WELLINGTON FRUIT AND PRODUCE MARKET.

Colonist, Volume LXII, Issue 15317, 4 March 1920, Page 3

WELLINGTON FRUIT AND PRODUCE MARKET.

(Special to "The Colonist.")

Wellington, March 3

Messrs Thompson Bros .Ltd. report on che Wellington fruit and produce market as follows: —

Apples: Choice well coloured Cox's Orange from 7s to 7s. 6d 3 other qualities from 4s to 6s, Scarlet and^ Wo-iv coster Pearmains from 6s to 7s 3d, Gravenstein 8s to 9s, Alfriston from 6s to 7s.

Pears from 6s to 6s 6d (Motuoka grown), Duchess 4s 6d to 5s 3d, choice Hawke's Bay W.B.C. from 9s 6d to lls 3d, Bergamcts 3s 6d to 4s 6d, Fertility 4s to ss, Bishop's Thumb 4s to 4s Gel, L.B.J. 5s 6d to 6s 6d, and Vicar of Winkfield 5s to ss. 6d per bushel. * Raspberries (Wairarapa) 8s 6d to 9s 6d per bucket. Cape Gooseberries '6s. to 7s per halfcase. Plums: Grand Duke 7s to Bs, Monarch 6s 6d to 7s 6d, Ogons os 6d to 6s 3d, Wanganui plums 4s to ss, Giant prunes 6s to 6s 6d. Peaches: Choice dessert from 6s 6d to 8s 6d, cooking varieties from 3s 6d to 4s ncr half case. Grapes: Choice Nelson Is to Is 2d, Hutt Is 2d to Is 4d. Tomatoes: Nelson from 5s to 7s, Hutt 9s to 13s 3d. French beans, ,2s to 3s 6d. Green j>eas 4s to 6s. Cucumbers 5s to 7s per banana case. Potatoes, £7 to £8. Onions, 14s to 15s per cwt.