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Common name. 



Star-apple 



Sweet Cup 

 Sweet Sop 



Vegetables. 



Akee 



Avocado, or 

 Alligator Pear 



Beans — French 



Beans — Lima, or 



Sugar 

 Beetroot 



Breadfruit 



Cabbage^native 

 grown 



■ Calalu or 

 Spinach 



Calalu, Jockatoe 

 (See also Indian 

 Kale) 

 Carrot 



Chocho — White 

 and Green 



Cocoes 



Corn, Indian or 

 Maize — Green 

 Corn 



Botanical name. 



Chrysophyllum 

 Cainito 



Passiflora mali- 



formis 

 Anona squamosa 



Blighia sapida 

 Persea gratissima 



Phaseohis 

 vulgaris 



Phaseolus 



lunatus 

 Beta vulgaris 



Artocarpus incisa 

 Brassica oleraceai 



Amarantus vii'idis 

 A. gangeticus 

 A. spinosus 



Phytolacca 

 octandra 



DaucuB Carota 



Sechium edule . 



Xanthosoma 



sagittaefolium 

 Zea Mays 



Seasons and prices in Kingston Market. 



Scarce during February— Is. per dozen. ; 



plentiful March to beginning of June — 3d. 



to 9d. per dozen ; scarce during latter part 



of June — Is. per dozen ; none from early 



part of July to February. 

 Throughout the year — IJd. to 3d. per dozen. 



None from February to early part of June ; 

 fairly plentiful middle of June, and plenti- 

 ful July to September ; then a fair supply 

 to end of January — 3d. to 9d. per dozen. 



Plentiful July to October — ^f d. per dozen ; 



November to end of June not plentiful — 



lid. to 2d. per dozen. 

 Season begins early part of July, and pears 



are plentiful to end of September — Jd. to 



lid. each; scarce from October to end of 



April — Id. to 2d. each ; none during May 



and June. 

 Throughout the year, but most plentiful 



during the autumn and winter months — 2d. 



per lb. when plentiful, to 6d. per lb. when 



scarce. 

 Throughout the year — 4Jd. to 6d. per quart. 



Throughout the year, but most plentiful and 

 best during winter and spring months — 9d. 

 to Is. per dozen. 



Throughout the year ; most plentiful Decem- 

 ber to March — Id. to 2d. each. 



Throughout the year ; best during winter and 

 spring months — 4id. to 9d. each, according 

 to size. 



Throughout the year ; very plentiful during 

 and after the rainy seasons — Id. to IJd. 

 per bunch. 



Throughout the year — Id. to l^d. per bunch. 



Throughout the year ; best during winter 

 and spring months — IJd. to 3d. per bunch. 



Throughout the year, most plentiful Novem- 

 ber to end of February — 3d. to 6d. per 

 dozen when plentiful, 6d. to Is. per dozen 

 when scarce. 



Throughout the year, most plentiful Novem- 

 ber to March — 6d. to 9d. per dozen tubers. 



June to August, and October to December — 

 6d. to 9d. per dozen cobs 



