Covent Gat'c!e7i Market. 



125 



Hard boiling Peas. — What is the cause of this? Do calcareous or 

 alluvial soils produce the best boilers , or do sands ? What influence has 

 peat ? It is said that a piece of iron put into the pot with hard indissoluble 

 peas will render them dissoluble. Has this been proved by any of your 

 readers?— J. M. Nov. 1830. 



Art. VIII. Covent Garden Market. 



The Cabbage Tribe. 



£ s. d. 



Cabbages, per dozen : 



Ked - - - - J 3 



Plants, or Coleworts - 1 



Savoys, per dozen - - 



Brussels Sprouts, per § sieve 2 



German Greens or Kale, 



per dozen - . - 6 



Broccoli, per bunch : 



White - - 1 



Purple . - - 1 



Tubers and Hoots. 



rper ton 

 Potatoes . i per cwt. 

 C per bush, 



Kidney, per bushel 



Scotch, per bushel 

 Turnips, White, per bunch 

 Carrots, old, per bunch - 

 Parsneps, per dozen 

 Red Beet, per dozen 

 Horseradish, per bundle - 



T/ie Spinach Tribe. 



spinach [P-feevel 



TTie Onion Tribe. 

 Onions, per bushel - 

 Leeks, per dozen bunches 

 Garlic, per pound - - 

 Shallots, per pound - - 



Asparaginous Plants, 

 Salads, Sfc. 

 Asparagus, per hundred 

 Sea-kale, per punnet 

 Lettuce, Cabbage, per score' 

 Endive, per score - - { 

 Celery, per bundle (12 to 15) 

 Small' Salads, per punnet 

 Watercress, per dozen small 

 bunches ... 



Fot and Sweet Herbs. 

 Parsley, per half sieve 

 Thyme, per dozen bunches 

 Sage, per dozen bunches 

 Mint, per dozen bunches : 



Dried 



Forced, per bunch 





 3 



1 

 1 6 



16 



2 6 



2 6 



1 



5 





 

 



2 

 10 



4 6 



9 



9 



13 



To 

 £ s. d. 



4 10 

 4 

 2 

 3 

 3 

 

 

 

 2 

 3 





 



6 



1 



1 



1 







3 



1 















2 











2 



6 







2 



6 



















2 



























10 























6 















Peppermint, dried, per doz. 



bunches 

 Marjoram, per doz. bunches 

 Savory, per dozen bunches 

 Basil, per dozen bunches - 

 Rosemary, fresh, per dozen 



bunches 

 Lavender, dried, p. doz. biui. 



Stalks and Fruits for Tarts, 



Pickling, Sfc. 

 Rhubarb Stalks, per bundle 



Edible Fungi and Fuel. 

 Mushrooms, per pottle - 

 Morels, per pound 

 Truffles, per pound : 



English, dried 



English, green 



Foreign, dried 



Fruits. 

 Apples, per bushel : 



Dessert 



Court of Wick - 



Rosemary Pippins 



Reinette grise 



Nonpareils 



Baking, per bushel 



American 



French 



Bourdeaux Reinette - 



Court-pendu 

 Pears, Dessert, per dozen : 



Colmar 



Chaumontel 



Bon Chretien . 



Baking, per half sieve 



Cadillac 



Bell.shaped 

 Filberts, English, per lb. 

 Cobnuts 

 Pine-apples, per pound - 



Oranges g^ SJSed" 



Lemons {^.t^Ze,' 

 Almonds, Sweet, per pound 

 Brazil Nuts, per bushel - 

 Spanish Nuts, per peck . 

 Barcelona - . - 

 Shell Almonds 



F 

 £ 



rom 

 5. d. 



To 

 £ s. 



d. 





 

 

 



1 



10 

 10 



2 





 

 

 





 

 

 





 



6 

 2 6 





 





 



1 



14 



14 

 

 14 



10 

 10 

 12 

 16 

 20 

 8 

 25 

 7 

 

 



12 

 6 

 6 





 4 



12 

 3 

 5 

 6 















5 



6 











40 























18 







40 







12 







30 















9 







9 















































1 



6 



1 



6 



8 







2 



6 



16 







2 







14 







3 







16 































Observations. — Our supply of vegetables has been abundant, and of 

 excellent quality, but the prices, in many instances, extremely low, and the 

 demand very limited : from which I must conclude that the growers are not 

 at present obtaining even remunerating prices, and are, consequently, suf- 

 fering severe loss, which adds to the general depression that has affected 

 the horticultural interest for some time past. I have attempted to find out 

 the cause of the limited demand for vegetables at this season, as compared 

 with others, but must refer you to my observations in Vol. Vl. p. 733. — 

 G.C. Jot. 14. 1831. 



