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In the early part of the year the high-priced endive finds its way 
into the English market, vid Paris, from. Algeria. That asparagus may 
be bought on the street stalls by the poor of London is to be accounted 
for by the fact that the enormous supply which constantly arrives from 
the Riviera and the south of France generally, and is possibly what might 
be called market overflow ; still, at the same time, it is a proof of the 
all cases it is purchased from the Paris dealers. The bundles have 
tó be packed in open crates or cages, the dainty vegetable absolutely 
requiring a fresh and sweet air to "prevent its fouling and becoming 
useless for good market AO nie And the French have reduced 
packing to a fine art. most aioe ts consideration it is, for if the 
work be slovenly, without due care being bestowed on it, the goods are 
sure to be destroyed. G cking is Koiiost as important as good 
across Channel, the first consignments arriving about the beginning of 
ay. ‘These are foilowed up by the crops of the Channel Islands, Jersey, 
and Guernsey, which have to make way for English produce, as a rule, 
about the middle of June. Spinac , again, arrives both late and early 
from the Riviera, and is constantly competing with the English produce, 
Horse radish, to a great extent, reaches us wd Hamburg, packed in 
onades which are again packed.in hogsheads. 'The demand for this 
table is much on the increase, anything. hepar is sharp, savoury, or 
de to the tongue being more and more popular with the poor. 
Garlic, as might not be » expected, is sold in des tees bulk in Covent 
Garden Market ; 10 tons have been put up for auction in a single 
morning, the streng-smelliog »ulb beginning to arrive about the second 
week in 1 August, in sacks holding from 1 ewt. to 1} cwts., and coming 
mainly from. Italy, the es of Fran ce, and from Sp in. Lateri n the 
season the principal ST of shallots is of Dutch [pecca oaia 
the first early lots mostly come from the Riviera. 
It may be safely said, then, that all out-of-season vegetables - lettuce, 
cauliflower, spinach—are of French exportation, arriving, vid Paris, 
m Afri w is it, then, that we have no direct communication 
with African growers ? "The reason is that the French guard, or think 
they do, the interests of their colony with the utmost jealousy, and do 
their utmost to prevent us coming in mercantile touch with it, The 
choicest luxuries of the market are, of course, French-Algerian. Even 
the Russians buy direct from Paris, and every day are ‘ready to give 
higher prices than can be afford: d by our own dealers. "Take, for 
instance, mushrooms, at least those intended for table use. ‘They are - 
distinetly Parisian specialities, the coarser sorts used for pickling and 
sauce being grown elsewhere. Throughout the Riviera the mushroom 
growers make a splendid harvest. And the delicate small turnips and 
carrots, which during the last two or three seasons age so often formed 
part of our most tasty entrées, are French likewi some reason 
or other, the French undoubtedly beat us in delicate prodati Our 
