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E. decks d ud с produce egeo 6 24 
ual se that which is to be her 
1 re and out p its na і 
For there is no disguising the ed € the 
E riy of people with means think quite uch, i 
not more, of rarities than they ud Ф ог that are 
produced nearer ae natural t That this kind 
of feeling is on the increase, Mg li likely to con 
a circumstance th 
ava seen өрчү ый та 
possible tha an at Christm , The immense 
r cannot be reslised by those who 
are not person ay acquainted with it, and at this 
festive стоя "aod might be supposed, it is greater 
than ordin 
Euer: in colour, the bun 
of the year are [PER bunches held in esti- 
ish bein e the veris 
are immen uan tities bu 
"et 
Autumn, Ost as sour as vinegar 
_ Of English | Pines there are some Splendid ris but 
m these the St. Michael's рг roduc are usly 
qr dien LA gen on 
Perfectly sound and ligh lour at 
sufficiently ripe before e 
the little crates, so as not to epi a 
are both fine in appearance 
| in quality. Smooth Cayenne seems to be a es | 
| favourite with the St. Michael's growers. There 
so in plenty those green-looking Spanish Melun, 
not very inviting in appearance, but sometimes better 
than they look. 
e, and produced in large uter 
the finest koking è sé from the Channel Islan At 
КА they consist лы. s Glou М 
very large, and Easter Beu 
at the 
заед пез се az 
examples of this variety, grown in 
land, Phat weighed 3 lb 
Fic. I6I.—SPECIMEN POT ROSE (SEE P. 804). 
summer ; neither me they in general been so fine 
flavour as after a season, which, from TW 
extra quantity of Мей, matter stored up in them, 
extends their ping powers as well as improves both 
flavour and tex 
Foreign A т; are represented by American New 
Town T nd F э ch Calville Blanche, the 
atter very e s, might supposed, {то 
the plentiful crops, English Мон. are abundant, 
finest-loo ury Pippin and 
— Pippin. are also some very fine 
R in, and the highly- bated Ашан little 
Lady Apple It may worthy of remark that 
nothing for culinary purposes нем in su ли 
а, ог со! h ei 
di 
M. sapientum), bu 
examples when me a — had time to so ma 
bein also Custard 
cut. Fro 
ren $ - produce gy. Anona — ; Citrons 
of different varieties, immense some 
as moderate sized Мей. "Then there is 
| 
` 
{һе woe looking Prickly hie which A not a 
Pear at all, but the fruit of Cactus Opun We 
ковей. likewise a splendid basket of the p of 
Passiflora quadrangularis, 
Fruits of all 
salesmen are sold by rtp and ie baci} m with 
which the lots are knocked down, even when th 
represent considerable san would surprise any one 
who has not seen. such sale 5, апа whois not acquainted 
ittletime 
ren mongst the Mat. pair in | the sees 
department are French crisp 
small Olive-shaped Radishes, the the latter [ж жу са to 
its kind—not the thick, tap-roo oarse strain, 
genérally sold here for this 
jupe ind is uer from Holland, in 
y 
that 
culinary vegetables, the Potato, it is evident that 
the introduction of the coarse American varieties to 
this country has been п роге infliction upon сопе 
sumers єў have not of their own, 
The weight of crop that és v will produce has induced 
growers to such an t with 
them and the Continental sorts up to the present time 
the market might be end to the 
traversed 
other and few samples of we English kinds met 
i No doubt later on and 
е 
ом, bu 
complaint has been that to meet with a good Potato 
in ud was an exception. 
——À Christmas decorative plant, 
sm been, as usual, a great demand ; 
of tons have been brought by aL Holly, 
trees and shrubs is this year 
is 
Christmas trees шоу Spruce) there are in untold 
quantities, from the small plants in 8-inch pots up to 
