Covent Garden Market. 



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Art. V. Covent Garden Market. 



PfllCES FOR THE FiBST AND SECOND WeEKS OF MaY. 



Tfie Cabbage Tribe. 

 Cabbage, "White, per dozen 

 Cabbage Plants, or Cole- 

 worts, per dozen - 

 Cauliflowers, per dozen - 

 Broccoli, White, per bunch 

 Broccoli, Purple, per bunch 



Legumes. 

 Peas (forced) , per pottle - 

 Kidneybeans (forced), p. hd. 



Tubers and Roots. 



rper ton 

 Potatoes, - i per cwt. 



C per bush 

 Potatoes, Kidney, per bush. 

 Potatoes, Scotch, per bushel 

 Potatoes, New, per pound 

 Turnips, White, (new) per 



bunch - t. - 



Carrots, Old, per bunch -' 

 Carrots, Horn, per bunch! 

 Red Beet, per dozen 

 Horseradish, per bundle - 

 Radishes, Red, per dozen 



hands (24 to 30 each) 

 Radishes, Red , per bunch 

 White Turnip, per bunch . 



' :': The Spinach Tribe. 



SP-ch, g;:LTsieve 

 Sorrel, per half sieve 



The Onion Tribe. 

 Onions, Old, per bushel - 

 Chives, per dozen roots - 

 Garlic, per pound 

 Shallots, per pound 



Asparaginous Plants, 

 Salads, ^c. 

 Asparagus, per hundred 

 Lettuce, Coss, per score - 

 Lettuce, Cabbage, per score 

 Succory, per bunch 

 Small Salads, per punnet 

 Watercress, per dozen small 



bunches 

 Burnet, per bunch. 



From 

 £ s. a 



12 

 2 

 

 











1 







10 

 4 



10 

 1| 

 U 



10 

 6 



18 

 







Pot and Sweet Herbs. 

 Parsley, per half sieve 

 Tarragon, p. doz. bunches 

 Purslain, per punnet 

 Fennel, per dozen bunches 

 Thyme, per dozen bunches 

 Sage, per dozen bunches 

 Mint, per dozen bunches 

 Marjoram (forced), per doz. 



bunches 

 Savory, per dozen bunches 

 Basil (forced), per doz. bun. 

 Rosemary, per doz. bunches 

 Tansy, per dozen bunches 



Stalks and Fruits for Tarts, 



Pickling, SjC. 

 Rhubarb Stalks, per bundle 



Edible Fungi and Fieci. 

 Mushrooms, per pottle - 

 Dried Morels, per punnet 

 English Morels 

 Dried Truffles, Foreign, per 



pound - - - 



Fruits. 

 Apples, Nonpareils, per bus. 



Reinette Grise 



White Rennets 



French Crabs 

 Peaches, per dozen 

 Apricots, Green, per pottle 

 Cherries, per pound 

 Gooseberries, per pottle 

 Strawberries (forced), per oz. 



Old Scarlets, per ounce 

 Walnuts, per bushel 

 Pine-apples per pound 

 Hot-house Grapes, p. pound 

 Cucumbers, Frame, p. brace 



0-"g-. grhurred" 



L-ons, ['-Sred- 

 Brazil Nuts, per bushel - 



Barcelona, per peck^ "_. 



Spanish, per peck 



Turkey, per peck 

 Eggs of Silkworms, per 100 

 Garden Snails, per quart - 



From 



To 





£ 



s. 



d. 



£ s. 



d. 







1 







1 



6 







4 























6 







9 







1 



6 



2 











2 



















2 



















2 



















8 







10 











2 



6 















8 







10 











3 



















2 















1 

 3 

 



2 

 1 

 12 

 12 

 



16 



1 

 10 



16 

 6 



1 6 



1 



3 











14 















2 10 







1 10 







16 







14 







3 







4 







1 5 







6 







1 



3 



2 



3 











1 5 







18 







5 







3 







] 4 







2 







14 







1 















































Observations. — The prevalence of cold and wet, throughout the month of 

 April, retarded the growth of all vegetable productions very materially, not- 

 withstanding which our supplies of common articles have been tolerably 

 abundant. Forced asparagus was much in demand, and brought very high 

 prices ; but in consequence of the recent change of the weather, which has 

 caused a supply from the open ground, the forced article is no longer 

 wanted but for soups. A few forced peas in punnets appeared in April, for 

 which it was reported a very extravagant price had been obtained ; but this 

 was most properly contradicted in one of the newspapers, by Mr. Cooke, 

 the fruiterer, &c., in Covent Garden Market. From appearance, 1 con- 

 cluded that the variety was Bishop's New Early. Since that time some 

 early single-blossomed Frames have been produced of much better sample 

 and quality, which will give that variety a decided advantage over the other, 

 except in cases where a very few early peas are desirable. Rhubarb stalks 

 have been in great abundance, and almost in equal demand. The use of 

 this article in the kitchen within the last few years has increased to a very 

 great extent, and has induced many gardeners in the neighbourhood of 



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