Manchester Fruit and Vegetable Markets. 
479 
Year 1877 — From 
Germany .. .. 3,G36,G00 cwts. 
Hollaiul .. .. 729,941 „ 
Bel£?ium .. .. 933,021 „ 
France" .. .. 2,079,185 „ 
Portugal 38,019 cwts. 
Cliannel Islands .. 304,451 „ 
Malta 03,253 „ 
Canada 84,756 „ 
making a total of 7,929,226 cwts. 
The following are the rates for carrying potatoes to Manchester 
from many of the places named : — -Belgium, 14s. per ton ; Ham- 
burg, 22.S'. Q^d. ; France, 35s. ; Jersey, 50s. ; St. Malo, 50s. ; 
Ayrshire and district, 21s. 8fZ. to 23s. 4c?. : Perth and district, 
25s. to 27s. 6rZ. ; Goole, lis. 10c?. ; Hull, 13s. Ic?. ; Keadby and 
Crowle, 12s. 2d. ; and Holbeach, IGs. 6rf. 
Cheshire. — Delamere, 8s. 8c?. ; Mouldsworth, 5s. ; Manby, 
9s. ; Helsby, 9s. ; Tarvin, 9s. ; Mobberley, 7s. lid. ; Knutsford, 
7s. lid. ; Plumbley, 8s. id. ; Northwich, 8s. 9fZ. ; Hartford, 
8s. Gd. ; Cuddington, 7s. Qd. ; and Wallasey, 8s. 4rf. 
Carrots first appear in the market in April : they come from 
France in bunches. About the first week in June they begin to 
arrive from Holland, also in bunches. Then come supplies 
from Bedfordshire. Towards the end of August large supplies 
come loose in trucks from Lincolnshire and Huntingdonshire, 
increasing in quantity as the season advances. The rate for 
bringing them from the last three places mentioned is from 
lis. 8^/. to 13s. per ton. 
The turnips supplied to the market for culinary purposes are 
grown almost exclusively within a few miles of it ; they consist 
of three sorts. First, a very excellent variety raised by Mr. James 
Kelsall, late of Stretford, now of Picton Gorse Farm, near Chester, 
about fifteen years ago. During the winter two yellow kinds 
are most in favour, the " Orange Jelly," brought out by Messrs. 
Dickson and Brown, the eminent seedsmen of Chester, and the 
" Scarisbrick Yellow." The " White Stone," generally seen in 
the South of England markets, finds no favour here. 
Forced rhubarb makes its first appearance in the market in 
Christmas week ; as the spring advances the supply increases, 
and large quantities are sold. A great deal is grown in this 
locality ; but the largest quantity, and the finest quality that 
comes from any one place, is grown by Mr. Joseph Whitwell, 
of Kirkstall, near Leeds ; Mr. Whitwell has made its cultiva- 
tion a speciality. The forced is succeeded by an abundance of 
the naturally grown, nearly every gardener who comes to the 
market contributing a portion. Thirty-five years ago the late 
Mr. Samuel Osbaldiston, of Baguley, was almost the only person 
who brought rhubarb to the market. He grew the kind known 
as " Myatt's Victoria ;" there was then an intermittent supply of 
the dwarf red kind, grown upon Preston old racecourse. But 
