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IRISH GARDENING. 



Dublin Wholesale Markets. 



Not since tlie strike of last year was the price of 

 cabbages so abnormal, but this acute condition is 

 not due so much to the war crisis as to the si^arcity 

 of supi)!ics consequent on the i)ersistent drought 

 and the ravages of the fly. This vegetable is 

 retailed at fancy jtrices, far beyond the nxeagre 

 l)ockets of the ordinary consumer, for all that 

 the markets are abundantly supplied with 

 ordinary garden produce; at ])rices scarcely 

 reniunerative to the growers. There has been 

 no dearth in white turnips, vegetable marrows, 

 peas, lettuce and beet, and these are being sold at 

 moderate figures. Cauliflowers of good quality 

 are scarce and change hands at exceptionally 

 good ])rices. Spinach is scarce and dear. Par- 

 snips and carrots are plentifvil at reasonable 

 returns. French beans are very plentifvil, and are 

 hard to dispose of at a respectable price. 



Fruits in season were abundantly supplied from 

 home sources, es])ecially apples and plums. For 

 the past fortnight foreign and Cross-channel 

 supi)lies were almost entirely absent owing to the 

 stoppage of transit facilities ; but there is now an 

 occasional consignment arriving. During the 

 first week of the month several consignnaents of 

 apples — of the varieties Beauty of Bath and 

 Grenadier — from the counties Kilkenny and 

 Waterford were much in evidence. They were 

 of excellent quality, well-graded and marketed, 

 and realised exceptionally good prices. But now 

 apples are sold for little or nothing owing to the 

 exorbitant price of sugar. In fact the salesmen 

 find it difficult to dispose of them at any price. 

 Plums are an excellent crop this year and are 

 selling fairly well. 



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