122 The Horticulturist's Rule- Book. 



Covent Garden (London) Measures, continued. 



Walnuts, nuts, apples and potatoes are sold by this measure. A 

 bu. of the last-named, cleansed, weighs 56 lbs., but four pounds 

 additional are allowed if they are not washed. 

 A junk contains % of a bu. 



Pottle. — A long tapering basket that holds rather over a pint 

 and a half. A pottle of strawberries should hold }4 a gal. , but 

 never holds more than 1 qt. A pottle of mushrooms should 

 weigh 1 lb. 



Hand applies to a bunch of radishes, which contains frtfm 12 

 to 30 or more, according to the season. 



Bundle contains from 6 to 12 or 20 heads of broccoli, celery, 

 etc. ; sea-kale, 12 to 18 heads ; rhubarb, 20 to 30 stems, according 

 to size ; asparagus from 100 to 150. 



Grapes are put up in 2-lb. and 4-lb. punnets ; new potatoes by 

 the London growers in 2-lb. punnets. Apples and pears are put 

 up in bu. sieves or half -sieves. A hundredweight of Kentish fil- 

 berts is 104 lbs. Weights are always 16 ozs. to the lb. 



Bunch. — Radishes, 12 to 24 ; carrots, 12 and upwards ; turnips, 

 12 and upwards ; leeks, 6 and upwards. 



A roll of celery contains 6, 8, to 12 heads or roots. 



A score of lettuce or endive is 22. 



A tally is 5 dozen. 



Flowers are the friends of all, and we look with 

 amazement at the person who cannot find some amount 

 of pleasure in their study. 



— Hilderic Friend. 



