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THE COTTAGE GAEDENER. 
Novkmbkr 20. 
HOPS. I 
Bonoi'GU Market, Friday, Nov. i6.— There has been rather more | 
business floiiip in our market (luring the last few days, and a considerable 1 
quantity of good, healthy, brown Hops have been imrchased. Fine 
cidoury samples also continue in good demand, having already become 
somewhat scarce. Inferior sorts are a heavy sale. Weald of Kents, (iOs. 
8Is. to 95s.; Susses Pockets, sOs. /6s. to QOs. 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Clover, 1st cut per 
load. 
Clover, new . 
Ditto, 2nd cut ... 
i 
Meadow Hay, new 
95s. 
to 
120s, 
llOs. 
to 
I40s. 
Rowan . 
80s. 
>> 
gos. 
12Us. 
Straw, flail. 
SOs. 
»> 
36s. 
90 s. 
1403. 
Ditto, machine .... 
28a. 
3US. 
gos. 
>> 
130s. 
POTATO. 
MEAT. 
Beef, inferior, par 
8 lbs. 3s. 4J. to 3s. 8d. 
Do. middling. Ss. lOd. to 49. 
Do. prime .... 43. 2d. to 4s. 4d. 
Mutton, inferior 3s. 4d. to 3s. 8d. 
Mutton, middling .8s. lOd. to 4s. 4d. 
Do. prime ....4s. 6d. to 4s. led. 
Veal . 3s. lud. to 4s. lud. 
Pork, large. Ss. 9d. to 4s, 
Ditto, small.... 43. 4d. to 5s, 4d. 
POULTRY. 
There is still a great supply of Poultry, and a very small demand. 
Game is not so plentiful as it was supposed to be. During the past 
week there has been proof of much disease among the Grouse, num¬ 
bers being reduced to skeletons. 
Large Fowls. 5s. to Gs. each. 
Smaller do. 3s. to 3s. 6d. 
Chicken.... Is. 9d. to 2s. 3d. 
Geese. Gs. to 7a- Gd. 
Ducks . 2s. 9d. to 3s. 
Pheasants .... 3 b. to 3s. 3d. 
Partridges.. Is. Qd. to 2s. 3d. 
Grouse .... Is. 9d. to 2s. Gd. 
Hares. 2s. gd. to 3s. 
Wild Duck_23. to 2 s. Gd. each. 
Teal .8d. to gd. 
Woodcock .... 3s. to 3s. Gd. 
Snipe.Is. 3d. to Is. gd. 
Larks, per doz. Is. to Is. 3d. 
Babbits .. Is. 4d. to Is. 5d. 
Wild do.lOd. to lid. 
Turkeys ... . .5s. to 83 . 
PROVISIONS. 
BUTTER.- 
-Cwt. 
CHEESE.- 
-Cwt. 
Dorset, fine . 
1013. 
to 
I08s. Cheshire, fine .... 
.. 74 s. 
to 90 s. 
Do. middling. 
90 s. 
gGs. Gloucestershire, dble. 70 s. 
„ 76 s. 
Fresh, per doz. lbs. 
12 s. 
>> 
139. Ditto, single. 
.. 60 s. 
„ 743 . 
Friesland . 
103s. 
112s. : Somerset. 
.. 70 s. 
,, 76 s. 
Kiel. 
94s. 
gSs. Wilts, loaf. 
,, 78 s. 
Carlow . 
102 s. 
lOGs, , Ditto, double. 
.. 72 s. 
,, 783 . 
Waterford. 
gss. 
1023. Ditto, thin. 
,, 64s. 
Cork. 
98s. 
>> 
I02s. Ditto, pines . 
.. 72 s. 
Limerick. 
lOOs. 
102s. Berkeley, thin .... 
,, GGs. 
Sligo .. 
94s. 
r* 
102s. 
i HAMS.- 
■Cwt. 
BACON.- 
Cwt. 
York, new. 
to 9 O 3 . 
Wiltshire, dried .. 
SOs. 
to 
84s. Westmoreland.... 
