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TEE GABDENEBS' CHRONICLE. 



[Octobee 13, 1888. 



17°, while the mean of the gross minima for the 

 week was 21°3. 



" The rainfall has been rather more than the mean 

 in ' Scotland, ~S.' but less in all other districts. 



"Bright sunshine has been more prevalent than it 

 was last week, the percentage of the possible amount 

 of duration having ranged from 27 in ' Scotland, E.,' 

 to 40 in 'England, S.W.,' and 41 in ' England, E." 



[Accumulated temperature indicates the combined amount and 

 duration of the excess or defect of temperature above or 

 below 32° F. for the period named, and is expressed in Day- 

 degree — a "Day-degree" signifying 1° continued for 

 twenty-four hours, or any other number of degrees for an 

 inversely proportional number of hours.] 





Tempebatube. 





Above or 

 below the 



Mean for 

 the week 



Oct. 8. 



Accumulated. 



Districts. 







i % ■ 

 11 



S Soo 



if 



Principal Wheat pro- 

 ducing Districts. 





Day- 

 deg. 



Day- 

 deg. 



Day- 



deg. 



Day- 



deg. 



0. Scotland, N. ... 



7 below 



16 



28 



— 274 



+ 240 



1. Scotland, E. ... 



6 below 



20 



19 



— 498 



4- 182 



2. England, N.E. ... 



9 below 



20 



30 



— 543 



+ 103 



3. England, E. 



12 below 



23 



38 



— 416 



+ 191 



4. Midland Cos. ... 



11 below 



23 



40 



— 519 



+ 186 



5. England, S. 



11 below 



39 



24 



— 509 



+ 227 



Principal Grazing, &c, 

 Districts. 













6. Scotland, W. ... 



7 below 



32 



15 



— 393 



+ 122 



7. England, N.W.... 



9 below 



28 



13 



— 423 



+ 130 



8. England, S.W.... 



9 below 



39 



15 



— 509 



+ 268 



9. IEELAND, N. 



6 below 



33 



7 



— 323 



+ 74 



10. Ireland, S. 



7 below 



38 



11 



— 327 



+ 124 



— Channel Islands 



7 below 



50 







— 379 



+ 154 





Rainfall. 



Bbight 

 Sunshine. 



Districts. 



Sag 



a* 





Bod 



3| 

 En 



8,1 £ 



£ '3 



Principal Wheat-pro- 

 ducing Districts. 



Tenths of 

 Inch. 





Ins. 







0. Scotland, N. ... 



3 more 



179 



29.2 



31 



29 



1. Scotland, E. ... 



3 less 



155 



21.9 



27 



31 



2. England, N.E. ... 



2 less 



144 



20.6 



38 



27 



3. England, E. ... 



2 less 



150 



19.6 



41 



30 



4. Midland Cos. ... 



6 less 



135 



19.0 



38 



28 



5 England, S. 



1 less 



138 



20.5 



37 



30 



Principal Grazing, &c. , 

 Districts. 













6. Scotland, W. ... 



7 less 



147 



30.3 



38 



32 



7. England, N.W.... 



3 less 



149 



21.8 



32 



29 



8. England, S.W.... 



6 less 



153 



25.5 



40 



35 



9. Ireland, N. 



1 less 



157 



27.4 



28 



28 



10. Ireland, S. 



6 less 



138 



26.7 



30 



33 



— Channel Islands 



1 less 



168 



22.6 



37 



40 



Markets. 



COVENT GARDEN, October 11. 

 Market quiet; no alteration. James Webber \ Whole- 

 sale Apple Market. 



Fbuit.— Average Wholesale Prices, 



Apples, half-sieve 

 Cobs, 100 1b.... 

 Grapes, per lb. 

 Lemons, per case . 

 Melons, each 



s. d. s. d. 



2 0-46 



65 0-70 



.10-26 



12 0-21 



.10-30 



Peaches, dozen ... 2 0- 6 

 Pine-apples, Eng. ,1b. 16-20 

 Plums, half-Bieve ... 2 6- 4 6 

 — St. Michael, each 2 0-60 



Vegetables. — Average Retail Prices. 

 s. d. s. d. 



Mustard and Cress, 



punnet 4- ... 



Onions, per bunch ... 5- ... 

 Parsley, per bunch... 4- ... 

 Potatos, per cwt. ... 4 0-50 



„ kidney, per cwt. 4 0-50 

 Shallots, per lb. ... 6- ... 

 Spinach, per bushel... 2 0- ... 

 Tomatos, per lb. ... 9-10 

 Turnips, per bunch, 



new 5- ... 



Vegt. Marrows, each 1£ ... 



Artichokes, p. doz..„ 4 0- 

 Beans, Kidney, lb. ... 4- 

 Beet, red, per dozen 10-20 

 Carrots, per bunch... 6- ... 

 Cauliflowers, each ... 3- ... 

 Celery, per bundle ...16-20 

 Cucumbers, each ... 6-09 

 Endive, per dozen ... 2 0- ... 

 GreenMint, bunch.,, 4- ... 

 Herbs, per bunch ... 4- ... 

 Leeks, per bunch ... 4- ... 

 Lettuce, per dozen... 1 6- ... 

 Mushrooms, punnet 2 6- ... 



Potatos.— Myatt's finished. Beauty of Hebron, 70s. to 80s. 

 Regents, 70s. to 90s. ; and Maguums, 70s. to 80s. per ton. 



Plants in Pots.— Average Wholesale Prices. 



