WELLINGTON FRUIT AND PRODUCE MARKET.

Colonist, Volume LXI, Issue 15193, 4 October 1919, Page 2

WELLINGTON FRUIT AND PRODUCE MARKET.

(Special to "The Colonist..")

Wellington, Oct. 3. Messrs Griffiths and Go Ltd. (incorporating Braid and Wallace), repon as follows on the Wellington fruit and produce market: — . An Choice aoples and pears are in tan demand, and" moderate shipping is recommended. To-day's values:— A.pples • Delicious choice 16s to 17s bd, 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, Rokewood 10s to Us, Rhymer and bpringdale 9s 6d to 10s 6d, Stunner extra choice -well graded 13s to 14s according to size others 8s to 10s, Statesman 10s to 11s' Cleopatra, Lord Wolseley, and Cambridge Pippin Us to 12s, Munroe s Favourite-and..Five Crown 11s to Us, Epps's Seedling sound S3 to. &■*, au at per bushel. ■ ~-,,. Pears: Canterbury cool-stored Cole and Nelis 10s 6d to Us 6, Beurre Bosc 9s to 10a, Josephine 10s 6d to lls 6a per half-case, Easter Beurre 14a to ifa, P. Barry, 16s 6d to 17s Gd per bushel. Vegetables are increasing in quantity, and values are slightly easier. ■Green peas to-day 9s 7d per peck. Rhubarb is Increasing in quantity. Eggs, poultry, and butter are wanted.