7 JANUARY 1938, Page 10

Vegetables are bulky commodities, and transport is neces- sarily a

considerable constituent in their retail price. Even so there is point in a note which someone, preparing a cauli- flower for the saucepan, found slipped in between leaves and heart. It read, " I got an eighth of a penny for this ; I wonder what you have paid for it." The answer, I think,