COMMERCIAL.
WELLINGTON FRUIT AND PRO-
DUCE MARKET
(Special to "The Colonist.")
Wellington, March 6. , Laery and Co., Ltd., report as follows oil the Wellington -fruit and produce market: — Present values are as u,nder: — , Tomatoes: Hutt-grown choice 5s to os Gd, Nelson choice firm showing signs of colour 3vS to os '6d, Christchurch firm 4s to 6s. . Plums: Extra choice 6s 6d to 7s 6d, good 5s to 6s. ' Peaches: Choice dessert 6s 6d"to 8s 6d, good 5s 6d to 6s 6d, medium 4s to 55,63.. v ; Cape gooseberries: Choice 6s to 7s. . Grapes: Choice Is 3d to Is 5d per Ib. Apples: Cox's Orange Pippin and Eibstorie 2\ incb to 2f inch choke 6s to 7s 6d, Worcester Pearmain. ,2|incH to 2% inch 5s 6d to 7s, cookers choice green 4s to ss. Pears: Choice Williams' Bon Chretien 7s to 9s, Louise Bonne Jersey 6s to 7s, Capiaumont 5s to 65,-■'•Fertility, Clairgeau and Vicar of Winkfield 4s to ss. ... Quinces 4s to ss. , Passion fruit: Auckland 3s 6d to ss. Cucumbers (very plentiful) Is to 2s per case. ■P£°>
Potatoes1: Choice 6s to Bs. Pumpkns: Choice grey ironbark 6s to 7s. Pie melons 6s 6d to 7s 6d. Fowls 3s to 3s, ducks 5s to 8s per ' pair, turkeys lid to Is 3d per lb. Butter: Good dairy and farmers' ; separator Is to Is 2d per lb. Eggs: Fresh crates Is 2d to Is 3d, ■ cases' Is to Is 2d per dozen. : » Walnuts: Choice dry Is to Is Id per - lb. ■■..■■■ » Dressed pork: Choice 70's to 9O'« Sd to BJd, 90's to 100's Bd, baconers 7d to " 7^d, choppers. 5d to 6d. Wellington, March 7: Messrs Thompson Bros., Ltd., report as follows on the Wellington fruit and produce market :-— The recent heavy supplies of apples continue. Values in consequence are • only moderate. Dessert pears have im- ' proved in value. Hutt tomatoes are -in shorter supply, and prices have firmed : considerably. Vegetables are in over- ! supply. To-day the following rates i ruled: — . > . . i Apples?: Choice Cox's Orange Pippin 5s to 6s 6d, others 4s to 4s 6d, Scarlet : Pearmain 4s 6d to 5s Gd, Worcester Pearmain 5s to 6s, Ribstone 5s to os ; 3d, Jonathan too early to market, best. ' samples 4s--9d, others 3s to 3s 6d, Alfriston 4s to 4s 6d, Monroe's Favourite 3s 6d to 4s (3d, Cleopatra 3s 6d to 4s /3d, Baldwin 3s to 3s 9d, other cookers 3s to Is per bushel. j Quinces' 4s 9d to: 5s 6d per bushel. 1 Peaches : Choice Haw lie's Bay dessert 6s to 6s 9d, cooking varieties 45.6d.to1 5s 3d. , 1 Nectarines 7s 6d to 9s per half-case. I Plums: Supplies are now practically '! exhausted. 1 Grapes Is to 3 s 3d per lb. Tomatoes: Hutt round 6s 6d to $■& 3d. ' I others 6s to 6s 6d per half-case. » Raspberries 6s 6d to 7s 6d per bucket. Blackberries 2|d per lb. Cape gooseberries b'd to 6-Jd per lb. Cucumbers Is 6d to 2s per banana case*
Poars:. Choice Williams' Bon Chretien 6s 0d xo 7s 3d, Marie Louise 5s to 6s, Fertility 4s 6d to ss, Capiaumont 5s to Ss 4d, Bishop's Thumb 4s to 4s 6d,. B'tfch'ess 4s to ss, Vicar of Winkfield 4s to 4s 6d per bushel, i Potatoes {market easier to-day) 100s to 110s per ton. Onions 125s to 130s. Eggs: Fresh 2s to 2s 3d, preserved ls : 3d to Is 5d per dozen. j Poultry are wanted.
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Colonist, Volume LX, Issue 14655, 8 March 1918, Page 2
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573COMMERCIAL. Colonist, Volume LX, Issue 14655, 8 March 1918, Page 2
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