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THE COTTAGE GARDENEE. 
Eovejjber 27. 
HOPS. 
Borough Market, .Friday, Nov. 23.-The Hop Duty for the pre- 
sent year has been olbciaiUy announced at the unprecedented oraount of 
j^398 635 63. 5jd. Our market continues heavy, and there is but little 
doitiK, except in the finest samples, which have now become limited 
in quantity. Brown and iaiferior qualities can be bought on lower terms. 
Mil and East Kents, 706‘- 90s. to 112s. ; Weald of Kents, COs. 80s. to 
903.; Sussex Pockets, sGs. 758. to 84s. 
HA Y AND STRAW. 
Clover, 1st cut per 
Clover, new .. 
Ditto, 2nd cut 
Meadow Hay .. 
1 
Meadow Hay, new 
953. 
to 
120s. 
lIOs. 
to 
140s.; 
Rowan . 
80s. 
)» 
90s. 
120s. 
I35s. 
Straw, flail. 
SOs. 
>y 
363. 
90s. 
140s. ; 
i Ditto, machine .... 
23s. 
iy 
SOs. 
90s. 
130s. 
1 
POTATO. 
Southwark Waterside. —Nov. 19.—The aggregate arrivals have 
been large, the bulk by rail. .About twelve cargoes of York and Scotch 
goods havo reached the market since our last, and we are happy to ob¬ 
serve a marked improvement in the condition of the later shipments. 
The heavy supply and want of condition in some parcels has forced down 
our market, especially for secondary qualities. Kent and Essex Regents 
lOOs. to Os.; ditto Shaws, 85s. to 90s.; York Regents, 100s. to 110s. 
Lincolnshire Regents, 90s. to 100s.; M'isbeach and Cambridge Re 
gents, 903. to 100s.; Bedford Regents, 95s. to 105s.; ditto Shaws, Os 
to Os. ; Norfolk Regents, 85s. to 95s.; ditto Whites, Os.; Scotch Re 
gents (East Lothian), 90s. to lOOs. ; ditto (Red Mould), 110s. to Os. 
ditto (Perth and Fife), 90s. to 953.; ditto (North Country), 90s. 
Orkney Reds (East Lothian, nominal), 95s. to Os.; ditto ditto (Red 
Mould, nominal), lOOs.; Scotch Cup (Perlh and Fife, nominal), 90s. to 
Os.; ditto (North Country, nominal), 853. 10 90s. ; Irish Kemps and 
Clusters. 85s, to Os.; ditto %Vliite Rocks, 85s.; ditto common Whites, 
80s. per ton. ____ 
Beef, inferior, per 
8 lbs. 3s, 4d. to 3s. 8(1. 
Do. middling. Ss. lOd. to 48. 
Do. prime .... 4s. 2d. to 4s. 4d. 
Mutton, inferior 33. 4d. to 3s. 8d. 
MEAT. 
Mutton, middling 3s. lOd. to 4s. 4d. 
Do. prime ....4s. fid. to 4s. lOd. 
Veal . 3s. lOd. to 4s. lod. 
Pork, large. 38. 8d. to 4s. 
Ditto, small.... 4s. 4d. to 5s. 4d. 
POULTRY. 
There is still a large supply of everything, and the demand for it is 
unusually small. 
Large Fowls.. 43. 
Smaller do. 
Chicken .. Is. 9d. 
Geese . 
Ducks .... 23. 9d. 
Pheasants 2s. pd. 
Partridges .. Is. 
Grouse.. 2s. 
Hares.2s. 
Wild Duck 2s. 3d. 
fid. to 63 
3s. to 4s. 
to 2s. fid. 
fis. to 7s. 
to 33.3d. 
to 3s. 3d. 
9d. to 23. 
to 2s. fid. 
9d. to 3s. 
to 2s. fid. 
each. 
Teal . 9s. to 10s. each. 
Woodcock .... 3s. to 3s. fid. „ 
Snipe .... Is. 3d. to Is, fid. ,, 
Pigeons . 8d. to 9d. ,, 
Larks, per doz... lod. to Is. „ 
Rabbits .. Is. 4d. to Is. 5d. ,, 
Wild do.lOd. to la. ,, 
Cock Turkeys .. 9s. to 12s. „ 
Hen do.6s, to 7s. 
