Coveni Garden MarJcef. 



95 



A Hedge of Furze and young Pnvet is recommended as a close fence, as 

 being evergreen, and as flowering beautifully in early spring, by — G. G. Edge- 

 baston, Dec. 13. 1836. 



Fletcher's Mode of training and managing the Black Hamburg Grape. 

 (Vol. XII. p. 712.) — After a good deal of trouble taken by Mr. Turner, 

 curator of the Bury Botanic Garden, and Mr. Wild, fruiterer. Tavern Street, 

 Bury, for which we hereby acknowledge our obligations, the result is, that 

 Mr. Fletcher would be happy to make the public acquainted with his system 

 of management, provided, to use his own words, " I thought I had reached 

 the summit of perfection j but, as I flatter myself something more yet remains 

 to be accomplished, I must decline making anything public at present. After 

 another year or two's trial, it is very probable that I shall make known every 

 particular." — John Fletcher, Miller at Fyke, in a Fetter to Mr. Wild, dated 

 Dec. 12. 1836. 



Art. VII. Covent Garden Market. 



Potatoes 



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'The Cabbage Tribe. 



Cabbage Plants, or Coleworts 

 Brussels Sprouts, per J sieve 

 Broccoli, per bunch : 



White 



Purple - - - 



Legumes. 

 Kidneybeans (forced), perhun. 



Tubers and Roots. 

 rper ton 

 [ per cwt. 

 l.per bushel - 

 Kidney, per bushel 

 Scotch, per bushel 

 Jerusalem Artichokes, J sieve 

 Turnips, White, per bunch - 

 Carrots, old, per bunch 

 Parsneps, per dozen 

 Red Beet, per dozen 

 Horseradish, per bundle 



The Onion Tribe. 



Onions, old, per bushel 

 For pickling, per J sieve 

 Green (Ciboules), per bunch 



Leeks, per dozen bunches . 



Garlic, per pound 



Shallots, per pound 



Asparaginous Plants, 

 Salads, SfC. 

 Asparagus, per hundred : 



Large . - Z- 



Second, or middling 



Sprue, or small 

 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 - . - 



Pot and Sweet Herbs. 

 Parsley, per half sieve 

 Tarragon, dried, per doz. bun. 



From 

 £ s. d. 



2 

 16 



10 



4 10 



4 6 



2 3 



2 6 



2 3 



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 1 



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 3 



To 

 £ s. d. 



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 3 





 6 



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4 



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2 







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Thyme, per dozen bunches 

 Sage, per dozen bunches 

 Mint, dried, per doz. bunches 

 Peppermint, dried, p. doz. bun 

 Marjoram, dried, per doz. bun. 

 Savory, dried, per doz. bun. 

 Basil, dried, per doz. bunches 

 Kosemary, green, per doz. bun. 

 Lavender, dried, per dozen 

 bunches - - - 



Tansy, per dozen bunches 



Stalks and Fruits for Tarts 

 Pickling, Sjc. 



Rhubarb Stalks, per bundle 



Edible Fungi and Fuci. 

 Mushrooms, per pottle 

 Morels, per score 

 Truffles, English, dried, per 

 pound . . - 



Fruits. 

 Apples, Dessert, per bushel : 



Nonpareils 



Ribston Pippins 



American 



Jersey ... 



Pears, Dessert, per half sieve 



Passc-Colmar 



Beurre de Pentecote 



Ne plus Meuris 

 Chestnuts, French, per peck 

 Pine-apples, per pound 

 Grapes, Lisbon, per pound - 



[•-"^^"S^^^ per hundred 

 Bitter, per hundred " 



l^emonsfP-^-';,, - -. 



Sweet Almonds, per pound . 

 jNuts, per bushel : 



Brazil ... 



Spanish . . - 



I Barcelona 



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 14 



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Observations. — Since my report in October, the market has been steadily 

 supplied with all articles usually furnished during this season of the year. 

 Prices have been moderate, and the demand having been limited to the supply, 

 there has, consequently, been but little variation in prices. Since the frost, 

 which interrupted the supplies materially for a week or ten days, we have 

 received everything as before ; but, as the demand has been much lessened 

 by the prevailing illness, and the general absence, up to this time, of all the 

 principal families, a slight reduction in price has been effected in all the lead- 

 ing articles. But, after all, it is only in the London markets that, at this 