,, 86s. 
M''aterfor(i. 
74s. 
>> 
76 s. ; Irish... 
.. 74s. 
sf 8ia. 
WOOL 
Is. 2s. to Is. 3d. 
Down Tegs ... 
Ditto Tegs and 
Ewes. 
Half-bred Hog 
gets . Is. 3d. to Is. 3.Jd. 
Do. Wethers. Is. to is, 2d. 
Is. Id. to Is, 2d. 
BARK. 
English Bark, per load of 45 cwt., 141, lOs. to IG/. 
01, Os,; and Valonia. 121, 10s. to 17^ lOs. per ton. 
Southwark Waterside, Nov. 12 .—Since our last, prices have ad¬ 
vanced, and we have a brisk trade at our quotations. We have no fresh 
arrivals to report. Kent and Essex Begents, llOs. to 120s.; ditto 
Shaws, lOOs; to 105s. ; York Begents, llOs. to 120s. ; Lincolnshire Be- 
gents, lOOs. to llos.; Wisbcach and Cambridge Begents, lOOs. to 115s. ! 
Bedford Begents, lOOs.to 1 lOs. ; djtto Shaws, g5s. to lOOs.; Norfolk Be¬ 
gents, gSs. lOOs.; ditto Whites, gOs. ; Scotch Begents (East Lothian), 
100 s. to to llOs.; ditto (Bed Mould), 100 s. to 120 s.; ditto (Perth and Fife), 
lOUs. to llOs.; ditto (North Country), 100s.; Orkney Beds (East Lo¬ 
thian, nominal), g.5s. to luos; ditto ditto (Red Mould, nominal), lOOs.; 
Scotch Cups (Perth and Fife, nominal), 90 s, to 95s.; ditto (North Country, 
nominal), gos. to gSs.; Irish Kemps and Clusters, 85s. to Os.; ditto 
White Rocks, 85s. ; ditto common Whites, SOs. per ton. 
BREAD. 
The price of Bread in the City and at the West End is still maintained 
at lOd. to ll^d, the 4lb. loaf, but in other places the bakers are selling 
the best bread at 9.id. the 4lb. loaf, while in the cheap neighbourhoods 
they profess to sell at 8id. 
Kent fleeces .. Is. Id. ,, Is. 2d. 
Leicester fleeces.... Is. ,, Is. Ijd. 
Long, heavy do. lid. to Is. 
Combing skins .. lO^d. to Is. id. 
Flannel wool.. Is. Id. to Is. 2^(1. 
Blanket wool. Gd. to lid. 
TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Edinburgh. —Pray accept our best thanks, and we wish we knew 
your address, that we might tender them more specially. There is some 
selfishness in the wish, as we might he tempted to trespass further on 
your kindness. All your suggestions are good, and have hceu attended 
to. 
Garden Labourers (A Gardener). —We do not think these, if 
paid weekly wages, and arc not resident in the house, come within the 
tax on male servants any more than do farm labourers. 
Seeds and Plants for New Zealand (A Subsoriher). —Mr. 
Beaton is at present engaged on a commission for sending out trees, 
shrubs, &c., to Van Diemen’s Land, to our old and highly valued cor¬ 
respondent, “ A Country Curate,” So soon as he has completed his 
commission, he will publish a list and particulars in our columns. They 
will apply fully as well to New Zealand. 
Peaches not ripening (W. T. JJ.).—Late, or, as they are termed, 
“October” Peaches, rarely ripen or attain any flavour on an open 
wall. Applying guano only tended to make matters worse, by jirolong- 
ing the growing of the tree. A glass lean-to over late Peaches is the 
only mocie of securing their ripening. 
Cutting Box (D. //.).—You could not have looked at page 100. 
Rhubarb-bed (.4 Constant Header, Kettering). —If by “laying” 
your mean “ dressing,” then certainly no manure can be better than 
your night soil and gypsum. The soil cannot be too rich for any 
kitchen-garden crop from which leaves only are required. 
