Covent Garden Mavltct. 



95 



A Hedge of Furze and young Privet is recommended as a close fence, as 

 being evergreen, and as flowering beautifully in early spring, by — G. G. Edge- 

 haston, Dec. 13. 1836. 



Fietc/ier's Mode of training and managing the Black Hamburg Grape, 

 (Vol. XII. p. 712.) — After a good deal of trouble taken by Mr. Turner, 

 curator of the Bury Botanic Garden, and Mr. Wild, fruiterer, Tavern Street, 

 Bury, for which we hereby acknowledge our obligations, the result is, that 

 Mr. Fletcher would be happy to make the public acquainted with his system 

 of management, provided, to use his own words, " 1 thought 1 had reached 

 the summit of perfection ; but, as I flatter myself somctliing more yet remaius 

 to be accomplished, I must decline making anytliing public at present. After 

 another year or two's trial, it is very probable that I shall make known every 

 particular." — John Fletcher, Miller at Fyke, in a Letter to Mr. Wild, dated 

 Dec. 12. 1836. 



Art. VII. Covent Garden Market. 



The Cabbage Tribe. 



Cabbage Plants, or Coleworts 

 Brussels Sprouts, per | sieve 

 Broccoli, per bunch : 



White 



Purple - - - 



Legumes. 

 Kidneybeans (forced), per hun. 



Tubers and Roots. 



rper ton 



Potatoes - ^percwt. 



Cper bushel - 

 Kidney, per bushel 

 Scotch, per bushel 

 Jerusalem Artichokes, i sieve 

 Turnips, White, per bunch - 

 Carrots, old, per bunch 

 Parsneps, per dozen 

 Red Beet, per dozen 

 Horseradish, per bundle 



The Onion Tribe. 



Onions, old, per bushel 

 For pickling, per | sieve 

 Green (Ciboules), per bunch 



Leeks, per dozen bunches - 



Garlic, per pound 



Shallots, per pound 



Asparaginous Plants, 

 Salads, SfC. 

 Asparagus, per hundred : 



Large - I- - 



Second, or middling 



Sprue, or small 

 .Sea-kale, per punnet 

 Lettuce, Cabbage, per score 

 Endive, per score 

 Celery, per bundle (12 to 15) 

 Small Salads, per punnet 

 W'atercress, per dozen small 



bunches . . - 



Pot and Sweet Herbs. 

 Parsley, per half sieve 

 Tarragon, dried, per doz. bun. 



From 

 £ s. d. 



2 

 16 



10 

 10 



4 10 

 4 6 



2 

 2 





 



2 



1 



















1 



3 



2 





















 

 6 

 6 

 6 



9 

 6 

 2 



7 



4 



2 



1 







8 



1 6 

 3 



To 

 £ s. 



3 



4 





 



10 





 

 

 

 



1 

 1 

 



9 

 6 



2 6 

 



Thyme, per dozen bunches 

 Siige, per dozen bunches 

 Mint, dried, per doz. bunches 

 Peppermint, dried, p. doz. bun 

 Marjoram, dried, per doz. bun. 

 .Savory, dried, per doz. bun. 

 Basil, dried, per doz. bunches 

 Rosemary, green, per doz. bun. 

 Lavender, dried, per dozen 

 bunches ... 

 Tansy, per dozen bunches 



Stalks and Fruits for Tarts 

 Pickling, SiC. 



Rhubarb Stalks, per bundle 



Edible Fungi and Fuci, 

 Mushrooms, per pottle 

 Morels, per score 

 Truffles, English, dried, per 

 pound . . - 



Fruits. 

 Apples, Dessert, per bushel : 



Nonpareils 



Ribston Pippins 



American 



Jersey ... 



Pears, Dessert, per half sieve 



Passc-Colmar 



Beurre de Penlecote 



Ne plus Meuris 

 Chestnuts, French, per peck 

 Pine-apples, per pound 

 Grapes, Lisbon, per pound - 



r, „ f per dozen 



Oranges \ J,^^ \,,,,,Are6. . 

 Bitter, per hundred 



I— [ifel^Sed- : 

 Sweet Almonds, per pound . 

 Nuts, per bushel : 



Brazil ... 



Spanish ... 

 I Barcelona 



1 6 

 14 







Observations. — Since my report in October, the market has been steadil3'^ 

 supplied with all articles usually furnished during this season of the year. 

 Prices have been moderate, and the demand having been limited to the supply, 

 there has, consequently, been but little variation in prices. Since the frost, 

 which interrupted the supplies materially for a week or ten days, we have 

 received everything as before ; but, as the demand has been much lessened 

 by the prevailing illness, and the general absence, up to this time, of all the 

 principal families, a slight reduction in price has been effected in all the lead- 

 ing articles. But, after all, it is only in the London mai'kets that, at this 



