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Rh families pay an extra high price for the tender shoots, sometimes as much as 20 to 28 cents, our currency, per pound.

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.