Market+Produce

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-Seafood- (Happy Tuna Seafood)[[image:mcscbd2012/Markets028.jpg align="right" caption="Meat Hall in Queen Victoria Market"]]
Happy Tuna Seafood gets their quality fresh fish from Footscray wholesale market down near the docks of the West Gate bridge.The fish they buy comes from Port Melbourne, NSW, Dunedin and Portland. The fresh fish is caught out at sea and is transported back by the fishing boats. Then when the fish has arrived, stall and market holders such as Happy Tuna Seafood buy their produce and most get it delivered back to their stall at Queen Victoria Market.

-Fruit/ Vegetables
There are many fruit and vegetable growing regions around Melbourne that provide Melbourne with fresh produce, the Eastern Metropolitan Growing Region supplies the markets with raspberries, strawberries, gooseberries, peaches, cherries, plums, pears, grapes, lemons, oranges, turnips, peas and beans. The Clay belt which is located East of supplies watermelons. The Dandenong ranges also supplies berries such as strawberries.

All fruit was grown near near the city because in 1850s still used horse and carriages as transportation. Often transportation would occur early in the morning to avoid the hot sun and the wind. During the early stages of the Queen vic market the farmers or the store holders sold their produce on the back of their cart.
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The Eastern Metropolitan Growing Area
The eastern metropolitan growing area has been a big produce supplier to the the Melbourne markets since the 1860's. It has 20 fruit growing districts in Melbourne including South Yarra and Doncaster. The Growing area started off by growing peas, beans, turnips and other similar crops and because the soil and the climate was great. The climate and soil was so good berry fruits were introduced and grown such as raspberries, strawberries and gooseberries. At about 1855 fruit trees were planted and although the soils were perfect the, hot dry summers made it very hard to grow good sized fruit. By 1870 dams were constructed to help the growth of fruit, others built ingenious systems to keep their crops healthy and fertile throughout the dry summers. Soon later cherries, plums, peaches, pears, grape vines and oranges were planted to suit the hot climates.

__ The Sand belt __
Type of soil: Sandy. Location: Brighton, Moorabbin, Cheltenham, Bentleigh, Keysborough, Cranbourne and Dandenong. Produce: (Main produce) lettuce, celery, carrots, parsnips, beetroot, onions and potatoes.

__ The clay __
Type of soil: shallow, heavy with strong clay. Location: the east of the metropolis. Produce: Brussels sprouts, cabbages, cauliflowers, tomatoes, watermelons, pumpkins, and cucumbers.

__ The Dandenong ranges: __
Type of soil: dense red soil (high rainfall). Location: Dandenongs. Produce: peas, beans, potatoes and berries such as strawberries.

__ Werribee __
Type is soil: red and dence. Location: Werribee. Produce: beans, potatoes, peas.

The following tally of the fruit and vegetables passed through the period of September 1937 to August 1938. From Fruit Apples where the most popular, selling 1,442,100 cases and the least was Figs selling 8,290. The most popular selling vegetable was beetroot selling 1,052,300 doz and the least was Broad Beans selling 8,900 bags.

__//**Fruit: Produce sold between the years 1937- 1938**//__

**// Strawberries - 58,700 doz, lbs //**
//** Beans- 276,400 bags **// //** Beetroot- 1,052,300 doz **// //** Brussels spouts- 93,200 doz/ pounds **// //** Broad Beans-8,900 bags **// //** Cabbages- 520,900 doz **// //** Carrots- 715,800 bunches **// //** Local celery- 313,800 bundle **// //** S.A Celery- 77,000 double cases **// //** Lettuce- 592,200 Boxes **// //** White onions- 227,900 bunches **// //** Parsnips- 504,900 bunches **// //** Peas- 383,200 bags **// //** Pumpkin- 31,600Bags **// //** Rhubarb- 249,000 bunches **// //** Tomatoes- 538,600 cases **// //** Turnips- 64,200 bunches **// //** White turnips- 113,600 bunches **// //** Cauliflower- 463,900 doz **// Cases- boxes Double cases- double boxes Doz- dozen (12) Lbs-pounds
 * __// Vegetables //__**