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Common name. 



Botanical name. 



Water Cress 



Yam — Negro, 



Lucea, &c. 

 Yam, White, 



Guinea, 



Barbados, &c. 

 Yam — Yellow or 



Afou 



Yampee, or 

 Indian Yam 



Nasturtium offici- 

 nale 

 Dioscorea sativa 



Dioscorea alata . 



Dioscorea 



cayennensis var. 



rotunda 

 Dioscorea trifida 



Seasons and prices in Kingston Market. 



Throughout the year — Id. to 1 Jd. per bunch. 

 June to December — Ts. to 10s. per cwt. 

 January to May — 10s. to 12s. per cwt. 



January to June, and August to end of year 

 — 8s, to 10s. per cwt. 



Throughout the year, but most plentiful 

 during the autumn, winter and spring 

 months — 6d. to 2s. per dozen according to 

 size. 



ECONOMIC PRODUCTS. 



Common name. 



Anatta 

 Bitterwood 



Cocoa 



Coffee (Fancy) * 



Coffee (Fine) 



Botanical name. 



Bixa Orellana 



Picraena excelsa 



Theobroma 

 Cacao 



Seasons and prices paid by Merchants to 

 Growers. 



Coffea arabica 



Coffea arabica 



25s. to 30s. per 100 lbs. 

 end of May. 



Crop from Dec. to 



30s. to 3ts. per ton of 20 cwts., 6s. per ton 

 extra for free on board. From April to 

 October there was no demand and no trade. 



32s. to 34s. per 100 lbs. in January with a gra- 

 , dual rise to 44s. per 100 lbs. in March when 

 the spring crop closed ; 40s. to 41s, per 100 

 lbs. for middle year crop — Middle of May to 

 end of July : 40s. to 44s. per 100 lbs. for 

 autumn crop, starting in September and 

 lasting to end of year. 



36s. per 100 lbs. in January to May, and 

 34s. to 40s. in June when crop finished. 

 No business July to middle of October, 

 when new crop started at 36s. per 100 lbs. 

 dropping to 34s. in November and Decem- 

 ber. 



33s. per 100 lbs. in January to June when 

 crop finished. No business July to middle 

 of September, when new crop started 

 in Manchester at 30s. per lOOlbs This price 

 was maintained to middle of October when 

 all crops started and the price advanced to 

 32s. dropping to SOs. again in middle of 

 November and remaining at that figure to 

 end of year. 



* All the produce of Estates is sent direct to London or Liverpool. 

 Blue Mountain Coffee realises as high as 130s. 



Cocoa gets 62s. 



