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



Prices of Vegetables and Fruit — continued. 



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

 mentioned Markets. 



(Compiled from the Gardeners' Chronicle.) 



Description. 



September 





October. 



Covent Garden : 



s. 



a. 



s. 



d. 



s. 



d. 



s. 



d. 



Apples, cooking, per sieve 



2 



6 to 



4 



0 



2 



0 to 



3 



0 



,, dessert, per half sieve - 

 Damsons, per half sieve 



2 



6 „ 



4 



0 



2 



6 „ 



4 



0 



2 



0 „ 



4 



0 











Pigs, per dozen - ■ 



0 



6 „ 



1 



0 



0 



6 „ 



0 



8 



Grapes, Alicante, 1st quality, per lb. 



1 



0 „ 



1 



6 



1 



0 „ 



1 



3 



2nd ,, per lb. 



0 



9 



1 



0 



0 



6 „ 



0 



8 



„ Gros Colmar, per lb. 



1 



0 „ 



1 



6 



1 



0 „ 



1 



6 



Gros Maroc, per lb. - 



1 



A 



1 



6 



1 

 1 



A 



1 



3 



,, Hamburg, 1st quality, per lb. - 



1 



0 „ 



1 



6 



1 



0 „ 





3 



2nd „ per lb. - 



0 



6 „ 



0 



9 



0 



6 „ 



0 



9 



„ Muscats, English, 1st quality, 



1 



9 „ 



2 



0 



2 



0 „ 



2 



6 



per lb. 



















„ English, 2nd quality, 



1 

 1 



a 



I 



6 



0 



10 „ 



1 



6 



per lb. 



















„ „ Channel Islands, per lb. 



1 



A 



\J ,, 



1 



6 



A 



0 



9 » 



1 

 1 



0 



Medlars, per half sieve - 











2 



6 „ 



3 



0 



Melons, each - 



a 

 U 



6 „ 



1 



0 



1 



6 „ 



2 



6 



Nuts, cob, per lb. - 



A 

 U 



Q 



O ,, 



A 



4 



0 



3 







Peaches, 1st size, per dozen 



q 

 0 



A 



U ,, 



1 9 



0 



Q 



0 



1 9 



A 

 U 



„ 2nd „ „ 



1 



6 ,, 



c 

 0 



0 



4 



0 ,, 



5 



0 



„ 3rd „ „ - 



0 



9 » 





0 











Pears, Pitmaston, per half sieve 



3 



0 » 



4 



0 



3 



0 » 



4 



0 



„ Williams, „ ,, 



2 



6 » 



3 



0 











Pine-apples, St. Michael, each - 



5 



0 „ 



6 



0 



5 



0 „ 



6 



0 



Plums, per half sieve - 



2 



0 „ 



3 



0 











Tomatoes, home-grown, smooth, per 



2 



6 „ 



3 



6 



3 



6 „ 



4 



0 



dozen lbs. 



















ordinary kinds, per dozen lbs. 



1 



6 „ 



2 



0 



2 



0 „ 



2 



6 



Liverpool : 



















Damsons, per lb. 



0 



k 







0 



H 







Grapes, English, per lb. 



1 



0 „ 



3 



0 



1 



0 „ 



4 



0 



foreign 



0 



4 „ 



0 



8 



0 



4 „ 



0 



9 



Pineapples, English, each 



4 



0 „ 



6 



0 



4 





8 



0 



Glasgow : 



















Grapes, home, per lb. - 



2 



0 







2 



0 







Greengages, » - - 



0 



5 „ 



0 



6 









- 



Pears, per case - 



2 



3 „ 



2 



4 



2 



0 „ 



3 



0 



Plums, per lb. - 



0 



3 „ 



0 



4 



0 



3i, 



0 



4 



Tomatoes, Guernsey, per lb. 



0 



3 „ 



0 



5 



0 



4 „ 



0 



5 



1 „ Scotch „ 



0 



7 



1 



0 



0 



7 » 



0 



9 



