LONDON FRUIT MARKET
HEAVY SUPPLIES; PRICES WEAKER The Department of Agriculture has received the following cablegram from the High Commissioner for New Zealand, London, dated April 21:— Fruit: Empire Star shipment of pears slightly forward. Market for apples and pears heavily supplied. Trade slow, prices weaker. The following are the market values of sound conditioned fruit of the varieties mentioned, the range of prices generally representing the difference between the several grades and/or counts. Variable conditioned fruit of similar varieties proportionately less in value. Cox’s Orange apples, 10s to 14s; Ballarat apples, 10s to Ils 6d; Jonathan, Delicious apples, 9s 6d to Us 6d; Dunn’s Favourite, Alfriston apples, 9s 6d to Ils; Lord Wolseley apples, 9s to 10s 6d; Worcester Pearmain apples, 8s to 9s. Comice pears, Ils to 13s; Packham's Triumph, Marie Louise pears, 9s 6d to 10s; Conference, Beurre Bose pears. 9s to 10s; Beurre Clairgeau pears, 8s to 9s.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 97, 27 April 1939, Page 11
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152LONDON FRUIT MARKET Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 97, 27 April 1939, Page 11
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