... by the time their own crops are ready “ the fancy prices ” have all been picked up by the foreigners. Onious, celery, and asparagus, which only a few years ago were highly remunerative, are now imported in such quantities that in many years the growers ...

... soon for furnishing a supply of nice tender hearts in the autum, should the Cnufiflyowcn do badly through the summer. All Asparagus should be six inches :%ove the surface before it is cut. Harden off Capsicums, Tomatoes, Vegetable Marrows, Gourds, and annual ...

... spring are sown in August, and transplanted in February, the ehances are all in favour of a good sound crop being harvested. Asparagus and Seakale for forcing, unless so strong as not to require it, will be much benefite d by a soaking of liquid manure. Sow ...

... lamb, 1s per 1b; veal, 9d to 10d per Ib ; pork, 6d to 7d per Ib; cherries, 4d to 6d per 1b ; oranges, 6d to 8d per dozen ; asparagus, 6d per bundle ; broceoli, 2d to 3d each ; gooseberries, 3d per 1b; new potatoes (foreign), 3d per lb; old potatoes, 6d to ...

... and vegetables from Marseilles to London. This arrangement of course much facilitates the trade in such things as early asparagus, peaches, and so forth. The consumption of cocoa inereases rapidly, having nearl doubled in the space of ten years ; the ...

... boxes of bon-bons, fondants, chocolates, &c., for the Royal children, £1 135.; vegetables and fruit, (including £6 15s. far asparagus at 4s. 6d. per bunch) ; 22 pints of peasat 2. 6d. per pint, eight pines at 12s. 6d. each, six melons at 10s. 6d. each, 26}lb ...

... says :—* Some six months ago T happened to be in Covent Garden when a sale of fruit and vegetablos was being held. T saw asparagus, which I presume, had been consigned for sale, knocked down at Is, per 100 I followed the buyer to his shop there, und priced ...

... 93 to Ils - n bonums, 9s to 118 best Trentsiders, 93 te load. New potaioes : —Round Maltas, 2d per t kidneys, 6d per 1b; asparagus, 2s per 100 ; , 8d per 1b ; cauliflowers, 1s to 2s per dozen ; 8, 18 2d per Ib, ...

... if the ground keeps as dcy as it is at present, or theg will soon become too hardy to be thoroughly enjoyed at the table. Asparagus plants should now grow away with a view to developing a good growth for the provision of next season's crop. A few good ...

... m{;‘luke. Morello, Bigarreau and other CHERRI | APRICOTS, CURRANTS, Captain and other f STRAWBERRIES ; Eerly and Giant RHUBAR ASPARAGUS : about 1,000 Standard and Dw ROSES, including A, K. Williams, Marechal N/ Wm. Allen Richardson, and most of the best Teas ...

... large breadth is planted for table purposes in this district, The cold dry nights of the eatly spring retarded the growth of asparagus, and the quantity cut wasless than usual, but prices were somewhat highor, The late seeds, such as mangel wurzel and radish ...

... and ts. Lentils, spinach, and salads, it says, are a remedy for anmemia, lemons for bilious affections, figs for cancers, asparagus for hemt disease, grapes for maladies of the skin, apples for lumbago, horseradish for colds, M:m for scurvy. The society ...