Covent Garden Market. 



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Art. VI. Covent Garden Market. 



The Cabbage Tribe. 



Cabbages, per dozen : 



Red ... 



Plants, or Coleworts - 

 Savoys, per dozen 

 German Greens or Kale, 



per dozen ... 

 Broccoli, per bunch : 



White 



Green ... 



Purple ... 

 Turnip Tops, per bushel - 



Legumes. 



Kidneybeans (forced), per 



hundred ... 



Tubers and Roots. 



f per ton 

 Potatoes . J per cwt. 

 t per bush 



Kidney, per bushel 



Scotch, per bushel 



New, per pound 

 Jerusalem Artichokes, per 



half sieve - 

 Turnips, White, per bunch 

 Carrots, old, per bunch - 

 Parsneps, per dozen 

 Red Beet, per dozen 

 Skirret, per bunch 

 Scorzonera, per bunch* - 

 Salsify, per bunch - - 

 Horseradish, per bundle - 



The Spinach Tribe. 



Spinach 5"per sieve _ 



e {.per half sieve 



Sorrel, per half sieve 



The Onion Tribe. 

 Onions : 



Old, per bushel . 



Pickling, per half sieve 

 Leeks, per dozen bunches 

 Garlic, per pound 

 Shallots, per pound 



Asparaginous Plants, 

 Salads, fyc. 

 Asparagus, per h undred - 

 Sea-kale, per punnet 

 Lettuce, Cabbage, per' score 

 Endive, per score 

 Celerv, per bundle (12 to 15) 



Small Salads {g }**• 



Watercress, per dozen small 

 bunches 



From 

 £ s. d. 



8 

 4 

 10 



To 



£ s. d. 



10 

 6 

 2 6 



1 



12 

 3 6 

 5 

 13 







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Pot and Sweet Herbs. 

 Parsley, per half sieve 

 Tarragon, forced, per bunch 

 Fennel, per bunch 

 Thyme, per dozen bunches 

 Mint, forced, per bunch '- 

 Peppermint, dry, per dozen 



bunches 

 Marjoram, dry, per doz. bun. 

 Savory, dry, per dozen bun. 

 Basil, dry, per doz. bunches 

 Rosemary, dry, p. doz. bun. 

 Lavender, dry, per doz. bun. 

 Tansy, dry, per doz. bunches 



Stalks and Fruits for Tarts, 



Pickling, Sfc. 



Rhubarb Stalks, forced, per 



bundle ... 



Edible Fungi and Fuel. 

 Mushrooms, per pottle - 

 Morels, dry, per pound . 

 Truffles, per pound : 



English ... 



Foreign, dry 



Fruits. 

 Apples, Dessert, per bushel : 



Nonpareils - - - 



Golden Pippins - 



Peannains 



Ribstone Pippins 

 Apples, Baking, per bushel 



Baking ... 



Royals ... 

 Pears, Dessert, p. half sieve : 



Winter Swan's Eggs - 

 Pears, Baking, per half sieve 

 Almonds, per peck 

 Cranberries, per gallon 

 Strawberries, forced, per 



ounce ... 



Walnuts, per bushel - 

 Chestnuts, French, per peck 

 Filberts, English, per 100 lbs. 

 Pine-apples, per pound . 

 Hot-house Grapes, p. pound 

 Spanish Nuts, per bushel - 

 Barcelona Nuts 

 Cucumbers, frame, per brace 



°™*» [ptrhuZed- 

 Bitter Oranges, per hundred 

 Lemons (P" dozen - 



I per hundred 

 Sweet Almonds, per pound 

 Brazil Nuts, per bushel - 



From 

 £ s. d. 

 2 

 

 

 4 







1 



10 



8 



2 



6 



3 



10 



1 6 



2 

 14 



4 

 14 



7 6 



10 



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4 6 



3 6 



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7 







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 9 

 

 9 

 





To 



£ 



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3 6 







9 







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2 6 



3 



6 



























1 10 







1 







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8 







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1 







1 4 







2 



6 



14 







14 







2 







14 







4 







12 







Observations. — The continuance of severe frost during the principal part 

 of January and the early part of February, interrupted the supplies of vege- 

 tables generally ; nevertheless, our market was generally well furnished with 

 turnips, savoys, coleworts, carrots, &c, the prices of which remained tole- 

 rably steady, as per last quotations, until the change of weather in February 

 produced a material difference in the quantities, and some alteration in 

 prices ; but the extreme rigour of the season, and more particularly the in- 

 termissions of frosty nights and warm days which prevailed in the latter end 

 of February, have affected vegetables so much as to render our present sup- 

 plies very limited for the season, and prices, consequently, rather higher 

 than might be expected. This may also be the case for some time to come, 

 as, from the same causes, no abundant quantities can be expected until May 

 next. Broccolies are likely to be very deficient, and high in price, as they 

 have been much injured by the frost ; cauliflowers have been destroyed to a 



