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are better. Seed potatoes are sent from Lincolnshire, and this 

 season they cost the large sum of £9 per ton ; blight having 

 destroyed large quantities, otherwise £6 per ton would have been 

 considered a fair average price. It is computed that 300 tons of 

 seed potatoes have been brought to Penzance this year. Our 

 vegetables still mostly go northward, except the earliest crops of 

 potatoes from Scilly, and these are sent to London, as the crops 

 in SciUy are earlier than either Jersey or Cherbourg, which places 

 principally supply the London market with early vegetables. 

 In consequence of this the Channel Islands produce and export 

 nearly double the quantity that we do, and their supply is 

 increasing, as the cost for carriage of our vegetables to London 

 is 15s. per ton more than from the Channel Islands.* 



The Cornish crops of Irocoli, which followed the potatoe, 

 matured prematurely, and consequently the flower was not good, 

 but a large lot bought by one firmf for pickling enhanced the 

 price, and so made the season a good one, upwards of £30 per 

 acre was paid by this firm. 



Large quantities of fruit were sent from Penzance last year, 

 realizing upwards of £4,000. The Keswick Codling apple does 

 well, and our raspberry crops were the best in the kingdom, and 

 reached the high price of £50 per acre, j 



* The figui-es as returned by the Railway Company show rather a decrease in 

 the transports over their line. 



POTATOES. 



Tons. Value. 



1875 5,106 ^10.842 



1876 4,942 10,406— or 164 tons less, and ^£436 less in value 



BROCOLI. 



1875 5,389 ^11,349 



1876 5,365 11,065— or 24 tons less, and ^284 less. 



t Crosse and Blackwell. 



Acres 



t Crops from Penzance ! imtier 

 District. ''"^*™- 



Potatoes 



Brocoli 



Onions 



Asparagus 



Gooseberries ... 



Raspberries 



Black Currants 

 Strawberries ... 

 Apples 



Wages paid. 



800 12 6,000 



600 3 10 1.700 



50 10 500 



15 15 225 



50 12 600 



30 12 360 



30 12 360 



No account in our district 



100 I 2 1 200 



Value of Ceop. 





III 



-3*^ ft 



£, 

 60 

 20 

 40 

 50 

 40 

 60 

 30 



£ 



30,000 



12,000 



2,000 



750 



2,000 



1,500 



900 



I Very little gro'wii. 

 Saltash for Strawberries 



40 I 4,000 



