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Covent Garden Market. 



Art. VIII. Covent Garden Market. 



The Cabbage Tribe. 



Cabbages, per dozen : 



White 



Red 



Plants, or Coleworts - 

 Savoys, per dozen 

 Cauliflowers, per dozen - 

 Broccoli, per bunch : 



White 



T urple 



Cape .... 



Tubers and Roots. 



rper ton 

 Potatoes - < per cwt. 



t per bush. 

 f Kidney, per bushel 

 Scotch, per bushel 

 Jerusalem 7 per half sieve 

 Artichokes J per dozen - 

 Turnips, White, per bunch 

 Carrots, Old, per bunch - 

 Parsneps, per dozen 

 Red Beet, per dozen 

 Skirret, per bunch 

 Scorzonera, per bundle - 

 Salsify, per bunch - - 

 Horseradish, per bundle - 

 Radishes : 



rper dozen hands (21 

 Red^ to 30 each) 

 tper bunch - 

 Turnip, White, per bunc. 



The Spinach Tribe. 

 „ . , C per sieve 

 Spinach [{ier half sieve - 

 Sorrel, per half sieve 

 The Onion Tribe. 

 Onions : 

 Old, per bushel . 

 For pickling, per | sieve 

 Green (Ciboules), p. bunc. 

 Leeks, per dozen bunches 

 Garlic, per pound - - 

 Shallots, per pound - - 



Asparaginous Plants, 

 Salads, Sfc. 

 Caruoons, per bun. (three) 

 Lettuce, per score : 

 Cos 



Cabbage 

 Endive, per score, - 

 Celerv, per bundle (12 to 15) 



small- Saladsg|;:'->,[„^r'^ 

 Watercress, per dozen small 



bunches ... 

 Burnet, per bunch 



Mint, dried, per doz. bunc. 

 Peppermint, dried, per doz. 

 I bunches 



Marjoram, per doz. bunches 

 Savory, per dozen bunches 

 Basil, per dozen bunches - 

 Rosemary, Green, per dozen 



bunches 

 Lavender, Dried, per dozen 



bunches ... 

 Tansy, per dozen bunches 



Stalks and Fruits for Tarts, 



Pickling, ^c. 



Tomatoes, per sieve 



Capsicums, per hundred : 



Green ... 



Chile . - - 



Large Red, per dozen . 



Edible Fungi and Fuel. 

 Mushrooms, per pottle - 

 Morels, dried, per pound 

 Truffles, per pound : 



English ... 



Foreign 



Fruits. 



Apples, Dessert, per bushel : 



Ribston Pippins 



Nonpareils 



Golden Knobs 

 Apples, Baking, per bushel 



French 



Court-pendu 



Royals 

 Pears, Dessert, per ^ sieve : 



Swan's Eggs 



Chaumontel 



Winter Beurrc 



St. Germains 



Crassane 

 Pears, Baking, per half sieve 



(juinces ^ jjg^ jjpj,g„ 



Medlars - - - 



Almonds, per peck 

 Walnuts, per bushel 

 Chestnuts, per peck : 



English 



French ... 



Filberts, English, per 100 lbs. 

 Pine-apples, per pound - 

 Grapes, per pound : 



Hot-house - . - 



Spanish 



Black Hamburgh 

 Melons, Spanish, per pound 



Oranges 



Lemons ^ -^^^ hundred 

 Pomegranates, per dozen 

 Sweet Almonds, per pound 

 [Brazil Nuts, per bushel . 

 Spanish Nuts, per peck - 

 Barcelona Nuts, per peck 



f per dozen 

 Iper hundred 

 f per dozen 

 ll 



6 



1 

 12 



12 

 12 



18 



1 4 

 15 

 6 



3 

 10 

 2 



2 

 

 3 

 1 

 6 

 4 

 2 

 12 

 6 

 7 



To 









 



1 

 1 8 

 

 10 

 8 

 7 

 7 



10 



14 

 2 

 12 

 6 

 3 

 16 

 

 



Pot and Sweet Herbs. 

 Parsley, per half sieve 

 Tarragon,per dozen bunches 

 Fennel, per dozen bunches 

 Thyme, per dozen bunches 

 Sage, per dozen bunches 



Observations. — V^ to the present period our supplies of vegetables have 

 been most abundant, and of excellent quality ; the prices as yet have been 

 low, consequently the growers feel dissatisfied ; indeed, the horticultural 

 as well as the agricultural interests may be considered as in a very de- 

 pressed state. It is difficult to determine the cause of this continued 

 depression, especially with the horticulturists, unless it arises from the 

 taking up of so much land for the purposes of vegetable culture in the 

 immediate neighbourhood of the metropolis, or from the improved facilities 



