A wholesale dealer gives us the following items as to the consumption
of eggs in London: When eggs are 16 for a shilling the sale amongst
the working classes is enormous. When they are 12 a shilling it falls
at once 40 per cent., and when only 8 it drops very low. The bulk
of London eggs are imported; Italy supplies many, France many, and
some even come from Turkey. They will travel from Trebizond and be
perfectly fresh when they arrive in London. We are assured that most
of the new-laid eggs consumed in Haslemere come from Italy, and this
at all periods of the year. Our English housewives are not clever at
preserving eggs, and the witty classification of eggs into new-laid
eggs, fresh eggs, and eggs, is but too often illustrated.
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