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Horticultural Society and Garden. 



Art. III. Covent Garden Market. 

 Prices for the First and Second Weeks of May. 



Tlie Cabbage Tribe. 

 Cabbage, White, per dozen 

 Cauliflowers, per dozen - 

 Broccoli, White, per bunch 

 Broccoli, Green, per bunch 

 Broccoli, Purple, per bunch 



Legumes. 

 Peas, per half sieve 

 KidneybeanSjForced, per 100 



Tubers and Roots. 

 Potatoes, New, per pound 

 Turnips, White, per bunch 

 Carrots, Young, per bunch 

 Carrots, Horn, per bunch 

 Red Beet, per dozen 

 Horseradish, per bundle - 

 Radishes, Red,per doz.hands 



(24 to 30 each) 

 Radishes, White Turnip, per 



bunch . . - - 



The Spinach Tribe. 

 Spinach, per sieve 

 Sorrel, per half sieve 



The Onion Tribe. 

 Onions, Old, per bushel - 

 Leeks, per dozen bunches 

 Garlic, per pound 

 Shallots, per pound 



Asparaginous Plants, 



Salads, Sfc. 



Asparagus, per hundred 



Sea-kale ... 



Lettuce, Coss, per score - 



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Endive, per score - - I 2 



Celery, per bundle (12 to l/J); 



.. „ . . Cnpr half sieve 1 







small salads [P-hajr^r^ 



Watercress, per dozen, small 

 bunches . . - 



Pol and Sweet Herbs- 

 Parsley, per half sieve 

 Tarragon, per doz. bunches 

 Fennel, per dozen bunches 

 Sage, per dozen bunches 

 Mint, i)er dozen bunches 

 Basil, Young, per doz. bun. 



Stalks and Fruits for Tarts, 



Picklitic;, Sfc. 

 Rhubarb Stalks, per bundle 



Edible! Fungi and Fuel. 

 Mushrooms, per pottle - 



Fruits. 

 Apples, Nonpareils, p. bush 

 Apples, Baking, per bushel, 

 Apples, French, per bushel. 

 Pears, Bon Chretien 

 Peaches, per dozen 

 Nectarines, per dozen 

 Cherries, per pound 

 Gooseberries, per half sieve 

 Strawberries,Forced, per oz 

 Pine-apples, per pound 

 Hot-house Grapes, per lb. 

 Cucumbers,Frame,per brace 

 n Cper dozen 



Oranges [j^^^ hundred 



Lemons, per dozen 



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Observations. — Peas in the pod were exposed for sale, for the first time, 

 oh the 29th of April. In general, there has been an abundant supply of 

 every culinary vegetable, and of most fruits of the season. Pine-apples have 

 been plentiful and cheap throughout the winter. — M. May 15. 



Art. IV. Horticultural Society and Garden. 



April 1. 1828. — Read. Method of preparing Vine Plants, in a letter to 

 the Secretary, by Sir George Steuart Mackenzie, Bart. F.H.S. On training 

 of Fruit Trees, by the same. Description of some new Varieties of Pears, 

 in a letter to the Secretary, by Thomas Andrew Knight, Esq. F.R.S. &c.. 

 President. ♦ 



Exhibited. .Rhododendron arboreum, from Sir Everard Home, Bart. 

 F.H.S. A collection of Auriculas and Polyanthuses, from Mr. William 

 Hogg, of Paddington. A collection of new Ericas (in pots), from Mr. 

 George Rollison, F.H.S. Single White Azalea indica and Double Purple 

 Azalea indica, from Mr. Samuel Brodie, F.H.S. Golden Pippin, Nonpa- 

 reils, and White Reinettes. Worrell Pippin, and specimens of a Seedling 

 Apple, from Mr, Richard Williams, F.H.S. Nineteen sorts of Apples 

 named, and fourteen sorts unnamed, from Mr. Hugh Ronalds, F.H.S. 

 Boughtine Apples, from M. Jean le Clerc of Paris. Wine Sour Duncan 

 Apple, from Mr. John Haythorn, F.H.S. Bon Chretien Pears, from Rouen. 

 Highbury Pear, from Lancelot Haslope, Esq. F.H.S. 



