1 “Bad year for bees, butterflies, and bugs, bad year for bulbs” 51 Oh, the new boy

51 Oh, the new boy wrote down the wrong price, that should be silver

2 Aconite is on sale this Month, check back later! 52 Old Stinky Sumath hasn't brought his harvest around this month, strange fellow

3 Bathing in a tub, brimming with the stuff is the latest dubious Beauty Craze 53 One for the Farmer, one for the Ox, one apiece for Sun and Rain, and one for me

4 Beds dug up by an Ankheg infestation, wanna earn some gratitude/discounts? 54 Only known prophylaxis for the dreaded Saffron Pustules going around

5 Been a lot of Weddings lately, and the dish we serve is heavily seasoned with it 55 Out of Season it is, this is just what's still left over

6 Big Rats in the Root Cellar. If you don't mind one that's slightly gnawed/nibbled... 56 Paladin with a determined look on her face and a bloody neck cleared us out

7 Bottom's about to fall out of the market, Tulips are even more dear 57 Plots are perilously infested with Mandrake, you're paying for the harvesting risk

8 Brewer brought up the lot for their new fangled Ale they're trying out 58 Plow in the field hit something unsavory that spooked the growers

9 Bunch of Holy Pilgrims used the lion's share of them on their blistered feet 59 Price's gone up ever since they opened Bald Vos' Family Crypt

10 Cherry Tipped Oyster beds were full this year, that buttery sauce is delicious 60 Prized by ne'er do-wells as it hides Lies/Alignment from Magic

11 Comes from pretty far afield after all, won't grow in our weather and soils 61 Proselytizing Clerics drove out the Old Ways, the Bulb-headed Godling has fled

12 Custom dictates we bury the dead with one over each eye. Rough year 62 Proven Oracle practices an unusual form of Divination with them

13 Deep Whiffs of the stuff is the only thing that stops the Sneezing this time of year 63 Raving Mad Man tossed all supply down the Town Well. He's in the Gaol now

14 Did you try the Cheese we make with it? I think you'll agree it's a better use of it 64 Regional Druid insists we only sell what's foraged in the Wild

15 Dwarfs have a superstition that involves rubbing it on Axe Blades, I don't ask 65 Rotated those out this year, perhaps some Carrots would appeal?

16 Eating a whole one has a 3-6 chance of restoring a single Hit Point 66 Rubbing it on the Dire Flea bites is the only thing that stops them itching

17 Ever since that ornery, Gorgon-blooded Bull got out of his pasture, it's been off limits 67 Said you can peer through the skin, and in the right light get Second Sight

18 Everyone's been planting Trees since that Auburn-haired Maiden showed up last fall 68 Sellers of scented things only deal in Electrum, and 10 is a nice round number

19 Famine road through on an Emaciated Steed, most was lost to Soup that kept us fed 69 Selling like Crazy after those Deaths, people are rubbing their chimneys with it

20 Fey Curse turned most of them into Pungent Toads, this is what was spared 70 Some well meaning adventurers drove off our Bugbear Suppliers

21 Folks wear 'em on their belt to keep the Good Folk at bay (they find it hilarious) 71 Standing bet that they can convince a rube to pay this much for it

22 Forbidden to sell it this time of year by the Church, but maybe under the counter? 72 Stuffing cloves in our ears is the only way to drown out that terrible nightly wail

23 Gingerly plucked from Blessed Soils by Holy Hands, guaranteed to be effective 73 Superstition has us stuffing our Scarecrows with the stuff

24 Gnomes buy most of it at Season start for the Oils and Salts they sell 74 Surreptitious Love Languages have evolved around them, driving up the price

25 Green Wizard up and bought up our entire stock, just last week 75 Take it up with the Church of Blood Most Sacred: they're the ones levying the Tax

26 Grow it myself, I know what it's worth...used to be 'venturer like you after all 76 That lady who paid Copper? Oh, you get Stranger prices until we know you better

27 Halfings a few days' ride over can't seem to get enough of the stuff 77 That's how I met my Wife: Fed a Bear 20 Cloves and some Mugwort

28 Have you smelled it out there? Holding some up to your nose covers that up 78 The Local Benevolent ruler is a Kindhearted Vampire

29 Heritage cultivars, we do have the cheaper ones developed by Count Stravovich 79 The Order of the Stinking Rose is a powerful Guild that sets these prices

30 High prices make for more profitable Haggling, I'm taking a loss here, but for you... 80 These prices keep the Tribute Youths we have to send to the Castle lower

31 Hobgoblins hijacked the last seven shipments, it's growing scarce 81 Thieves insist that Lockpicks stuck in a Clove overnight break less often

32 Huge ring of Toadstools sprouted up last week, we daren't cross it 82 Think that's expensive? Should've seen the prices when the Dowager turned up dead

33 In this place, we eat all we can, and then some, selling only the remainder 83 This here is a prize-winner: Size of a Fist, loathe to sell it. Rather plant it

34 It comes by Sea, heard it's been a bumper year for Serpents 84 This is a fancy Cultivar, Elfish actually, you won't find this outside the Elflands

35 It's Courting Season, and the Youth gird their breath to drive away unwanted suitors 85 This kind only grows on the graves of Heroes. Don't you want the best?

36 It's not just a single head, but a whole string of the stuff 86 Too much makes Haggling somewhat unpleasant, so a taboo developed

37 It's said that certain Magics are more puissant if consumed during casting 87 Townsfolk can't break a platinum, so a strange barter system has developed

38 It's the embargo, the Mountain Giants control the pass 88 Travelling gourmands come from far and wide for our distinctive piquancy

39 Keeps Standard Rations fresh a little bit longer in dank, dark, places 89 Trouble lately with those strange coins you carry, can't be too careful

40 Knew it was a mistake to hire those Goblin day laborers at Harvest Time 90 Used to get more in, before the Kingdom started warring with those Dervishes

41 Last year's Crop was hit pretty hard by the Black Atrophy, melted to sludge it did 91 Veteran's from the War brought back a taste for the stuff, can't stand it myself

42 Latest craze is to wear a bunch like a Brooch, silly I know 92 Warm weather brought out the Fang-winged Moth early this year

43 Local Harvest Festival was cancelled for the forth year in a row 93 We have to pay our taxes on the stuff to that foul-breathed Noble with the Pale Son

44 Marching Armies trampled the patches, we managed to salvage some 94 We’re fund raising to buy the Old Widow by the crossroads a new Roof

45 Mercenaries have been going through it like crazy: Some drinking game 95 Well known fact that successful adventurers love seasoning their food with it

46 Misunderstanding. Thought you said Frolic 96 When we sell it for cheaper Crops fail, Hens stop laying, and Cow births are still

47 Most of it gets carted away as Tribute to a local Hill Giant 97 Winter Maiden's caress was anything but gentle this year

48 My father's, father set the price, back when men were Fighting Men 98 With the spate of Thefts lately, rubbing it on Keyholes has grown popular again

49 New hybrid said to be effective as smelling salts for those Paralyzed by Ghouls 99 You should see what the Nomads were charging me!

50 Oh you want Fresh? We Roast it 'round these parts almost immediately 100 You're paying for the Medium who keeps the Greenhouse warm in Winter

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