Commercial

Waipawa Mail, Volume XXIX, Issue 5705, 27 April 1911, Page 1

Commercial

Wellington Markets. All lines of vegetables and fruit were in fair demand at the Alien-street markets yesterday. Melbourne pears sold at lls to 12s per case, Hobarts in half-caseß realised 5s to 5s 6d; South Australian grapes wont at 10s Gd to lls Gd, New South Wales grown 9s to 9s Gd; South Australian lemons wore in good demand at 13s to lGs 6d per bushel case; Sydney passions realised Gs Gd to 8s 9d per half case. No Messina lemons came forward this week. Persimmons sold from 4s Gd to 6s Gd per quarter case. The first consignments of mandarins from Australia are expected shortly. Local pears sold from 7s to 9s for dessert sorts, cookers 4s to 5s per packer case; quincos from 3s Gd to 4s Gd per case; local hot house grapes realised lOd to Is Id, Nelson lOd to Is; Capo gooseberries were plentiful at 2d to 3d per lb (the season is almost over); outdoor grown tomatoes sold from 3s to 4s Gd per half case ; cucumbers realised 10s to 12s per orange oase; choice dessert apples were in fair request from 6s to Bs, cookers 3s 9d to 4s 6d. In the vegetable line pie melons are selling at 3s Gd per cwt; pumpkins, 38 6d.to 4s per sack ; oabbages, 2s to 4s; marrows, Is Gd to 2s 6d per sack; red cabbages, Is 6d per Back; cauliflowers (choice), 5s to 8s per sack ; beetroot, 2s Gd per sack ; French beans sold at 3s to 4s per half Back ; parsnips, 3s Gd por sack; carrots, 2s Gd to 3s per sack ; white turnips, 2s to 3s per sack; swedes were plentiful at 2s per cwt; lettuce sold at 2s Gd to 4s per banana case; celery (choice white) brought from Is Gd to 2s 3d per dozen heads; rhubarb realised 2s to 4s per dozen bundles; onions, 4s per cwt; potatoes (sound), 5s 3d to 5s 9d per cwt; artichokes, 3s per half sack ; walnuts (prime), 5Jd to 6£d per lb; mushrooms were in good demand at 7s to 9s per banana case; spinach sold at Is 6d to 2s per case ; green peas were quoted at 8s per half sack. Violets, daffodils, and jonquils are now coming to hand in small lots, and payable rates are being secured.