following values are ruling:— . ■■■- ■■-■ . Cherries :'• Choice .dessert, in ■ veryj short supply, 20s to 24», Kentish 8s to .10s. . l^lack currants 8s to 9s. | Red -currants 6s 6d to 7s 6d. ' i Plums: Evans' Early 7s 6d to 8s 6c!,1 cherry plums large 4s. 6d to 5s 6d, small 3s to 3s lOd. Apricots: Hawke's Bay 10s to small 6s 6d to 7s 6d. Peaches: Choice desserb 11s, 12s 10s ] cooking 3s lid to 5s 6d. Apples: Cookers.4s io 4s 6d per halfcase. Strawberries 2s 3d to 2s 6d per punnet,;.".- .-. ::._.'■,-■ '■■/■. ; -■■••-■.■ .• ;•• ,• ' \:- : -. :■-., Gpooseijcrries; 4s, to 4s. 3d per. half-'ca'se.-v': .'■••''-. r: ■■':■ '"-.'''"'■''. s; ■■'-.■': ;;•■; "■■' Cucumbers 16s tr, .18s per bushel case. Green peas,^supplies' heavy ,^6d to -9^ per peek. ■■■:".

Raspberries have keen inquiry. Tomatoes: Choice coloured 18s to 22s ripe 16s to 17s i^er half-case. iSic-w potaotes 10s to 14s per cwt.