IRISH GARDENING. 



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Dublin Wholesale Markets. ^ 



Owing to the strike, which is now reaching a 

 critical situation, market produce of all kinds ha- 

 gone up by leaps and bounds. The supply o f 

 vegetables and fruit is curtailed almost to vanish- 

 ing point. The markets are deserted. .Men and 

 women whose only means of subsistence are the 

 few shillings they make at the sales, are now to be 

 seen with empty baskets and anxious faces 

 standing around the entrances. If this state 

 of affairs continues, it i.~- greatly t<> be feared, that 

 vegetables will in the near future be a luxury for 

 the middle class; as il is they are beyond the 

 reach of the poor. Of course it must be 

 remembered that vegetables would be dear in 

 any case this year owing to the extremely dry 

 summer which was most unfavourable for 

 planting. 



Cabbages have nearly trebled in price, whilst 

 Swede turnips are double what they were this 

 time last year. Onions seem t" be the only 

 exception, as the supply is keeping good. 



Turning now to the fruit, it is to be seen that 

 the supply is very limited, one of the reasons 

 being that merchants are afraid to order any 

 quantity from foreign sources lest such perishable 

 stuff may be held up at the ports. Furthermore, 

 the consignee is responsible once the goods are 

 forwarded to him: consequently lie is slow to 

 take any risks. Price- are at least double what 

 they were last year. In any case the fruit crop 

 is a poor one tlii> year, a- readers of Irish 

 Gardening may see from the numerous un- 



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