348 Covent Garden Market. 



Art. VII. Covent Garden Market. 



April 4th. An abundant supply of broccoli from Is. to 3s.per dish ; cucum- 

 bers from 4s. to 5s. per brace ; French-beans from 3s. to 4s. per hundred; 

 onions 7s. per bushel ; asparagus, 8s. and 10s. per hundred; sea-cale 6s. per 

 hundred ; grapes from 24s. to 30s. per lb. ; strawberries 2s. per oz. ; table 

 apples 24s. per bushel; kitchen ditto from 10s. to 15s. A plentiful supply 

 of Spring flowers and common evergreens, with some forced rhododen- 

 drons, roses, pinks, &c. 



April 18th. An abundant supply of all the vegetables common at 

 this season of the year. Broccoli from Is. to 2s. per bundle; young cab- 

 bages 2s. to 3s. per dozen; asparagus 3s. 6d. to 7s. per hundred; young 

 potatoes from 2s. 6d. to 4s. per lb. ; cucumbers 5s. to 6s. per brace ; 

 grapes 20s. to 24s. per lb.; strawberries Is. 6d. per oz. There were still a 

 few pears and apples for sale ; of the former we observed, the Colmar, 

 St. Germain, Bonchretien, and Double Fleurs, of the latter the French 

 crab, stone-pippin, nonpareil, &c. Great profusion of pinks, tulips, 

 hyacinthus, narcissus and other flowers, forced and unforced. 



May 2. Abundance of tart gooseberries evidently much injured by the 

 late frosts; they sold at the rate of Is. per pottle; young cabbages from 

 Is. 9c?. to 2s. per dozen; asparagus from 4s. 6d. to 7s. per hundred; 

 young potatoes Is. 6d. to 2s. per lb. ; cucumbers from 2s. to 3s. per brace ; 

 strawberries Is. 6d per oz. ; grapes from 14s. to 18s. per lb. 



May \6ih. A good supply of forced and unforced vegetables in the 

 market, and likewise of forced fruits; young potatoes Is. 6d. per lb.; cab- 

 bages Is. 9d. per dozen; asparagus 4s. 6d. to 5s. 6d. per hundred; broccoli, 

 which is getting scarce, from 2s. to 4s. 6d. ; tart gooseberries 2s. 8d. per 

 gallon; cucumbers from Is. 6d to 2s. per brace; young peas 30s. per quart; 

 grapes 12s. per lb. ; strawberries Is. 6d. per oz. ; cherries from 12s. to 16s. 

 per lb. Abundance of flowers and flowering shrubs. 



June 3. Potatoes from 3s. to 7s. per cwt, which is about from Is. 10c?. 

 to 3s. 9d. per Winchester bushel; cabbages from 4±d. to Is.; and cauli- 

 flowers from 4s. to 1 6s. per dozen heads ; horse-radish from 2s. to 4s. ; 

 broccoli from 8c?. to 2s.; asparagus from Is. to Qs.; and celery from 10c?. to 

 Is. 6d. per bundle; young carrots from 5s. to 12s.; turnips from 3s. to 6s.; 

 coleworts,or greens, unmarketable ; onions from 9c?. to 2s.; leeks from 10c?. 

 to Is. 4c?. per dozen bunches; radishes from 3d. to 6d. per dozen hands; 

 coss lettuces from 6d. to Is. per score; green gooseberries from 2s. to 4s. 6c?. ; 

 green currants from 5s. to 7s.; spinage from 6d. to 10c?. per half sieve, 

 about one-third of a bushel; sound sweet oranges from 5s. to 14s.; lemons 

 from 5s. to 12s. per 100; or, the former from 3l. to 4l. 10s.; the latter 

 from 3l. to 4l. per chest of two boxes; Spanish chesnuts from 8s. to 12s.; 

 French chesnuts from 5s. to 10s.; Spanish hazel-nuts from 5s. to 8s. ; 

 French walnuts from 4s. to 10s. per peck; new potatoes from 6d. to Is. 6d.; 

 cherries from 12s. to 18s. per lb.; forced strawberries from 6d. to 9c?. per 

 thumb, about an ounce ; natural strawberries from 5s. to 6s. per quart ; 

 green peas from 3s. 6d. to 5s. per peck ; French beans from 3s. to 4s. per 

 100. — Prices of foreign fruit, old potatoes (these next to nominal), 

 asparagus, and horse-radish, stationary; those of almost every thing else 

 from 20 to 40 per cent, lower than on this day se'nnight. Supply 

 abundant, and trade more brisk than could have been reasonably ex- 

 pected. Silkworms 4c?. to Is. per dozen, according to their size ; garden 

 snails Is. per dozen ; gold-fish 5s. to 7s. per brace ; English frogs Id. each; 

 snakes 4c?. each ; leeches 10s. to 20s. per hundred. 