Flax (Idem). —The following is in answer to your query about 
Linseed. Get the land into fine tilth, by frequent ploughing, harrow¬ 
ing, and rolling. Sow two bushels per acre, broadcast, iu April. It 
does well after Turnips. Clover does well sown with flax. Twenty 
bushels of seed, and a ton-and-three quarters of undressed Flax straw, 
is a good crop. It should be well weeded. 
Tamarisk for Edgings. — 31, P, L. wishes to know where this can 
he obtained. We do not know. 
Daisy on Lawns (A. B.). —You can only destroy it by having it 
rooted out. A few women with an old knife will soon clear a large lawn. 
Hoppers in Hams. — D. B. wishes to know how these maggots can 
be kept away. 
Orchard (A Sul/scriber), —Plant dwarf trees. As your soil is only 
six inches deep, you must jilant on stations. We will enquire about a 
work on French Vineyard culture. 
Names of Ferns (.4 Constant Reader). —A small frond of Poly- 
stichum lohatum, alias Aspidium lobatum. (T. G. IF., Korthampton.) 
— Vour place will suit all British Ferns. 1. Polypodium vulgure, 2. 
A's])idium aculeattim. 3. Aspidium lobatum. 5. Bteehnum boreale. 
6. Aspidium Filix mas. 
Names of Plants (F,. Billon I'icarage).—Cineraria maritima, the 
Sea Ragwort. (P. G.). —Your Tropoeolum macrophyllum is T. penta- 
sometimes called Chymocarpus pe7itaphyllus. (R. S., a Sub¬ 
scriber). —We believe yours is Tropceotum hyhridam. 
Names op Apples (J. L.). — 4. Bedfordshire Foundling. 35. 
Nortliern Greening. 38. Hoary Morning. 40. Hawlhornden. GO. 
Golden Winter Pearmain. 6:1. Golden Winter Pearmain. 87. London 
Pippin. 
Black Hamburghs not Colouring (A Con.sta7it Reader). —We 
presume that the want of colouring arose from planting so late, and 
taking too many bunches. In such circumstances, very few should have 
remained the first year. In fact, you would have been likely to have 
had a fair crop, better coloured, by allowing them to remain in the 
boxes. The check of planting caused the Vines to lose time, and the 
first thing to sutler was colour. Had you let all your bunches stay, 
you would, most likely, had shanking too. Do not be too greedy next 
season, and the Vines will right themselves. Your borders seem 
right. We have known Vines produce fine red Hamburghs one year, and 
better black ones the next. 
Carp Breeding. — Information on the above subject will much 
oblige .1 Correspondent. In a large piece of water, with a deep, sandy, 
mud bottom, iu a chalk county, the Carp grow to a large size, but as 
young Carp are never seen, they are supposed not to breed. Occa¬ 
sionally, some are found so very full of spawn, as to be mis-shapen and 
inactive. They appear not to have strength or power to throw their 
spawn, and upon examination, after being killed, there are often three 
distinct portions of spawn enclosed in separate membranes, all of the 
same size ; some eggs very much discoloured ; others in a healthy state, 
giving the appearance of spawn of three separate years, of full growth. 
Some fish are very poor, others in fine colour and condition, and very 
fat within. The water is very clear and cold. Any information as to 
the Carp not breeding as freely as Pike and other fish will be thankfully 
received. 
Pyracanthas (A. C.). —“Will these shrubs bloom and fruit on a 
north wall, entirely shaded from sun ? and can Musk Roses (climbers) be 
made to bloom well in the same situation?” .They never.will, nor can. 
How could Musk Roses be dwarfed down for low walls? Give them 
head-room enough, and the aspect is not of so much consequence, 
nor for the Pyracanthas. 
Mimosa, Ol. to 
London : Printed by Hugh Barclay, Winchester High-street, in 
the Parish of Saint Mary Kalendar; and Published for the Proprietors 
at The Cottage Gardener Office, No. 20, Paternoster Row, in 
the Parish of Christ Church, City of London.—November 20, 1856. 
