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Mr. Ovenden
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish in the Official Report the official wholesale prices quoted by his Department for the weeks ending 10th January 1975 and 12th January 1974 in respect of those vegetables for which retail prices are quoted in the Department of Employment Gazette.
Mr. Strang
Wholesale market prices are collected by the Ministry for weeks ending Wednesday and the following are averages of the most usual wholesale prices in main England and Wales mar-
| 1975 | 1974 | ||||||||
| Week ending | Week ending | ||||||||
| Unit | 8th January | 15th January | 9th January | 16th January | |||||
| POTATOES | |||||||||
| Home Grown: | |||||||||
| King Edward VII: | |||||||||
| Lincs. and Yorks. | … | … | £ per cwt. | 2·22 | 2·11 | 1·86 | 1·84 | ||
| Blacklands | … | … | … | „ | 2·25 | 2·05 | 1·86 | 1·89 | |
| Other Districts | … | … | „ | 2·07 | 2·01 | 1·77 | 1·72 | ||
| Other Reds | … | … | … | „ | 1·94 | 1·94 | — | 1·64 | |
| Whites | … | … | … | „ | 1·84 | 1·80 | 1·52 | 1·47 | |
| Imported: | |||||||||
| Canary Islands | … | … | „ | 9·62 | 9·07 | 8·34 | 8·18 | ||
| Italy | … | … | … | … | „ | 10·46 | 9·89 | 8·65 | 8·39 |
| TOMATOES | |||||||||
| Imported: | |||||||||
| Canary Islands | … | … | £ per 6 kg. | 2·66 | 2·26 | 2·07 | 1·49 | ||
| Morocco | … | … | … | „ | 2·20 | 1·85 | 1·80 | 1·20 | |
| Spain | … | … | … | … | „ | 2·17 | 1·84 | 1·66 | 1·24 |
| Israel | … | … | … | … | „ | 1·80 | 1·71 | — | — |
| CABBAGE | |||||||||
| Home Grown: | |||||||||
| Savoys | … | … | … | £ per cwt. | 2·60 | 2·61 | 3·40 | 3·07 | |
| Spring Greens | … | … | „ | 3·15 | 3·60 | 7·51 | 5·73 | ||
| Summer/Autumn | … | … | „ | 2·40 | 2·21 | — | — | ||
| Winter Dutch White | … | … | … | „ | 2·70 | 2·50 | 3·58 | 3·04 | |
| Winter Other | … | … | … | „ | 2·53 | 2·64 | 3·55 | 3·35 | |
| Imported: | |||||||||
| Netherlands White | … | … | „ | 3·40 | 4·28 | — | 5·12 | ||
| CAULIFLOWERS | |||||||||
| Home Grown: | |||||||||
| Cornish Class I | … | … | £ per doz. | 1·05 | 1·14 | 1·19 | 1·05 | ||
| Cornish Class II | … | … | „ | 0·86 | 0·98 | 0·98 | 0·84 | ||
| Kent Class I | … | … | … | „ | 1·40 | 1·60 | 1·19 | 1·17 | |
| Kent Class II | … | … | … | „ | 1·20 | 1·40 | 0·91 | 0·93 | |
| Other districts: | |||||||||
| Summer/Autumn Class II | „ | 0·78 | 0·97 | — | — | ||||
| Channel Islands Class II | … | „ | 1·34 | 1·31 | 1·43 | 1·31 | |||
| Imported: | |||||||||
| France | … | … | … | „ | 1·31 | 1·35 | 1·45 | 1·68 | |
| BRUSSELS SPROUTS | |||||||||
| Home Grown | … | … | … | £ per cwt. | 4·54 | 3·89 | 7·52 | 4·00 | |
| CARROTS | |||||||||
| Home Grown: | |||||||||
| Topped: | |||||||||
| Washed | … | … | … | „ | 3·29 | 3·08 | 1·78 | 1·61 | |
| Unwashed | … | … | … | „ | — | 2·84 | — | — | |
| Imported: | |||||||||
| Netherlands (loose) | … | … | „ | 8·01 | 8·83 | 6·07 | 8·04 | ||
| Netherlands (pre-packed) | … | „ | 10·78 | 11·55 | — | 9·60 | |||
| ONIONS | |||||||||
| Home Grown: | |||||||||
| Bulb | … | … | … | … | „ | 2·59 | 2·65 | 3·22 | 3·56 |
| Imported: | |||||||||
| Hungary—Bulb | … | … | „ | 4·71 | 4·78 | — | — | ||
| Spain—Bulb | … | … | … | „ | 5·02 | 4·94 | 4·89 | 5·30 | |
| MUSHROOMS | |||||||||
| Home Grown: | |||||||||
| England and Wales Indoor | … | p per lb. | 20·8 | 24·4 | 21·8 | 21·4 | |||
| Imported: | |||||||||
| Irish Republic | … | … | „ | — | 23·3 | — | — | ||
kets for the weeks ending 8th and 15th January 1975 and the weeks ending 9th and 16th January 1974: