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IRISH GARDENING. 



The Dublin Wholesale Markets. 



Ir is quite impossible in these brief notes to ade- 

 quately describe the immense amount of business 

 th.it has been transacted in the markets during 

 lune. At the present lime buyers have such a large 

 number of the different varieties of flowers, fruit, and 

 vegetables to select from that it is really only select 

 stuff that fetches a fair price. 



Fruit, both home and that sent from across the water, 

 is very plentiful, and considering the dryness of May, 

 which was both unfavourable for fruit and other crops, 

 we may yet have an abundant supply of the various 

 small fruits, especially strawberries. 



The choicest fruits— melons, grapes, peaches, &c.— 

 are well in evidence, and are being disposed of at very 

 good prices. The usual supplies of foreign apples 

 continue to arrive in fair quantities. 



Flowers of all sorts and sizes have greatly increased, 

 and it would be quite possible to form a botanical col- 

 lection from some of the stalls on a Friday morning. 

 If the dryness did not favour fruit and vegetables it 

 certainly must have worked wonders in the flower 

 garden from the wealth of bloom to be seen. 



Vegetables are not quite so good as during the pre- 

 vious month, and some of them, such as turnips, peas, 

 spinach, &c.. told plainly by their looks of dryness at 

 the roots. 



The following were the prices : — 



Melons. 

 Cherrie."- 

 Teaches 

 Grapes, 



ilo. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 



Apples, American 

 Strawberries, home 

 Gooseberries, do. 



Fun IT. 



per barrel 

 per lb. 



per qrt. 



From 

 s d. 



Roses, mixed, 

 Anchusa, blue, 

 Aurum. 



Gladioli. The Bridt 

 Sweet Pea, mixed. 

 Carnations, pink, 

 Asparagus, fern, 



Artichokes, globe. 



Cauliflowers, 



Cabbage, 



Cucumbers, 



Lettuce, 



Mint, 



Mushrooms, 



Parsley, 



Radishes, 



Rhubarb. 



Spinach, 



Turnips, 



Tomatoes 



Sage, 



Thyme, 



29th June, 191 1. 



FRI IT m;//. 



each 

 punnet 

 per do/, 

 per lb. 



Fl,0\VKRS. 



From 

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per doz. . 2 



per doz. bunches o 

 do. . I 



per doz. . i 



per bundle . o 



V^EGETABLES. 



per doz. 

 per flasket 

 per load 

 per doz. 



do. 

 doz. bunches 

 per punnet 

 per tray 

 doz. bunches 



do. 

 per float 

 per bunch 

 per lb. 

 per doz. bunches 



do. 



o 2 



2 6 



3 6 



o 3 



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