IRISH GARDENING 



The Dublin Wholesale 

 Markets. 



DURING the past month the markets have been 

 well supplied with fruit and veg-etables. Flowers 

 have been scarce, except chrysanthemums, 

 which have been plentiful, outside ones in the beg-inning 

 and cut blooms from pots towards the end. the latter 

 being particularly line. White blooms were especially 

 in demand. \'iolets are beginning to come in, but are 

 not plentiful yet. White lilies and tuberoses are making 

 their appearance. All through the month apples have 

 been plentiful, Irish-grown holding their own with 

 Canadian and American. There were some very fine 

 Bramleys in barrels about the middle of the month, 

 which sold well ; where the fruit is graded and carefully 

 packed so as to arrive in the market undamaged it pays, 

 but loosely packed and mixed fruit have been selling 

 badly. By " mixed " is meant the sending of five or six 

 varieties of different sizes to be sold together in boxes 

 or barrels, as the case may be. and in most cases fruit 

 packed in this manner is sold to hawkers at clearing 

 prices. 



A better illustration of marketing fruit could not be 

 seen than the system of grading and packing that 

 is carried out at an Educational Institution near Dublin. 

 Fruit sent to the market from it is bought very quickly, 

 as buyers have learned to know that b)- bujing in bulk 

 from this source the fruit are exactl}- the same in 

 quality in the bottom as those placed on the top. The 

 following are the prices for the month : — 



Fruit From 



s. d. 



Apples — Allington Pippin, per doz. 



Wamsley do. 



Golden Noble. Y^ bushel 



Bismarck, do. 



Lord Derby, do. 



Bramleys. barrel . .86 



King of Pippins, float . .16 



Pears — Good Ripe, four doz. trays . 2 6 



Second Quality. do. 



Others do. 



Grapes — Home-grown, per lb. 



Vegetables 

 Brussels Sprouts. per float .20 



Parsley, do. . .02 



Artichokes. Jerusalem do. . . . i 10 

 Spinach, 

 Celery. 

 Carrots, 

 Leeks, 

 Salad, 

 Beet, 



Cauliflowers. 

 Cabbage. 



do. Early York 

 do. Savoy 

 Herbs — Mint. Sage 



To 



do. . 

 doz. . 

 do. 



do. . 



do. . 



do. 



flasket . 



per load 



do. . 



do. . 



md Thyme. 



doz. bunches 

 Flowers — Chrysanthemums. out-door 

 per bunch 



3 £> 



4 6 



do. 



Violets, per doz. bu 

 Carnations. pe 

 Roses 



1st pot blooms 

 per dozen 

 jnd pot blooms 

 per dozen 



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