June 1896.] 



PRICES OF VEGETABLES AND FRUIT. 



107 



Prices of Vegetables and Fruit — continued. 



iL— Monthly Mean Prices (Wholesale) of Fruit at the 

 under-mentioned Markets. 



(Compiled from the Gardeners' Chronicle.) 



Description, 



March. 



April. 



Covent Garden : 



Apples, Nova Scotian, per barrel 

 Cobs, per 100 lbs. 

 Figs, per dozen 



Grapes, Cape, black, 20 lb. boxes 

 „ „ » 1* lb. „ 

 „ „ white, 9 lb. „ 

 „ Grcs Colniar, 1 st quality, per lb. 

 „ „ „ 2nd „ per lb. 

 „ Alicante, 1st quality, per lb. - 

 „ „ 2nd „ per lb. - 



Nectarines, Cape, per box 



Peaches, per dozen 



Pears, Cape (Williams), per box of 20 

 -24 - 



Pine-apples, St. Michael, each - 

 Strawberries, morning gathered, per lb. 



„ 2nd quality, per lb. 

 Tomatoes, Canary Islands, per case, 

 12-14 lbs. 



„ „ „ per box, 



4-4| lbs. 



„ English, per lb. 



Farringdon : 



Apples, Baldwins, per barrel - 

 „ Greenings, per barrel - 

 „ Russets (No. 1), per barrel 

 „ Tasmanian, per box 



Grapes, good black, per lb. 



Pineapples, each 



Tomatoes, Canary, per box 



Borough and Spitalfields 

 Apples, per bushel 



„ dessert, per bushel 

 „ cooking, per bushel 



Stratford : 

 Apples, English, cooking, per bushel 

 „ ., dessert, per bushel 



„ Nova Scotian, per barrel 



s. 



d. 





s. d. 



s. d. 



s. d. 



14 



0 to 



22 0 



14 0 to 22 0 



25 



0 





30 0 



25 0 „ 



30 0 











6 5 „ 



8 5 



12 



0 











7 



6 





8 6 







9 



2 



0 

 10 





3 4 



4 3 „ 



4 9 



2 



7 



>> 



2 10 



2 9 „ 



3 0 



3 



6 





4 0 







2 



0 



» 



2 3 







6 



3 





7 3 







7 0 

 2 6 



5 0 



1 3 



10 

 15 

 20 



9 0 

 4 6 



5 6 



1 9 



1 6 — 



14 6 



0 „ 6 

 0 „ 7 

 3 „ 6 



4 10i 

 4 6^ 

 16 0 



15 0 „ l! 



5 5 



7 „ 

 2^ 



11 0 „ 14 6 



4?" 



0 „ 6 0 

 0 „ 8 4 

 4 „ 7 4 



5 6 „ 7 0 

 17 4 „ 22 0 



