344 PRICES OF VEGETABLES AND FRUIT. [Dec. 1896. 



PRICES OF VEGETABLES AND FRUIT. 



i. — Monthly Prices (Wholesale) of Vegetables at the under- 

 mentioned Markets. 



(Compiled from the Gardeners Chronicle.) 



Description. 



September. 



i 



October. 



Cove nt Garden : 



s. 



d. 



s. 



d. 



s. 



d. 



s. 



d. 



Beans, scarlet runners, per sieve 



1 



0 to 



3 



0 











Cauliflowers, per 5 dozen 



4 





5 



0 



2 



6 to 



7 



6 



Cucumbers, home grown, per dozen 



1 



o 



3 



o 



2 



0 „ 



3 



o 



„ Ridge, per pad (about 10 

 dozen). 



5 



0 















„ Dutch, per dozen - 



1 



0 















Marrows, vegetable, per 5 dozen tally - 



2 



o „ 



3 



0 











Mushrooms, indoor, per lb. 



0 



6 „ 



1 



0 



1 



0 „ 



1 



6 



„ outdoor, per half sieve 



2 



0 „ 



5 



0 











Potatoes : — 



Dunbar Main Crop, per ton - 











Jo 



0 ,,105 



0 



„ Bruce, per ton 











Q A 



0 „ 



90 



0 



Lincoln Main Crop, per ton - 











/ 0 



0 „ 



85 



0 



Blacklands, per ton - 













0 







Liverpool : 



















Cabbages, per dozen - 



0 



6 „ 



i 



6 



0 



6 „ 



1 



0 



Carrots, per cwt. - 



3 



0 „ 



4 



0 



2 



6 „ 



3 



6 



„ per dozen bunches 



0 



6 „ 



0 



10 



0 



6 ,, 



0 



8 



Cauliflowers, per dozen 



0 



6 „ 



2 



6 



0 



6 » 



2 



0 





1 



0 » 



2 



4 



0 



8 „ 



2 



0 



Oin , nmhpT , <s npr rlnzpn - 



1 



0 :> 



2 



6 











( each 



0 



3 „ 



0 



8 



0 



3 „ 



0 



8 



T,pftnpp« ViPT flrk7Pn -° <» 



iJCtlLltCOj pel U.UACJL1 



0 



6 „ 



1 



0 











MXishrooms, per lb. ™ 



0 



4 „ 



0 



8 



0 



4 „ 





0 



Onions, English, per cwt. ™ - 



5 



0 „ 



7- 



6 



5 



o „ 



6 



0 



„ foreign, „ "•' 



2 



9 „ 



3 



6 



2 



6 „ 



3 



0 



Parsley, per dozen bunches 



0 



4 „ 



0 



6 



0 



4 „ 



0 



6 



Potatoes : — 



Bruces, per cwt. - 



1 



4 » 



2 



4 



2 



0 „ 



2 



8 



Early Regents, per peck 



0 



6 3» 



0 



10 











Giants, per cwt. - 



1 



8 „ 



2 



0 





9 » 



2 



4 



Main crop, per cwt. - - 





10 „ 



3 



6 



2 



3 „ 



3 



6 



P. E. Kemps, per cwt. 



1 



6 „ 



2 



6 









Sutton's Abundance, per cwt. 



1 



6 „ 



2 



3 



1 



9 „ 



2 



3 



Swedes, per cwt. - 



1 



0 „ 



1 



8 



1 



3 „ 



1 



6 



Turnips, per dozen bunches 



0 



6 ,i 



0 



9 



0 



6 i 



0 



9 



