S(i HORTICULTURAL TOUR. 



The very limited portion of time which we arc able to 

 dedicate to our tour, obliges us here to take leave of Ghent. 

 We do so with some feelings of regret ; having seen 

 enough to convince us, that longer residence, and more pa- 

 tient investigation, might afford both to the gardener and 

 the husbandman much useful information. 



Miscellaneous Observations. — Markets ; Succory, fyc. tyc. 

 We have, during our stay, daily visited the green-mar- 

 ket. Next to the fine cauliflower already mentioned, the 

 best culinary production seems to be Carrots, which are 

 uniformly clean and healthy, and remarkably juicy, sur- 

 passing in quality those which we saw at Bruges. The 

 orange-coloured variety is not uncommon ; but the red 

 carrot, with us styled field-carrot, seems to be more gene- 

 rally cultivated. M. De Cock mentioned, that it is custo- 

 mary to sow some of the seed of these red carrots on hot- 

 beds about New Year's day, and thus to have young roots 

 for use in February and March. A full crop is sown in 

 the gardens in March and April, and during the rest of 

 the year fine carrots appear plentfully on the stalls. The 

 excellence may in a great measure depend on the favour- 

 able nature of the soil ; but it might be worth while to 

 procure some of the Ghent carrot-seed. M. De Cock also 

 mentioned a kind of Early Pea, the seeds of which ripen in 

 July ; and added, that the new peas, sown in that month, 

 yield a crop in September of the same year, — vegetation 

 going on very rapidly at that warm season, and this va- 

 riety running very quickly into flower and cod. — The Ear- 

 ly Potatoes here are inferior to those of the Edinburgh 

 market. Kitchen vegetables are in general cheap in Ghent ; 

 but tlx- unfavourable season has raised the prices. Pease, 

 beans, and other pulse, are sold by t]\v French mea- 



