370 THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN’S COMPANION.— August 10, 1850. 
anil there with little slips of bacon, season them with 
pepper and salt, put them into an earthen jug, with a 
blade of mace, an onion stuck with cloves, and a bunch of 
sweet herbs; cover the jug, or lay the meat in so close that 
nothing can get in; then set it in a pot of boiling water, and 
three hours will do it; turn it out into the dish, and take 
out the onion and herbs ; add a little thickening, a glass of 
port wine, and serve that over the hare; if you do not like 
it larded, leave it out. 
Petit Patties for Garnishing Dishes. —Make a short 
crust, roll it thick, make them about as big as the bowl of a 
spoon, and about an inch deep; take a piece of veal enough 
to till the patty, as much bacon and beef suet, shred them 
all very fine, season them with pepper, salt, and a little 
sweet herbs, put them into a stew-pan, keep turning them 
about, with a few mushrooms chopped small, for eight or 
ten minutes; then till your petit patties, and cover them 
with some crust, colour them with the yolk of an egg, and 
bake them. 
Tickle for Tongues, Beef, and Pork. —Bibs, of bay 
salt, 2lbs. of common salt, Jib. of saltpetre, lib. of moist 
sugar, boiled in two gallons of water for one hour, and skim 
it. Let it stand until cold, then put it over the meat. The 
meat to be salted with common salt twenty-four hours 
before put into the pickle; the bay salt and saltpetre to be 
bruised fine, and then put into cold water, then boiled. 
Beef and pork must not be pickled together. 
Two Christmas Puddings. —1 Jib. of flour; 1 Jib. of French 
bread; 2.£tbs. of suet, wlieu chopped; 2£!bs. of plums, stoned ; 
2Jlbs. of currants, washed ; 20 eggs; 15 ozs. of moist sugar; 
15 ozs. of lemon peel, candied; 5 ozs. orange-peel,candied ; 
5 ozs. citron-peel, candied; 3 small nutmegs, ground; one- 
third of an ounce of mace ; one-tlhrd of an ounce of cloves; 
30 bitter almonds, ground; a very little Cayenne ; 1 quart of 
milk; \ pint of brandy; 1 pint of ale ; 1 lemon-peel, chopped 
fine. Mix the spice with the flour before the suet; after 
the suet mix the fruit, &c. Dry the flour first in the^oven. 
Best to mix in the milk the over night. 
Mulligatawney Soup.— Boil the meat, lib. of scrag mut¬ 
ton, in three pints of water till reduced to half. Take out 
the meat and lay by on a plate. Mix into the broth the 
Curry Powder, and the two table-spoonsful of split peas, 
one onion sliced, the juice of the tamarind, and one tea¬ 
spoonful of salt. Boil, covered up, for a quarter of-an-hour ; 
strain through a sieve, and julp the peas a little while strain¬ 
ing ; chop a bit of onion, and fry in a bit of butler; pour the 
liquor on it, and simmer live minutes. 
OIJR LETTER BOX. 
Canker in Pigeons—Distinguishing the Sex of Young Birds. 
—“ I should be very much obliged if you could tell me the cause of young 
pigeons having ulcers in their throats, and what to do to cure them ? 
I have lost a great many this season. Also, how to tell a male bird 
from a female when young?—A Constant Subscriber.” 
[Canker or ulcers in the mouths and throats of pigeons are attributable 
to several causes, as fighting and pecking each other; drinking foul or 
dirty water ; and water that is given in tin vessels is considered very 
liable to produce this disease. I believe it is also sometimes assignable 
to the want of green food. When once introduced it spreads rapidly, 
being very infectious ; therefore the diseased birds should be separated 
from the healthy. As a cure, I advise cleanliness ; remove the tumours, 
and touch the part thoroughly with caustic. As preventives, I advise 
stoneware drinking-vessels; greenmeats, as lettuces, cabbages, &c.; and 
a lump of rock salt to peck at. The sexes of young birds are very diffi¬ 
cult to determine; the most practised eye is sometimes deceived. The 
hen has usually the narrower head and beak, the shorter breast-bone, 
and her vent-bones are wider apart. But the best plan is to wait till the 
birds are matchable, when the play of the cock, and the show of the hen, 
put an end to all doubts.—B. P. B.] 
