A TABLE SHOWING THE QUANTITY OR MEASURE OF THE UNDERMENTIONED HOME-GROWN FRUITS AND VEGETABLES SOLD THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WHOLESALE, IN THE METROPOLITAN “GREEN” MARKETS, WITH THE PROPORTION SOLD RETAIL IN THE STREETS.
Description of Fruits and Vegetables. Covent Garden. Borough. Spitalfields.
GREEN FRUIT. Apples 360,000 bushels 25,000 250,000 Pears 230,000 „ 10,000 83,000 Cherries 90,000 doz. lbs. 45,000 15,000 Plums[3] 93,000 bushels 15,500 45,000 Green Gages[3] 2,000 „ 333 1,500 Damsons[3] 19,800 „ 3,150 4,500 Bullace 1,800 „ 1,620 400 Gooseberries 140,000 „ 26,200 91,500 Currants (Red)[3] 70,000 sieves 15,000 75,000 Ditto (Black) 45,000 „ 12,000 45,000 Ditto (White) 3,800 „ 3,000 15,000 Strawberries[4] 638,000 pottles 330,000 396,000 Raspberries 22,500 „ 3,750 2,500 Mulberries 17,496 „ 57,600 7,064 Hazel Nuts 2,700 bushels 1,000 648 Filberts 221,400 lbs. 72,000 43,200
Proportion sold by Farringdon. Portman. Total. Costermongers. 35,000 16,000 686,000 One-half. 20,000 10,000 353,000 One-half. 12,000 11,200 173,200 One-half. 3,000 20,000 176,500 One-fifteenth. 1,000 500 5,333 One-fiftieth. 9,000 1,200 37,650 One-thirtieth. 540 540 4,900 One-half. 12,000 7,000 276,700 Three-fourths. 6,000 9,000 175,000 One-half. 6,000 4,000 112,000 One-eighth. 3,000 2,000 26,800 One-eighth. 15,000 148,500 1,527,500 One-half. 3,500 3,000 35,250 One-twentieth. 17,281 22,500 121,940 One-fourth. 5,400 270 9,018 Two-thirds. 144,000 37,800 518,400 One-thirtieth.
VEGETABLES. Potatoes 161,280,000 lbs. 48,384,000 64,512,000 Cabbages[5] 33,600,000 plants 19,200,000 12,000,000 Brocoli and } Cauliflowers } 1,800,000 heads 3,780,000 2,880,000 Turnips 18,800,000 roots 4,800,000 4,800,000 Turnip Tops 300,000 junks 500,000 600,000 Carrots 12,000,000 roots 1,571,000 2,400,000 Peas 270,000 bushels 50,000 100,000 Beans 100,000 „ 20,000 10,000 French Beans 140,000 „ 9,600 12,000 Vegetab. Marrows 10,800 dozen 3,240 3,600 Asparagus 12,000 dz. bun. 3,600 1,080 Celery 15,000 „ 4,800 6,000 Rhubarb 7,200 „ 48,000 28,800 Lettuces 734,400 plants 1,080,000 2,073,600 Radishes 6,912 dz. hands 43,200 36,000 Onions 500,000 bushels 398,000 400,000 Ditto (Spring) 36,000 dz. bun. 10,800 21,600 Cucumbers 2,160 bushels 10,800 24,000 Herbs 7,200 dz. bun. 9,600 9,400