Dec. 1895.] PKICES OF VEGETABLES AND FRUIT. 



891 



Prices of Vegetables and Fruit — continued. 



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

 under-mentioned Markets. 



(Compiled from the Gardeners Chronicle.) 



Description. 



August. 



Septembei 





October. 





s. 



d. 



s. 



d. 



s. 



d. 



s. 





s. 



d. 





S. 



i. 



CovENT Garden : 





























Apples, per bushel . - - - 



1 



6 



to 2 



0 



1 



0 



to 2 



A 

 U 



1 



2 



to 



2 



7 



,i dessert, pei* liRlf'Sieve ■ 











2 



0 



« 3 





2 



0 



„ 



3 



0 



Col)S, per 100 lbs. - - • • 



40 



0 



„ 45 



0 



40 



0 



„ 45 



Q 



33 



0 





38 



0 



Dridsoiis, per liSjlf sieve - - - 



1 



9 



>» 2 



0 





Q 



1 



1 A 



]^ 



Q 





2^ 



3 



Fig's, per dozen .... 



0 



9 



„ 1 



7 



0 



7 



» 1 



0 



0 



9 





1 



0 



"Pi 1 Vio-p-f-o nov inn 11-\G ... 



-TiiueiLaj pel ivu iua. 



35 



0 



40 



0 



25 



0 



28 



n 

 U 



25 



0 









Grapes, 1st quality, black, English, per lb. 



1 



3 



„ 1 



6 



1 



3 



„ 1 



6 



1 



3 





1 



6 



» 2nd 



0 



9 



» 1 



0 



0 



6 



1 



0 



0 



6 



„ 



1 



0 



,, Guernsey, per lb. - . - 

 Greengages, pei" half-sieve - - - 



0 



8 



„ 1 



1 



0 



6 



» 0 



Q 



0 



6 





0 



9 



3 



9 



„ 4 



6 



3 



6 



» 4 



A 



u 













Melons, each - - - ▼ - 



1 



2 



» 1 



8 



1 



0 



•, 1 



Q 



y 



1 



0 



„ 



2 



0 



Peaches, l&t size, per dozen 



4 



4 



8 



0 



5 



0 



» 7 



A 



u 



9 



0 



„ 



13 



3 



,, 2nd ,, „ - 



1 



9 



» 3 



2 



2 



6 



» 3 



6 



3 



0 



„ 



4 



0 



8rd 



Pears, per bushel .... 



0 



10 



» 1 



3 



0 



10 



„ 1 



3 



1 



0 





1 



6 











2 



0 



» 4 



A 



u 























8 



0 



„ 9 



A 



5 



0 





6 



0 



„ Capiauniont, per bushel 











9 



0 



10 



Q 













„ Marie Louise, per half sieve 



















8 



4 





4 



8 





















3 



8 





5 



4 



,, Williams, per bushel 











4 



0 



„ 10 



A 













per half sieve - 



3 



9 



>, 4 



6 





















Plums, per half sieve 



2 



6 



„ 3 



0 



2 



6 



» 3 



0 



2 



6 





3 



0 



Pond's seedling, per half sieve 

 Prunes, per half sieve - - - 











5 



0 



„ 6 



0 



5 



0 





6 



0 



















2 



0 





































lbs. ------ 



2 



6 



» 4 



0 



2 



9 



» 3 



Q 

 O 



4 



0 





4 



9 



Tomatoes, homegi*own, ordinary, per 





























%JL{Jcj\^Ll IJJo. - - - - - 



2 



7 



» 3 



2 



2 



0 



» 2 



ft 

 D 



2 



9 





3 



6 





1 



6 



» 3 



0 



1 



4 



1 



1 ft 



2 



2 





2 



8 



Walnuts, best English, shelled, per bushel 



















10 



0 



■>> 



12 



0 



Paeringdon : 





























Apples, cooking, per bushel 



3 



0 



» 4 



0 



2 



6 



» 3 



0 



3 



6 









„ Canadian Gravenstein, per barrel 



















11 



0 





14 



0 



„ Ingestre, per bushel 



5 



6 







5 



6 



„ 6 



0 













„ Keswick Codlins, per bushel' 



4 



0 

























„ Quarrenden, per bushel - 



5 



6 



" 6 



0 





















Chestnuts, per bag - - - . 

 Damsons, per bushel 



















13 

 2 



0 

















2 



6 



„ 4 



0 



0 









Grapes, per lb. - - - - 



1 



0 



» 1 



3 











1 



0 





1 



3 



Greengages, per bushel • - 



9 



6 



„ 12 



0 



12 



0 

















Melons, per dozen .... 



3 



6 



4 



0 





















Peaches, per case - . - - 











6 



0 

















Pears, per bushel - - . . 





6 

























„ per barrel .... 

 „ Calabash, per half bushel - 



7 



6 





























>» 













7 



0 









„ Marie Louise, per bushel - 



















6 



0 









Pineapples, each .... 



2 



0 

























Plums, per lialf bushel - . - 



4 



0 



6 



0 



2 



6 



» 4 



6 



2 



0 

 6 





2 



6 



Prunes, per half bushel 



















2 









Tomatoes, per dozen lbs. - 



3 



6 



„ 4 



6 



3 



0 







3 



9 





6 



0 



Walnuts, per bag - . - . 



















13 



0 





14 



0 



„ Grenoble, per bag (35 lbs.) 





















0 





5 



6 