Exhibiting Game Chickens {Amateur).— Game chickens are old 
enough to exhibit at four months old ; but, in common with other breeds, 
the older they are the greater their prospect of success in competition. 
They should be dubbed before they are shown. 
Diseased Spanish Fowls.— “ Would you be so kind as to inform 
me in your next number how to treat Spanish chickens, three or four 
months old, under the following circumstances ?—Their combs appear 
very dark purple at the edges ; their feet cold ; body cold and stiff ; 
cropbound, i.c., food undigested ; no difficulty of breathing, but very 
offensive ; likewise, after the medicine I gave them had operated, they 
became so offensive that it was disagreeable to come near the cage. No 
matter how much they are purged, the food still remains undigested, 
and rather more consolidated into a hard lump, though previously soft. 
Their food has been bran and oatmeal scalded, and occasionally oats and 
barley; their walk a garden and orchard, abundance of fresh water, 
with everything requisite for fowls, as I am no novice in them ; -but how 
to combat this disease I know not. They die, generally, the third day 
after being attacked. I have fowls at a farm-house similarly attacked. 
I might, perhaps, have said that with some it begins with a costive, 
and with others a very loose state of bowels.— Black Spanish.” 
[I can only imagine, as the disease occurs at two separate walks, that 
the strain is tainted with scrofula from breeding in and in, or some other 
cause. This disease is hereditary, and would most probably be developed 
in the form of small cheesy-looking tubercles in the interior of the 
body. The only remedy in such a case would be a new stock.—W. B. 
Tegetmeier.] 
Rearing Weakly Fowls (W. H.).— 0 \it correspondent asks the 
most likely plan of rearing some Spangled Hamburghs that were bred in 
and in. They are ricketty, with twisted spine, and weak on the legs, 
with dry plumage. Unless of surpassing beauty in the markings, kill 
them; if it is wished to preserve them, a green run, oatmeal and milk, 
barleymeal and milk, a little small wheat, crushed corn, &c. Any or 
all of these for a change will effect all that can be done in the way of 
diet; and as a tonic a little iron as they are purged, one grain of the 
sulphate of iron (green vitriol) daily.—W. B. T. 
Barrenness of Hybrids between Bantam and Pheasant 
(S. S. //.).—if, as your note seems to imply, your birds are bred from a 
Bantam and a true Pheasant, and not from a Pheasant fowl or Spangled 
Hamburgh, they will be sterile; they are mules, and incapable of re¬ 
production. The hens will lay, but the eggs will not hatch.—W. B. T. 
8s. to 12s. 
FRUIT. 
Apples, kitchen, per 
bushel. 
,, dessert .. . 
Pears, per dozen ... 
Peaches, per doz. ... 
Nectarines, do. 
Pine-apples, perlb.. 
HothouseG rapes, perlb. 3 s. 
Strawberries, per lb. 3 d. 
Foreign Melons, each 2s. 
Wall Cherries, perlb. Is. to is.6d. 
12s. 
Is. 
10s. 
10s. 
6s. 
20s. 
3 s. 
20s. 
20s. 
10s. 
6s. 
Is. 
5 s. 
Cherries, per lb. 
6d. 
Is. 
Shallots, per lb. 
6d. 
to Is. 
Oranges, per 100 .... 
4 s. 
10s. 
Lettuce, Cos, each ... 
fid. 
,, 8r. 
Seville Oranges, do... 
6s. 
12s. 
,, Cabbageper doz 
2d. 
,, 3 d. 
Lemons. 
6s. 
,, 
12s. 
Endive, per score .. ls.6d. 
,, 2s. 
AInionds, per lb. 
2s. 
— s. 
Celery, per bunch.. .. 
od. to ls.6d 
Nuts, Filberts, per 
Radishes,Turnip, per 
100 lbs. 
50 s. 
60s. 
dozen bunches .... 
— to fid. 
,, Cobs, ditto .. 
80 s. 
,,100s. 
Water Cresses, ditto.. 
Cd. 
,, 9 d. 
,, Barcelona,per 
Small Salad, per 
bushel. 
20s. 
22s. 
punnet. 
2d 
„ 3 d. 
Nuts, Brazil, ditto.. 
1 2s. 
14 s. 
