Covent Garden Market. 



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Art. VIII. Covent Garden Market. 



The Cabbage Tribe. 



Cabbage, per dozen : 

 White 

 Red 



Plants or Coleworts 

 Brussels Sprouts, per § sieve 

 Broccoli, per bunch : 



White 

 j [Purple ... 



Legumes. 

 Kidneybeans, forced, per 

 hundred 



Tubers and Boots. 

 rper ton 



Potatoes - -t per cwt 



Cper bushel 



Kidney - 



Scotch ... 



New, per pound 

 Jerusalem Artichokes, per half 



sieve - - - 



Turnips, White 

 Carrots, per bunch : 



Old - 



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 (24 to 

 30 each) 



White Turnip, per bunch 



The Spinach Tribe. 



SP-ch [plrhllTsieve I 

 Sorrel, per half sieve 



The Onion Tribe. 

 Onions : 



Old, per bushel 



Ciboules, green, per bunch 

 Leeks, per dozen bunches - 

 Chives, per dozen roots 

 Garlic, per pound 

 Shallots, per pound 



Asparaginous Plants, 

 Salads, Sfc. 

 Asparagus, per hundred : 



Large - - 



Middling 



Small - . . 



Sea-kale, per punnet 

 Cardoons, per bunch (three) 

 Lettuce, per score : 



Cos 



From 





To 



£ s. 



d. 



£ 



s. d. 



1 

 2 

 1 

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6 

 6 

 6 





 

 

 



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4 



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2 

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Endive, per score 

 Celery, per bundle (12 to 15) 

 Small Salads, per punnet 

 Watercress, per dozen small 



bunches 

 Burnet, per bunch 



Pot and Sweet Herbs. 

 Parsley, per half sieve 

 Tarragon, per dozen bunches 



Dried 

 Fennel, per dozen bunches - 

 Thyme, per dozen bunches 

 Sage, per dozen bunches 

 Mint, per dozen bunches 

 Peppermint, dried, per dozen 



bunches ... 

 Marjoram, dried, per doz. bun. 

 Savory, per dozen bunches . 

 Basil, dried, per dozen bunch. 

 Rosemary, per dozen bunches 

 Lavender, dried, per doz. bun. 

 Tansy, dried, per doz. bunches 



Stalks and Fruits for Tarts, 

 Pickling, %c. 



Rhubarb Stalks, per bundle 

 Edible Fungi and Fuel. 



Mushrooms, per pottle 

 Morels, per pound 

 Truffles, per pound : 



English - - - 



Foreign - - 



Fruits. 

 Apples, Dessert, per bushel : 

 Nonpareils - - - 

 Newtown Pippins 

 Baking, per bushel - 

 American - - 



French - - - 



Pears, Dessert, per dozen : 



Bon Chretien 

 Almonds, per peck 

 Strawberries, forced, per oz. 

 Chestnuts, French, per peck 

 Pine-apples, per pound 

 Grapes, per pound : 

 Hot-house ... 

 Portugal, White - - 

 Red 

 Cucumbers, frame, per brace 



^"^erhunTred " I 

 Bitter Oranges 



*-*™{!S&4- : 



Sweet Almonds, per pound 

 Brazil Nuts, per bushel 

 Spanish Nuts, per peck 

 Barcelona Nuts, per peck - 



From 



£ s. d. 



16 



6 



2 



6 



2 



16 



6 







2 











4 



10 



10 



10 



1 3 







2 6 



1 



9 



6 



1 1 



14 



14 



1 



10 



6 



10 



5 



4 



8 



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3 



8 



1 10 



10 



16 



2 6 



10 



6 



10 



9 



6 



2 3 



12 



4 



5 



To 

 £ s. d. 

 2 6 

 16 

 3 



9 

 



2 6 







2 6 







2 6 



2 6 











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0" 







16 



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2 10 



12 



12 



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8 



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1 15 



13 



2 



10 



3 



1 

 10 

 2 

 16 

 

 16 

 

 



Observations. — The weather, since the last report, having continued fine 

 and open, little interruption has taken place in our general supplies, which 

 have been regular, and quite equal to the demand. To the present period the 

 season has been unusually mild, without the slightest interruption from frost; 

 so that the growers have been enabled to carry on their operations at the 

 least possible expense or difficulty. They, however, still "complain of the 

 want of encouragement in the shape of demand and good prices for many of 

 their articles (which cannot be produced but at considerable expense), such 

 as asparagus, sea-kale, &c. It will, however, I think, be found that these 

 articles are now supplied in so much greater abundance, from the increased 

 cultivation of them, that the produce must necessarily be disposed of at less 

 prices, comparatively, to allow the public to consume them extensively; 

 whereas heretofore they have been considered so exclusively articles of in- 

 dulgence as to be confined to the tables of the rich. They are now more 

 generally consumed, but certainly at less nominal cost. Rhubarb is now so 



