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Covent Garden Market. 



Art. V. Covent Garden Market. 



r per ton 

 I per cwt. 



The Cabbage Tribe.- 



Cabbages, per dozen : 



White 



Red 



Plants, or Coleworts - 

 Cauliflowers, per dozen - 

 Broccoli, Cape, per bunch 



Legumes. 

 Peas f per half sieve 



" I per sieve 

 Kidneybeans, per i sieve 

 Scarlet do. 



Tubers and Roots. 



Potatoes . -Jt 



c per bush. 

 Turnips, White, per bunch 

 Carrots, per bunch : 



Old, 



Horn ... 



Red Beet, per dozen 

 Horseradish, per bundle - 

 Radishes : 



Red, per dozen hands (24 

 to 30 each) 



Turnip, White, per bun. 



The Spinach Tribe. 

 Spinach fP|-X.,,,: 

 Sorrel, per half sieve 



JTie Onion Tribe. 

 Onions : 

 Old, per bushel - 

 For pickling, per | sieve 

 Leeks, per dozen bunches 

 Garlic, per pound - - 

 Shallots, per pound - - 



Asparaginous Plants, 

 Salads, Sfc. 

 Lettuce, per score : 



Cos 



Cabbage 

 Endive, per score, - 

 Celery, per bundle (12 to 15) 

 Small Salads, per punnet - 

 Watercress, per dozen small 



bunches ... 

 Bumet, per bunch 



Pot and Sweet Herbs. 

 Parsley, per half sieve 

 Tarragon, per dozen bunches 

 Chervil, per punnet 

 Fennel, per dozen bunches 

 Thyme, per dozen bunches 

 Sage, per dozen bunches 

 Mint, per dozen bunches 

 Peppermint, per doz. bunch. 



From 

 £ s. d. 





 3 



1 6 



3 



1 6 



16 



2 10 



2 6 



16 



IJ 



5 



3 



10 



2 



6 

 1 



1 



6 



1 



1 



9 



9 



9 



2 



1 



2 

 2 



To 

 £ s. d. 



2 6 



5 



2 6 



2 



3 10 



3 6 



2 



2 



6 



4 



16 



4 



1 

 ]| 



1 6 

 10 

 



8 



5 







10 



1 





 



































Marjoram, per doz. bunches 

 Savory, per dozen bunches 

 Basil, per dozen bunches - 

 Rosemary, per doz. bunches 

 Lavender, per doz. bunches 

 Tansy, per dozen bunches 



Stalks and Fruits for Tarts 



Pickling, SjC. 

 Sea Samphire, p. small pun. 

 Vegetable marrow, per doz 

 Gourds, per dozen - 

 Tomatoes, per sieve 

 Capsicums, per hundred - 



Edible Fungi and Fuci. 

 Mushrooms, pei pottle 

 Morels, per pound - - 

 Truffles, per pound : 



English ... 



Foreign 



Fruits. 

 Apples, Dessert, per ^ sieve ■ 



Downton Pippin . 



Franklin's Pippin 



Ribston Pippins 



Kerry Pippins 

 Apples, Baking, per bushel 

 Pears, Dessert, per ^ sieve : 



Williams's - 



Bergamots . 



Beurrce 



Gansell's 



Peaches, per dozen 



Nectarines, per dozen 



Apricots, per dozen 



Almonds, per peck 



Plums, Dessert, per punnet 



T->,™>„„- f per half sieve 

 Damsons, ^ ^^^ j,^^,,^, 



Baking per half sieve - 



Mulberries, per gal. (2 pots.) 



Elderberries, per bushel - 



Wahiuts, per bushel 



Filberts, English, per 100 lbs. 



Pine-apples, per pound - 



Grapes, per pound : 

 Hot-house . . - 

 From the open wall - 



Figs, per dozen 



Melons, per pound 



Cucumbers : 

 Pickline (per hundred 

 i'lCKiing, ^ per thousand 



Oranges, per dozen 



Lemons [ ^er h°md"red " 

 Sweet Almonds, per pound 

 Brazil Nuts, per bushel - 

 Barcelona, per peck 



As I premised in my former observations, the effects of the severe frosts 

 in May last are now more seriously felt. Our supplies of every sort of 

 fruit usual at this season (except peaches, nectarines, apricots, grapes, &c., 

 from the walls and houses) have been unusually short. In some of my 

 former remarks I endeavoured to make it appear that, in all cases where 

 the prices were by any causes raised beyond what may be considered the 

 real value, a reaction has invariably taken place. This has occurred fre- 



