London Cries & Public Edifices

by John Leighton

CHERRIES, ROUND AND SOUND!—FULL WEIGHT, FOURPENCE A POUND!

Of cherries there are a great variety; most come from the county of Kent, and are sold in the streets of London, sometimes as low as one penny per pound! the sellers of which are often addicted to giving short weight, as their customers apprehend, hence the cry of “full weight.”