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IRISH GARDENING 



Dublin Wholesale Markets. 



Till'", merry iiumlli of May brings to us once again 

 I he first of our out-door fruits -the gooseberry. 

 At present green gooseberries are being 

 marketed only in moderate quantities, with the result 

 that good prices have been seoired in most cases. 

 Some growers do not seem to realise that to obtain 

 the top price it is just as necessary to pay as much 

 attention to gooseberries as to apples in the selecting, 

 grading, and manner of marketing the fruit. At this 

 period of the year it is advisable, and certainly more 

 profitable in the end, to go over all the bushes and 

 select only the largest and cleanest fruit instead of 

 pulling it indiscriminately. Then follows the question 

 as to how they should be packed, having due regard to 

 the appearance of the fruit and to economy in the 

 packing. Small chip baskets holding about four quarts 

 of fruit look very neat, and attract a wider circle of 

 buyers than the half bushel boxes, which often contain 

 carelessly picked fruit with a fair admixture of leaves. 

 English grown melons are now obtainable at reason- 

 able prices, while small supplies of peaches from the 

 same source are supplementing the arrivals from 

 Belgium. The first consignment of cherries from ihc 

 south of France arrived about the middle of the month. 

 These are packed in roimd hampers which hold about 

 half a bushel of fruit. Strawberries are now becoming 

 much more plentiful, a considerable quantity of this 

 fruit being now supplied from the home growers. 

 Many are the varieties of cut flowers which are now on 

 sale, with the result that prices show an all round 

 decline. A few favourites, which are in good demand in 

 their season, are the Carnation, Gladiolus, Iris, Lily of 

 the Valley, and Rose, and these are almost always sine 

 of securing a fair price. A good trade seems to be 

 done in small lots of bedding plants which are now 

 being auctioned in the markets. Purchasers are not 

 lacking for the ever popular Geraniums, X'iolas, Calceo- 

 larias, and some of the commoner hardy annuals. At 

 the present time there is a plentiful supjil}' of tlecoralivc 

 plants of many kinds. Small hardy Ferns and young 

 plants of .\ralia Sieboldi always find a ready sale, while 

 among the flowering subjects Marguerites, Geraniums 

 and Spiraeas are held in similar favour. In the 

 vegetable section a considerable falling off is noticeable 

 in the quantity of broccoli which is now being for- 

 warded to market. This vegetable has proved a good 

 friend this season to those who were fortunate enouuh 

 to have grown it in quantity. Earlier in the month 

 selected heads realised from 6s. to 7s. a flasket, a price 

 which is not very often obtained. Cabbage, the 

 scarcity of which may have caused the increased value 

 of broccoli, is now more plentiful and of nnich better 

 quality, but as yet it shows no sign of any diminution 

 in price. The following were the prices ; — 



Fruit. 



per }4 bushel 

 do. 



per basket 



per lb. 



each 



per do/. 



per case 



per lb. 



Cherries — French 

 Gooseberries 



Do. 

 Grapes — English 

 Melons — English 

 Peaches 



Pears^Australian 

 Strawberries 



Flowers. 



.\nemones — .St.Brigid per doz. bunclur^ I 



Carnations —American per doz. blooms 1 



Crladolius — The Bride pernio/, bunches 7 

 ....... . ^ 



Iris (Spanish) 

 Lilimn auratuni 



do. iancifoliutn 

 Lily of the Valley 

 Pjeonies 

 Roses 

 Spiraeas 

 Sweet Peas 

 .Solomon's Seal 



.-Artichokes (Globe) 



Asparagus 



Beans (I-Vench) 



Broccoli 



Cabbages 1 Vork) 



Carrots 



Cucumbers 



Lettuce 



Mint 



Mushrooms 



Parsley 



Peas 



Radishes 



Rhubarb 



Sage 



Scallions 



Spinach 



Tomatoes ^Englisb) 



Tvirnips 



2Sth May, rqi2. 



do. 

 per bunch 



do. . I 



per doz. hunches 4 



per doz. blooms i 



do. o 



per iloz. bunches ^ 



do. ,^ 



per hunch o 



Vkgetables. 



per doz. . 2 



per bundle . 1 



pe[- lb. . o 



per flasket . ^ 



per load . 15 



per doz. bunches o 



per dozen . -■ 



per tray of 1 doz. o 



per doz. bimches o 

 per lb. .0 



per tray . o 



per lb. . o 



per doz. bunches i 



do. I 



do. o 



per bunch . o 



per tray . o 



per lb. . 2 



per bunch . o 



10 



S 



2 6 



I 6 



o 10 



6 (. 



24 o 



10 



1 6 



o 10 



O 1) 



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