WELLINGTON FRUIT AND PRODUCE MARKET.

Colonist, Volume LXI, Issue 15187, 27 September 1919, Page 3

WELLINGTON FRUIT AND PRODUCE MARKET.

(Special to "The Colonist.")

Wellington, Sept. 26. Messrs Griffiths ami t-0.. Ltd. (incorporating Braid and Wallace), repoh as follows on the Wellington fruit and produce market:—

Choice apples and pears are In good demand, and shipping is recommended. 1 o-day 1 s values:— Apples: Delicious choice 16s to 17s 6d, others 14s to 15s, Jonathan extra choice best sizes 14s to 15s, others 12s 6d to 13s 6d, Dougherty "well coloured best sizes 16s to 17s, others 15s to 16s, Ilokewood 10s to 11s, Rhymer and Spnngdale 9s 6d to 10s 6d, Stunner extra choice well graded 14s 6d to 16s 6d, according to size, others 8s to 10s, Statesman 10s to lie, Cleopatra, Lord! Wolseley, and Cambridge Pippin Us 6d to 12s 6d; Munroe's Favourite and Five Crown 11s to 12s, Epps's Seedling sound 8s to 9s, all at per bushel. Pears: Canterbury cool-stored Cole and Nelis 11s 6d to 12s. 6d, Beurre Boso 9s.to 10s, Josephine 10s 6d to 11s 6d per halt-case, Easter Beurre 14s to los, P Barry 16s Gd to 17s 6d per bushel. Vegetables are increasing in quantity and values are slightly easier. • Green peas to-day 8s per peck. Rhubarb is increasing in^quantity. Eggs, poultry, and butter are wanted.