PROVISIONS. 
BUTTER.- 
-Cwt, 
CHEESE.- 
-Cwt. 
Dorset, fine . 
104s. to 
1083. 
Cheshire, fine .... 
90 s. 
Do. middling. 
90 s, 
y y 
963 , 
Gloucestershire, dble. 70s. ,, 
76 s. 
Fresh, per doz. lbs. 
12 s. 
133. 
Ditto, single. 
74s. 
Friesland . 
loss. 
112 s. 
Somerset. 
7fis. 
Kiel. 
94s. 
9Ss. 
Wilts, loaf. 
.. 68 s. ,, 
783 , 
Carlow . 
I02s. 
106 s. 
Ditto, double. 
.. 72 s, „ 
78a. 
Waterford. 
98s. 
102s. 
Ditto, thin. 
64s, 
Cork. 
98s. 
102s. 
Ditto, pines . 
.. 72 s. „ 
Limerick. 
1003, 
yy 
102s. 
Berkeley, thin .... 
.. 62a. „ 
66s. 
Sligo . 
943. 
yy 
102s, 
HAMS.— 
Cwt. 
BACON.- 
Cwt. 
York, new. 
90s. 
Wiltshire, dried .. 
808, to 
84s. 
Westmoreland.... 
86s. 
Waterfor(l. 
748. 
yy 
76 s. 
Irish. 
848. 
BREAD, 
The price of Bread in the City and at the West End is still maintained 
at lOd, to lljd, the 4lb.loaf, but in other places the bakers are selling 
the best bread at Pid- while in the cheap neighbourhoods they profess 
to sell at Bid._ 
WOOL. 
Is. 2s. to Is. 3d. 
Down Tegs ... 
Ditto Tegs and 
Ewes . Is, Id. to Is. 2d. 
Half-bred Hog. 
gets . Is. .3(1. to Is. 3.^(1. 
Do. Wethers. is. to is. 2d. 
Kent fleeces .. is. id. ,, Is. 2d. 
Leicester fleeces.... Is. ,, Is. l^d. 
Long, heavy do. lid. to Is. 
Combing skins .. lOjd. to Is. Id. 
Flannel wool.. Is, Id. to Is. 2.Jd. 
Blanket wool. fid. to lid. 
BARK. 
English Bark, per load of 4r. cwt., 141. lOs. to 16/,; Mimosa, 01. to 
Cl. Os.; and Valonia. 121, lOs. to 17I. 10s. per ton. 
TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Spinach Tasting Earthy (T. L. E.).—Spinach grown rapidly in 
very rich soil ought not to have this taste. The cook, probably, does 
not wash it cleanly, nor pick off all the stalks. In cooking, its own 
juice and a little cream is all the moisture required. 
Tree Seeds (A Suhscriber). —Sow your Hawthorn and Privet Berries, 
Hazel Nuts, Acorns, and Ash Keys, in March. 
Fruit-trees (T. J .).—We cannot recommend tradesmen. Write to 
any or all nurserymen advertising in our pages, and tell them what you 
require, and ask their prices. 
Strawberries {Cynthia), —Mr. Myatt, nurseryman, Deptford, will 
give you all the information you require. Leave your Holly hedge alone, 
and give it a little old, thoroughly-decayed dung in March, just forked 
in slightly about the roots. 
Mildew on Vines. —I find that correspondent “S. T.,” notices 
what I said respecting mildewed Vines, in The Cottage Gardener 
for October ifith. But he does not seem to he a practical gardener, and 
I can only request him to read more carefully, before he finds fault. He 
signs from Norfolk, and states that “ good fruit is little known to 
many.” If he means in Norfolk, he is certainly much mistaken, for 
Grape-growing is as well understood here as in any other part of the 
kingdom.—J. Wighton. 
Water {An Old Subscriber). —We should think your well water very 
hard; but such terms as “ very much,” and “ very little,” are too 
indefinite for us to form a reliable opinion. Rain water may always be 
caught from a house-roof sufficient for greenhouse plants, and it is the 
best. 
Anerley Show {Cock Pheasant). —We decline further communi¬ 
cations on this subject. 
