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PRICES OF VEGETABLES AND FRUIT. [March 1897. 



Prices of Vegetables and Fruit — continued. 



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

 under-mentioned Markets. 



(Compiled from the Gardeners' Chronicle.) 



JJESCKIPTION. 



December, 1896. 



January 



, 1897. 



Covent Garden : 



Apples, Blenheims, per sieve - 



s. 

 5 



d. 



0 to 



s. 

 6 



d. 

 0 



s. 

 5 



d. 



0 to 



s. 

 7 



d. 

 0 



„ Wellingtons, „ 



5 



0 „ 



6 



0 



5 



0 „ 



8 



0 



„ ordinary kinds, „ 



2 



o „ 



3 



0 



2 



o „ 



3 



0 



Grapes, Alicante, 1st quality, per lb. - 



1 



3 „ 



1 



9 



1 



3 „ 



2 



0 



» » 2nd ,, „ 



0 



10 „ 



1 



2 



1 



0 „ 



1 



2 



„ Gros Colmar, selected, ,, 



I 



q 



*» j> 



2 



0 



I 



q 



«/ ,, 



2 



g 



„ „ 2nd quality, per lb. 



1 



0 







1 



3 „ 



1 



6 



„ Muscats, English, 1st quality, 

 per lb. 



„ ., ,, zuu. qudiiiy, 

 per lb. 



jmulSj cod, per iuu ids. - - - 



3 

 2 

 30 



6 „ 

 0 „ 



o ,; 



4 

 2 

 65 



6 

 6 

 0 



3 

 2 

 50 



6 „ 

 0 „ 

 0 „ 



5 

 3 

 60 



6 

 6 

 0 



x ineappies, ot. ivAicnaei, e<tcn - - 



1 



6 „ 



8 



6 



3 



0 „ 



5 



0 



lOIIlalOci!) llOIllc-giOVVUj Mil (JUL 11, JJCl 



dozen lbs. 

 „ ordinary kinds, per dozen lbs. 



3 

 1 



o „ 

 6 „ 



3 

 2 



6 

 0 











„ Canary Islands, per case 



^aDOUl U IDS.y 



3 



0 „ 



5 



6 



3 



0 „ 



5 



6 



Liverpool : 



Grapes, English, per lb. 



2 



0 „ 



4 



0 



1 



6 „ 



3 



6 



foreign, 



0 



6 „ 



0 



8 



0 



6 „ 



0 



8 



Pineapples, English, each 



4 



0 „ 



8 



0 



4 



0 „ 



10 



6 



„ foreign, „ 



1 



6 „ 



2 



6 



4 



0 „ 



6 



6 



Glasgow : 

 Apples, per stone - 



1 



0 „ 



2 



6 



1 



0 „ 



2 



0 



Grapes, foreign, per lb. 



0 



4 „ 



0 



6 



0 



4 „ 



0 



8 



„ home, „ 



1 



0 „ 



2 



0 



1 



0 „ 



3 



0 



Pears, per lb. - 



0 



5 „ 



0 



6 



0 



6 „ 



0 



8 



Tomatoes, Guernsey, per lb. - 



0 



3 „ 



0 



5 



0 



6 







„ Scotch, „ 



0 



** 







0 



& 



0 



10 