Aralia Sieboldi, doz. 6 

 Asters, per dozen ... 6 

 Chrysanthems., doz. 4 



— large plants, each 2 

 Cockscombs, per doz. 3 

 Coleus, dozen ... 2 

 Cyperus, per dozen . 4 

 Dracaena terminalis, 



per dozen 30 



— viridis, per doz. 12 

 Ericas in var., doz.... 9 

 Euonymus, in var., 



per dozen 6 



0-60 

 0-24 

 0-18 



per dozen ... 



6 0-24 



Ferns, in var., doz. 4 0-18 

 Foliage plants, vari- 

 ous, each 2 0-10 



Ficua elastiea, each .16-70 

 Fuchsias, doz. ... 3 0- 6 

 Heliotropes, dozen... 3 0-60 

 Hydrangeas, dozen... 9 0-18 

 Liliums, yar., doz. ...18 0-30 

 Marguerites, doz. ... 6 0-12 

 Mignonette, 12 pots 3 0-60 

 Palms in var., each 2 6-21 

 Pelargoniums, scar- 

 let, per dozen ... 2 0- 6 

 Primulas, per dozen 4 0-60 

 Solanums, dozen ... 9 0-15.0 



Cut Flowers. — Average Wholesale Prices. 



s. d. s. d. 

 Marguerites, 12 bun.' 3 0-60 

 Mignonette, 12 bun. 2 0-40 

 Pelargoniums, 12 apr. 10-16 



— scarlet, 12 spr.... 4 0-80 

 Primulas, double, 12 



sprays 10-16 



Pyrethrums, 12 bun. 2 0-40 

 Roses, Tea, per doz. 10-30 



— coloured, dozen. 2 0-40 



— red, per dozen ... 6-10 



— Safrano, dozen... 10-20 

 Stephanotis, 12 spr. 4 0-60 

 Tuberoses. 12 blms.... 6-10 

 Violets, 12 bunches... 10-20 



— dark, Fr., bunch 16-20 



— Parme, Fr., bun. 3 0-40 



s. d. s. d. 

 Abutillons, 12 bun.... 3 0-60 



— French^ per bun. 16-26 

 Bouvardias, per bun. 6-10 

 Camellias, 12 blms. 3 0-40 

 Carnations, 12 blms. 2 0-30 

 Chrysant hemums, 



12 blooms 6-30 



— dozen bunches... 9 0-18 

 Eucharis, per dozen 4 0-80 

 Gardenias. 12 blooms 3 0-60 

 Gladiolus, doz. sprays 16-30 

 Heliotropes, 12 spr. 6-10 

 Li Hum longiflorum, 



12 blooms 4 0-60 



— lancifolium. 12 bl. 10-30 

 Lapageria, 12 blooms 10-20 



f The sudden and severe frost (for the season) has consider- 

 ably altered the prices for the time, many outdoor useful 

 flowers being cut off, so that indoor flowers at the present 

 time do not meet the demand. 



seeds. 



London: Oct. 10. — Messrs. John Shaw & Sons, 

 seed merchants, of 37, Mark Lane, E.C., report 

 an active business passing in Clover seeds at still 

 advancing rates. Some strong German buying has 

 materially driven up the prices of American red. 

 In Alsike, white, and Trefoil, the late rise is more 

 than sustained. Perennial and Italian Kye-grasses 

 keep firm. Winter Tares are in good request on 

 former terms. Seed Eye is steady. There is no 

 change in either Mustard or Rape seed. Blue Peas, 

 with a brisk inquiry, are considerably dearer. The 

 new Haricots show fine quality, and sell at moderate 

 figures. For bird seeds the sale is small. 



FRUIT AND VEGETABLES. 



Stratford : Oct. 9. — Supply has been good during 

 the past week, and a fair trade was done at the fol- 

 lowing prices : — Cabbages, 2s. to 3s. per tally ; Tur- 

 nips, 30s. to 40s. per ton ; Carrots, household, 35s. to 

 40s. do. ; do., cattle feeding, 25s. to 34s. do. ; Mangels, 

 16s. to 20s. do. ; Swedes, 18s. to 22s. do. ; Onions, 

 Dutch, 3s. to 4s. per bag ; Apples, English, 3s. dd. 

 to 7s. per bushel ; Watercress, &d. per dozen ; Pears, 

 3s. to 5s. 6d. per bushel ; Walnuts, 9s. to 10s. per 

 bag ; do., 15s. 6d. to 17s. per sack ; Tomatos (Bor- 

 deaux), 9d. per small box; do., 3s. per large box; 

 Damsons, 3s. 6d. per half-sieve ; Plums, 2s. per 

 molly ; do., 3s. 3d. per sieve. 



POTATOS. 



Borough and Spitalfields : Oct. 8. — Moderate 

 supplies and steady trade for best samples, but in- 

 ferior very unsaleable, even at low prices. Begents, 

 60s. to 100s. ; Hebrons, 60s. to 90s. ; Early Roses, 

 50s. to 80s ; Magnum Bonums, 50s. to 100s. per ton. 



Sfitalfields : Oct. 10. — Quotations : — Magnums, 

 55s. to 70s. ; Imperators, 65s. to 75s. ; Early Rose, 

 60s. to 70s. ; English Regents, 65s. to 75s. ; do., 

 kidneys, 60s. to 70s. ; Beauty of Hebron, 75s. to 80s. ; 

 and Champions, 55s. per ton. 



Stratford : Oct. 9 :— Quotations : — Magnums, 

 lightland, 60s. to 80s. ; do., darkland, 50s. to 60s. ; 

 Regents, 60s. to 80s. ; Beauty of Hebron, 60s. to 80s. 

 per ton. 



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 per doz. 



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 per 100 

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