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Cot)e?it Garden Market. 



Art. VIII. Covent Garden Market. 



The Cabbage Tribe. 



Cabbages, per dozen : 



White 



Plants, or Coleworts - 

 Cauliflowers, per dozen - 

 Broccoli, Purple, per bunch 



Legumes. 

 Peas, per half sieve 



Forced, per pottle • - 



Shelled, per quart 

 Kidneybeans, forced, per 



hundred ... 



Tubers and Roots. 



rper ton 

 Potatoes - < per cwt. 

 C per bush. 



Kidney,perbushel 



Scotch, per bushel 



New, per pound 

 Jerusalem Artichokes, per 



half sieve . - - 

 Turnips, White, per bunch 

 Carrots, per bunch : 



Old 



Young 



Horn 

 Parsneps, per dozen 

 Red Beet, per dozen 

 Skirret, per bunch 

 Scorzonera, per bundle 

 Salsify, per bunch 

 Horseradish, per bundle 

 Radishes : 



Red, per dozen hands (21 

 to 30 each) 



Turnip, White and Red, 

 per bunch : 



The Spinach Tribe. 



r, ■ I. f per sieve 

 Spinach [ Jje,- half sieve - 

 Sorrel, per half sieve 



The Onion Tribe. 

 Onions : 

 Old, per bushel - 

 Green (Ciboules), p. bunc. 

 ' I«eks, per dozen bunches 

 Chives, per dozen roots - 

 Garlic, per pound - - 

 Shallots, per pound - - 

 Green, per bunch 



Asparaginoiis Plants, 

 Salads, l^c. 

 Asparagus, per hundred - 

 Lettuce, per score : 

 Cos 

 Cabbage 



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Stalks and Fruits for Tarts, 



Pickling, ^c. 

 Rhubarb Stalks, per bundle 



Edible Fungi and Fuci. 

 Morels, per pound . 

 Foreign . - - 



Fruits. 

 Apples, Dessert, per J sieve ; 

 Reinette grise 

 Baking, per bushel 

 French Crabs 

 Peaches, per dozen 

 Almonds, per peck 

 Cherries, per pound 

 Gooseberries, per half sieve 

 Strawberries, forced, per oz 

 Pine-appres, per pound - 

 Hot-house Grapes, per lb. 

 Cucumbers, frame, per brace 



O-nges [P-il-Xd- 



L-o- [^I^Sred- 

 Sweet Almonds, per pound 

 Brazil Nuts, per bushel . - 

 Spanish Nuts, per peck . 

 Barcelona . . . 

 Eggs of Silkworms, p. square 

 Garden Snails, per quart 









 



1 

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£ s. 



Celery, per bundle (12 to 15) p 



New - - - I 2 



c 11 o 1 J f per half sieve 

 Small Salads I {;g^l,^„„gt. 



Watercress, per dozen small 



bunches . - . 

 Burnet, per bunch 



Pol and Sweet Herbs. 

 Parsley, per half sieve 

 Tarragon, per dozen bunches 

 Purslain, per punnet 

 Fennel, per dozen bunches 

 Thyme, per dozen bunches 

 Sage, per dozen bunches 

 Mint, per dozen bunches 

 Peppermint, dried, per do- 

 zen bunches 

 Marjoram, forced, per dozen 



bunches 

 Savory, per dozen bunches 

 Basil, forced, per doz. bunc 

 Rosemary, per doz. bunches 

 Lavender, dried, per dozen 



bunches . . . 

 Tansy, per dozen bunches 



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From the time of my former commmiication to the 7th of May most san- 

 guine expectations were entertained of an abundant fruit season ; the trees 

 had bloomed well, and the weather had been generally favourable to set- 

 tino- the fruit. . Gooseberries and currants were thought secure, and pro- 

 mised the most abundant supplies. The cherries, pears, and plums had 

 also passed all danger from blight ; and many of the earlier sorts of apples 

 were safe. About the 1st of May some genial showers were felt, suc- 

 ceeded on the 3d and 4th by heavy rains, and partial hail-storms. On 

 the 5th and 6th the weather cleared up, the wind shifted to the north- 

 eastward, and a severe frost followed on the morning of the 7th, which 

 produced ice one third of an inch thick, and destroyed the prospects 

 of the season completely. This is the more to be lamented, as the gar- 



