... extremely dear. Green peas are Is per lb. unshelled; French beans, 8d to Is and asparagus, for small bundles of perhaps three dozen heads, cost 711 6d. The giant asparagus is high priced. There is a good supply of early rhubarb, grown out of doors. The ...

... in its fifth edition, and dates from 60 years ago. Among the recipes, dated 1830, we find prescriptions for stewed asparagus, asparagus omelette, bath buns, fried beetroot, black-cap pudding, broiled mushrooms, fried cauliflower with white sauce, macaroni ...

... in its fifth edition, and dates from 60 years ago. Among the recipes, dated 1830, we find prescriptions for stewed asparagus, asparagus omelette, bath buns, fried beetroot, black-cap pudding, broiled mushrooms, fried cauliflower with white sauce, macaroni ...

... frost sets in. Asparagus beds may now be dressed with manure, which may be slightly forked in. This is a good season for preparing ground for planting asparagus next spring. 'The soil cannot be too deep and rich for asparagus. Not that asparagus requires a ...

... viands and liquor which will be consumed are en- ormous, and include 50 oxen, 250 spring lambs, 10 loads of strawberries, asparagus, and greens, 25 turtles, 2,500 crabs, 2,400 lobsters, 1,600 cauvas- back ducks and pigeons, 51 barrels of oysters, 5,000 ...

... which the asparagus was boiled, one pint of milk, and one tablespoonful of butter melted and rubbed smooth over the fire with one of flour: season with salt, pepper, and nutmeg. A gill of cream and three gills of milk, leaving out the asparagus water, make ...

... viands and liquor which will be consumed are en- ormous, and include 50 oxen, 250 spring lambs, 10 loads of strawberries, asparagus, and greens, 25 tnrtles, 2,500 crabs. 2,400 lobsters, 1,600 canvu- back ducks and pigeons, 51 barrels of oysters, 5,000 bottles ...

... are sold very cheap. Russian partridges are excellent at about half-a-crown. Among vegetables, cauli. lfowers are cheap. Asparagus remains at last week's quotations. Lettuces, both French and English, are cheap for this early season. Seakale is excellent ...

... lent and comparatively cheap, though they will not be positively so till there is warm temperature to stimulate vegetation. Asparagus is getting cheaper. Lettuce remains dear. Cucumbers and tomatoes are not dear, and aro not only delcioua but dietetically ...

... various and plentiful, but not so cheap as they ought-to be this time of year. Sea- kale is nearly over. Cucumbers are cheap Asparagus is rapidly decreasing in price. Goose- berries are, obtainable, but they are dear. The recent cold winds, hailstorms, frosts ...

... Red mullet is scarce and dear again. Things are quiet in the vegetable market, but will improve if the open weather lasts. Asparagus is now a little cheaper. The frost destroyed the celery, but in a fortnight there will be a fresh supply, should the severe ...

... retailed at Is the pound un- shelled. Foreign peas are cheaper. Gooseberries are plentiful at from 21hd the pint. English-4 asparagus continues to be cheap and abundant. Spring cabbages are plentiful, and are perhaps the least expensive green vegetable at ...