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families pay an extra high price for the tender shoots, sometimes as much as 20 to 28 cents, our currency, per pound.
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Fig. 68.—“Salted cabbage,” prepared from young rape, displayed for sale Boone Road market, Shanghai.
The markets are thronged with people making their
purchases in the early mornings, and the congested
condition, with the great variety of vegetables, makes it almost
as impressive a sight as Billingsgate fish market in London.
In the following table we give a list of vegetables observed
there and the prices at which they were selling.
LIST OF VEGETABLES DISPLAYED FOR SALE IN BOONE ROAD MARKET, SHANGHAI, APRIL 6TH, 1909, WITH PRICES EXPRESSED IN U. S. CURRENCY.
| Cents. | Cents. | |||
| Lotus roots, per lb. | 1.60 | Tee Tsai, per lb. | .53 | |
| Bamboo sprouts, per lb. | 6.40 | Chinese celery, per lb. | .67 | |
| English cabbage, per lb. | 1.33 | Chinese clover, per lb. | .53 | |
| Olive greens, per lb. | .67 | Chinese clover, very young, lb. | 21.33 | |
| White greens, per lb | .33 | Oblong white cabbage, per lb. | 2.00 |