Names ok Ferns (JI/. W.). — 1. Microlepia polypodioides? 2. 
Aspidium coreaceum? 3. Adiantum formosum. 4. Doodia media. 
6. Asplenum viviparum. We take this to be the Fennel Fern, Darea 
feniculacea. fi. Doodia aspera. 7- Doodia caudata. 8. Nephrolepis 
tuberosa ? 9. Adiantum cuneatum, 10. Nephrolepis pectinata ? 
Names of Fruits {Tuam).. —If all the fruit collections in Britain 
were as correctly named as yours is, we should have little trouble about 
nomenclature; hut your Brown Beurr4 is Beurre Biel, and your 
Bergamotte Cadette is Fondante d'Automne. 
Vinery {Shropshire Union Railway), — There is no doubt but you 
may put your house to the purposes you propose, but just recollect, first, 
that you cannot grow good Grapes at all early, and good greenhouse 
plants at the same time. You would see, by a late article, that you 
might 'make a greenhouse a repository for plants in winter, and a 
vinery in summer. Secondly. Provided thereof has a suitable elevation, 
you might devote it entirely to Grapes, Peaches, Figs, &c., in pots, but 
you W'ould require to keep your Peaches at one en(i, and to have them 
set by the time your Vines were breaking. Thirdly. With good skill 
you might have a Vine up the roof, every four or five feet, and then have 
fruiting plants in pots or tubs beneath; but these will succeed just in 
proportion to the light that reaches them. Were your Vines some 
three feet or so apart on the roof, nothing would succeed beneath them, 
after they were in full foliage; before that time you might succeeii 
with Strawberries, French Beans, &c. In such a house, we have grown 
all the things specified above, and also Melons and Cucumbers, in open 
spaces in summer, but so many things together require considerable 
nicety. We do not much like the remains of the horse in the Vine- 
border, hut would rather have preferred his bones broken small, though 
most likely all will be well decomposed before the roots get to it. Hot- 
water is a very simple affair altogether, but while we are obliged by so 
good an account of your success, we also feel gratified in the being 
able to advise any one not quite so fortunate. 
Leschenaultia intermedia {W. B.), — If it has got into bad 
order it is difficult of recovery, if the plant is at all old. Treat it much 
as you would a Heath. We will say more about it by-and-by. In the 
meantime, these are the leading points. Air, when outside temperature 
above 40°; an open situation; and no more water than it demands. 
Epacrises not flowering (J. M .).—We cannot say what was the 
cause by your description. The treatment was right, and such as you 
may pursue. In general, when the shoots are any length, it is the 
points that are barren of flowers. Are you sure that the stems you 
speak of are of last summer’s growth, or is it merely the flowering- 
points ? We have known plants, forced into fine growth, deficient in 
bloom, owing to the wood not being properly exposed and matured; 
but, in that case, the upper part of the stems had no flowers. 
Name of Plant {lieu. Ji, M. Evans),—Suxifraga crassi/olia, a very 
desirable plant for the rockery. 
Names of Ferns {A Constant Subscriber ).—Your specimens are too 
imperfect for us to be certain about any. I. Woodwardia radicans? 2. 
Cystopteris dentata? 3. Cystopteris Dickieana? 4. Polypodium cal- 
carium. 
Names OF Fruit (D. T. K.). —1. Beurrd Diel, 2. Black Worcester. 
4. Althorpe Crassanne. 5. Nelis d’Hiver. 6. Easter Beurr(i. 7* 
Hacon’s Incomparable. 8. Colmar. 9. Beurr^ de Ranee. 10. Beurr6 
Diel. 11. Quite rotten. 12. Napoleon. 14. Ne plus Meuris. 15. 
Nelis d’Hiver. 16 . Uvedale’s St. Germain. IJ. Crassanne. 18. Seems 
Gansel’s Bergamot from a standard. Apples. —1. London Pippin. 
4. Yellow Ingestrie. 5. Court Pendu Plat. 7- Mitchelson’s Seedling. 
9. Braddeck’s Nonpariel. 13. Manx Codlin. ifi. Blenheim Pippin. 18, 
Alfreston. The Nut is the Corylus Colurna, or Constantinople Nut. 
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 27, 1856. 
