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PRICES OF VEGETABLES AND FHUIT. [Sept. 1896. 



Prices of Vegetables and Fruit — continued. 



ii. — Monthly Mean Prices (Wholesale) of Fruit at the 

 under-mentioned Markets. 



(Compiled from the Gardeners' Chronicle.) 



Description. 



June. 





July. 



Covent Garden : — 



s. d. 



s. d. 





d. 



s. d. 



Apples, Tasmanian, per bushel case 



9 6toll 0 









Cherries, Dukes, per half sieve .... 



Whites, „ .... 

 „ Blacks, „ „ .... 

 Currants, Black, per half sieve .... 



Bed, „ .... 



6 6 



4 0 



5 3 



,,7 9 

 „ 6 0 

 „ 6 6 



5 



6 

 6 

 6 

 3 



0 to 

 o „ 

 2 „ 

 8 



7 „ 



5 6 

 9 0 

 8 0 

 7 7 

 4 3 



Figs, per dozen ...... 



3 6 



» 5 6 



2 



1 ,, 



2 7 



Gooseberries, per half sieve - 

 Grapes, Alicante, per lb. - 



„ Hamburg, „ ..... 



„ Muscats, English, per lb. - 



„ „ Channel Islands, per lb. 



4 0 

 1 6 



1 1 



2 9 

 1 10 



„ 5 0 

 „ 2 0 

 ,,17 



„ 3 6 

 „ 2 6 



2 

 1 

 1 

 2 

 1 



o „ 

 6 „ 



5 „ 



6 „ 

 8 „ 



2 6 

 2 0 



2 4 



3 0 

 2 0 



Melons, each - 



1 6 



» 8 0 



1 



8 „ 



2 2 



Nectarines, 1st size, per dozen .... 



2nd „„-,,;-.- 



12 0 

 5 3 



» 7 6 



11 



3 



6 



0 „ 



5 7 



Peaches, 1st size, per dozen - 



2nd „ „ 



3rd „ „ „ ■ 

 Pine apples, St. Michael, each - 

 Plums, Early Bivers, per half sieve 



11 0 



6 0 

 2 4 

 2 0 



„14 3 

 „ 7 9 

 ,,3 3 

 „ 5 0 



9 

 3 

 1 

 4 

 5 



V „ 

 0 „ 

 6 „ 

 2 „ 

 6 , 



11 7 

 4 0 

 2 0 

 7 0 

 6 0 



Tomatoes, home-grown, smooth, per dozen lbs. - 



5 6 



„ 6 0 



4 



0 „ 



4 7 



Farringdon :— 













Cherries, Whites, per half bushel - 



„ Black, „ „ .... 

 Currants, Bed, „ „ .... 



±>laCK, ,» 3, .... 



z 



— 



z 



— 



8 

 4 

 6 

 7 



0 „ 

 6 „ 

 0 

 6 



13 0 

 6 9 



Gooseberries, per half bushel .... 



3 0 



— 



2 



6 „ 



3 6 



Tomatoes, English, per dozen lbs. - - - - 

 „ Jersey, „„---- 



7 4 

 6 6 



- 



3 



6 ., 



4 6 



Borough and Spitaleields :— 













Cherries, English, per half sieve .... 



„ foreign, per basket .... 

 Currants, Bed, per half sieve .... 



Black, „ .... 



5 0 

 1 9 



,,7 6 

 ,,2 0 



4 

 1 

 5 

 5 



9 „ 

 6 „ 

 0 „ 

 4 „ 



6 9 

 2 2 

 5 6 

 5 10 



Gooseberries, per half sieve - 



3 0 



» 4 0 



1 



6 „ 



3 0 



Raspberries, per cwt. ..... 







18 



0 „ 



23 4 



Strawberries, per peck ..... 



2 9 



» 3 3 



1 



9 „ 



2 6 



Tomatoes, English, per lb. - 



0 4* 



» 0 6 



0 



4 „ 



0 6 



Stratford :— 













Gooseberries, per half sieve ..... 



2 0 



„ 2 8 



2 



4 „ 



3 3 



Strawberries, per peck ..... 



1 7 



,,3 0 



1 



3 „ 



3 6 



Tomatoes, English, per lb. - 



„ Guernsey, per lb. - 



0 4 

 0 4 



,,0 6 

 >, 0 5| 



0 

 0 



4 „ 



0 5 

 0 4 



