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Covent Garden Market. 



Art. VIII. Covent Garden Market. 



The Cabbage Tribe. 



Cabbages, per dozen : 



White 



Plants, or Coleworts - 

 Cauliflowers, per dozen - 

 Broccoli, Purple, per bunch 



Legumes. 

 Peas, per half sieve 



Forced, per pottle - - 



Shelled, per quart 

 Kidneybeans, forced, 



hundred 



per 



, per 



Tubers and Roots. 



c per ton 

 Potatoes . < per cwt. 

 C per bush 



Kidney, per bushel 



Scotch, per bushel 



New, per pound 

 Jerusalem Artichokes, 



half sieve - - - 

 Turnips, White, per bunch 

 Carrots, per bunch : 



Old - - - 



Young ... 



Horn ... 



Parsneps, per dozen 

 Red Beet, per dozen 

 Skirret, per bunch 

 Scorzonera, per bundle . 

 Salsify, per bunch - • 

 Horseradish, per bundle - 

 Radishes : 



Red, per dozen hands (2+ 

 to 30 each) 



Turnip, White and Red, 

 per bunch : 



Tlie Spinach Tribe. 

 r. • 1, f per sieve 

 Spinach ^j,er half sieve - 

 Sorrel, per half sieve 



■ Tfie Onion Tribe. 

 Onions : 

 Old, per bushel - 

 Green (Ciboules), p.'bunc. 

 Leeks, per dozen bunches 

 Chives, per dozen roots - 

 Garlic, per pound - - 

 Shallots, per pound - - 

 Green, per bunch 



Asparaginous Plants, 

 Salads, ^c. 

 Asparagus, per hundred - 

 Lettuce, per score : 

 Cos 

 Cabbage 



From 



(.per hundred 



Le-ons [l-il-Jrod- 

 Sweet Almonds, per pound 

 Brazil Nuts, per bushel 

 Spanish Nuts, per peck - 

 Barcelona - - - 

 Eggs of Silkworms, p. square 

 Garden Snails, per quart . 



1 



8 



3 



12 



6 



3 



Celerv, per bundle (12 to 15) 



New - - . I 2 



small Salads [ J- f/„'„f,^7; 



Watercress, per dozen small 



bunches 

 Burnet, per bunch 



Pot and Sweet Uerbs. 

 Parsley, per half sieve 

 Tarragon, per dozen bunches 

 Purslain, per punnet 

 Fennel, per dozen bunches 

 Thyme, per dozen bunches 

 Sage, ])er dozen bunches 

 Mint, per dozen bunches 

 Peppermint, dried, per do- 

 zen bunches 

 Marjoram, forced, per dozen 



bunches 

 Savory, per dozen bunchps 

 Basil, forced, per doz. bunc. 

 Rosemary, per doz. bunches 

 Lavender, dried, per dozen 



bunches ... 

 Tansy, per dozen bunches 



Stalks and Fruits, for Tarts, 



Pickling, SjC. 

 Rhubarb Stalks, per bundle 



Edible Fungi and Fuel. 

 Morels, per pound - 

 Foreign ... 



Fruits. 

 Apples, Dessert, per f sieve : 



Reinette grise 



Baking, per bushel 



French Crabs 

 Peaches, per dozen 

 Almonds, per perk 

 Cherries, per pound 

 Gooseberries, per half sieve 

 Strawberries, forced, per oz, 

 Pine-apples, per pound . 

 Hot-house Grapes, per lb. 

 Cucumbers, frame, per brace 



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16 



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6 



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12 



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From the time of my former communication to the 7th of May most san- 

 guine expectations were entertained of an abundant fruit season ; the trees 

 had bloomed well, and the weather had been generally favourable to set- 

 ting the fruit. Gooseberries and currants were thought secure, and pro- 

 mised the most abundant supplies. The cherries, pears, and plums had 

 also passed all danger from blight ; and many of the earlier sorts of apples 

 were safe. About the 1st of May some genial showers were felt, suc- 

 ceeded on the 3d and 4th by heavy rains, and partial hail-storms. On 

 the 3th and 6th the weather cleared up, the wind shifted to the north- 

 eastward, and a severe frost followed on the morning of the 7th, which 

 produced ice one third of an inch thick, and destroyed the prospects 

 of the season completely. This is the more to be lamented, as the gar- 



