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Common name. 



Botanical name. 



Seasons and prices ia Kingston Market. 



Corn, Indian, or 

 Maize — Sweet 

 Corn, or Sugar 

 Corn 



Cucumber 



Garden Egg 



Gourd, Bottle, or 

 Sweet 



Indian Kale, 



Calalu, or 



Spinach 

 Lettuce 



Ochra 



Parsley 



Pea — English, or 



Green 

 Pea — Black-eye 



Pea — Gungo, 



Congo, or 



Pigeon — dry 

 Pea — Gungo, 



Congo, or 



Pigeon— green 

 Pea— Red 



Kidney Bean, 

 ■ Haricot Bean 

 Plantain 



Potato — Irish 



Potato — Sweet . 



Pumpkin 

 Scallion 



Zea Mays 



Cucurais sativus 



Solanum 

 Melongena 



Lagenaria vul- 

 garis 



Xanthosoma 

 atrovirens 



Lactuca sativa . 



Hibiscus 



esculentus 

 Carum Petro- 



seliuum 

 Pisum sativum 



Vigna Catjang 



Cajanua indicus . 

 Cajanus indicus 



Spinach (See 

 Calalu, and 

 Indian Kale) 



Tomato 



Turnip 



Phaseolus 

 vulgaris 



Musa sapientum, 

 var. paradisiaca 



Solanum tuber- 

 osum 



Ipomoea Batatas 



Cucurbita Pepo 

 Allium iistuloaum 



Lycopersicum 

 eaculentum 



Brassica Rapa 



June to August, and October to December — 

 Gd. to 9d. per dozen cobs. 



Throughout the year, small but plentiful — 



(id. to Is. per dozen. 

 Throughout the year 9d. to Is. Cd. per 



dozen 

 Throughout the year, but most plentiful 



during the cool months of the year — 3d. to 



6d. each. 

 Throughout the year — Is. to Is. 6d. perdozen 



bunches. 



Throughout the year — 6d. to Is. 6d. per 



dozen heads. 

 Throughout the year — 2d. to 6d. per lb. 



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



During the winter and spring months, not 



plentiful — 3d. to Gd. per dish 

 Throughout the year, but most plentiful 



April to June, and October to December — 



3d. to 6d. per quart. 

 Throughout the year — 3d. to Gd. per quart. 



Throughout the year — 2jd. andSd. per quart. 



Throughout the year, but most plentiful 

 March to June, and November to Decem- 

 ber — 4|d. to 6d. per quart. 



Throughout the year — ^d. to Id. each finger. 



During the winter and spring months — H to 



2d. per lb. 

 Throughout the year — |d. to jd. per lb., or 



4s. to 5s. per 100 lbs. 

 Throughout the year — 4^d. to Gd. each. 

 Throughout the year, but most plentiful 



during the cool months — l^d. to 3d. per 



bunch, according to size. 



From February to July, plentiful and good 

 — 3d. to 4^d. per lb. ; from July to Febru- 

 ary, fair supply medium quality — 4§d to 

 Gd. per lb. 



Throughout the year, but plentiful and good 

 during the winter and spring months — IJd 

 to 3d. per bunch. 



