Coven f Garden Market. 



125 



Hard boUing Peas. — What is the cause of this ? Do calcareous or 

 alhivial soils produce the best boilers , or do sauds '? What influence has 

 peat ? It is said that a piece of iron put into the pot with hard indissoluble 

 peas will render them dissoluble. Has this been proved by any of your 

 readers ? — ./. M. Nov. 1830. 



Art. VIII. Covent Garden Market. 



The Cabbage Tribe. 



Cabbages, per dozen : 



Ked .... 



Plants, or Coleworts - 

 Savoys, per dozen 

 Brussels Sprouts, per | sieve 

 German Greens or Kale, 



per dozen ... 

 Broccoli, per bunch : 



White 



Purple ... 



Tubers and Roots. 



From 



per ton 

 per cwt. 

 per bush. 



Potatoes . ^ 1 



tpc. 



Kidney, per bushel 



Scotch, per bushel 

 Turnips, White, per bunch 

 Carrots, old, per bunch - 

 Parsneps, per dozen 

 Red Beet, per dozen 

 Horseradish, per bundle - 



The Spinach Tribe. 



SP^-^^f^frLTsieve: 



The Onion Tribe. 

 Onions, per bushel • 

 Leeks, per dozen bunches 

 Garlic, per pound . . 

 Shallots, per pound . . 



Asparaginous Plants, 

 Salads, Ifjc. 



Asparagus, per hundred 



Sea-kale, per punnet - 



Lettuce, Cabbage, per score 



Endive, per score - - 1 



Celery, per bundle (12 to 15) 



Small Salads, per punnet ' o 

 Watercress, per dozen small 



bunches . . . o 



Pot and Sweet Herbs. 



Parsley, per half sieve 

 Thyme, per dozen bunches 

 Sage, per dozen bunches 

 Mint, per dozen bunches : 



Dried 



Forced, per bunch 





 2 



6 







3 



1 6 



2 

 1 



4 6 



9 



9 



1 3 



9 



1 6 



3 



1 6 

 6 

 3 



Peppermint, dried, per doz. 



bunches 

 Marjoram, per doz. bunchei- 

 Savory, per dozen bunches 

 Basil, per dozen bunches - 

 Rosemary, I'resh, per dozen 



bunches 

 Lavender, dried, p. doz. bun. 



Stalks and Fruits for Tarts, 



Pickling, Sjc. 

 Rhubarb Stalks, per bundle 



Edible Fungi and Fuel. 

 Mushrooms, per pottle . 

 Morels, per pound 

 Truffles, per pound : 



English, dried 



English, green . 



Foreign, dried 



Fruits. 

 Apples, per bushel : 



Dessert 



Court of W'ick 



Rosemary Pippins 



Reinette grise 



Nonpareils 



Baking, per bushel 



American 



French 



Bourdeaux Reinette - 



Court-pendu 

 Pears, Dessert, per dozen : 



Colmar 



Chaumontel 



Bon Chritien . 



Baking, per half sieve 



Cadillac 



BelUsliaped 

 Filberts, English, per lb. 

 Cobnuts 



Pine-apples, per )>ound . 

 Oranges [l>« Jo^en - 

 " \\>cv hundred 



Lemons [Pt^i-fozen . 



i per hundred 

 Almonds, Sweet, per pound 

 Brazil Nuts, per bushel 

 Spanish Nuts, per peck 

 Barcelona 

 Shell Almonds 



From 

 £ s. d. 



1 



10 



10 



2 



6 



2 6 



2 



Observations. — Our supply of vegetables has been abundant, and of 

 excellent quality, but the prices, in many instances, extremely low, and the 

 demand very limited : from which I must conclude that the growers are not 

 at present obtaining even remunerating prices, and are, consequently, suf- 

 fering severe loss, which adds to the general depression that has affected 

 the horticultural interest for some time past. I have attempted to find out 

 the cause of the limited demand for vegetables at this season, as compared 



with others, but must refer you to my observations in Vol. VI. n. 73.3 



G.C. 7««. 14. 1831. ' 