Artichokes, per lb.... 
— 
2d. 
Walnuts, per 1000 .. 
9 s. 
12s. 
Asparagus, perbdl.... 
3 s. 
,, 5 s. 
Chestnuts, per bushel 
15 s. 
24 s. 
Sea-kale,per punnet . 
— 
Rhubarb, per bundle 
3 d. 
,, Od- 
VEGETABLES. 
Cucumbers, each. 
4 d. 
,, 6d. 
Cabbages, per doz. Is.to Is 
6d. 
Mushrooms,perpot Is. 6d 
t > 2s. 
,, Red,perdoz. 
2s. 
to 
4 s. 
HERBS. 
Cauliflowers, each.... 
9 d. 
,, 
Is. 
Basil, per bunch .... 
4 d. 
to 6d. 
Brocoli, per bdle. 
3 d. 
,, 
6d. 
Marjoram, per bunch 
4 d. 
,, 6d. 
Savoys. 
18. 
,, 
2s. 
Fennel, per bunch .. 
2d. 
,, 3 d. 
Greens, per doz. bnch. 4 s. 
> t 
6s. 
Savory, per bunch .. 
2d. 
.» 3 d. 
Spinach, per sieve .. 
— 
4 s. 
Thyme, per bunch .. 
2d. 
„ 3 d. 
French Peas, per bshl. 
6s. 
n 
10s. 
Parsley, per bunch .. 
2d. 
,, 3 d. 
French Beans, per 100 
Is. 
2s. 
Mint, per bunch .... 
2d. 
„ 4 d, 
Carrots, per bunch .. 
9 d. 
»» 
Is. 
Green Mint . 
fid. 
„ 8d. 
Parsnips, per doz. 6d. to 9 d. 
Beet, per doz. Is. to Is Cd. 
Potatoes, per cwt. .. 3 s. to 6s. 
,, Frame, per lb. 6d. 
,, New, per lb .. 2d. 
Onions, Y’ng,per b’ncb. 4 d. 
,, Old, per bushel 5 s 
Turnips, per bunch 
Leeks, per bunch .., 
Garlic, per lb. 
Horseradish, per 
bundle. is. 6d. to 2s. 6d 
9 d. 
2d. 
6d. 
Od. 
4 d. 
6d. 
7 s. 
is. 
3 d. 
8d. 
POULTRY. 
Large Fowls 5 s. Od. to 5 s. 6d. each. 
Smaller do 3 s. 6d. to 4 s od. ,, 
2s. 6d. to 2s. 9d. ,, 
6s. Od. to 7 s. Od. ,, 
2 s. 9 d. to 3 s. 3 d. ,, 
Grouse, young.... 
Chickens 
Geese. 
Ducks .... 
LONDON MARKETS.—A i-gubx 18 th. 
COVENT GAKDEN. 
Heavy consignments of foreign Plums have come to hand this week, 
being the chief feature in our importations of fruit. Several cargoes of 
West India Pines , of somewhat better description, have passed under 
the hammer during the last few days, the season for which is now nearly 
over. Good samples of late Currants are yet to be met with. Rasp¬ 
berries and Strawbei’ries all but done. Potato trade much the same as 
last week. 
The continuance of hot weather makes the weekly quotation difficult, 
because, while many things of unquestionable quality are sold at nominal 
prices to escape entire loss, those that promise to resist the heat make 
more than an average market price. In returning for Grouse, it is 
necessary to say the price quoted extends only to Saturday last. Judging 
from the supply, we should say the English moors were well stocked 
with forward birds. The arrivals from Scotland say but little for the 
season. 
Pigeons . 8d. to 9 d. each. 
Quails .... 2 s. Od. to 0 s. Od. ,, 
Leverets.. 4 s. Od. to 4 s. 6d« ,, 
Rabbits.... Is. 5 d. to Is. 6d. ,, 
Wild ditto. lOd. to Is. ,, 
.. 3 s. 6d. to 4 s. 6d. 
London : Printed by Hugh Barclay, Winchester High-street, in 
the Parish of Saint Mary Kalendar ; and Published for the Proprietors 
at Tiie Cottage Gardener Office, No. 20, Paternoster Row, in 
the Parish of Christ Church, City of London.—August 19, 1856 . 
