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markets arc best supplied from the 20tli of June till the 1st of 

 Jul}^ though the Morel lo or sour cherries continue well through 

 July. Most of the late fruit comes from the vicinity of Rochester. 



Cranherries from New Jersey, make their first appearance the 

 middle of September, followed by Cape Cod 1)erries the 1st of 

 October, about which time western fruit begins to arrive. Keep- 

 ing a long time, they remain in market nntil the 1st of April, 

 when rhubarb takes their place, though cranberries are occasion- 

 ally on sale up to May 1. 



Currants — Are a northern fruit, not flourishing Avell at the south. 

 Green fruit, from New Jcrsc}'. is on sale the last of May, and ripe 

 fruit from the middle to the last of June. They extend over a 

 long period, nsually through August, the bulk being in market 

 the last half of July. Black currants are only good when ripe, 

 and not then in much demand, though some persons are very fond 

 of them. Season, last of Jul}^ and first of August. 



Gooseberries. — Arrangements are being made to receive goose- 

 berries from Maryland. Tliey can be shipped from there in a 

 green state, by the 10th of May. Jersey berries begin to appear 

 about the 20th of the mouth, and are the first fruit to follow rhu- 

 barb. They continue well through July. The majority of those 

 sent to market are the small native sorts. 



Grapes — Hot house grapes, though furnished to the Broadway 

 and other saloons much earlier, are not often in market before the 

 middle of June, and are not plenty before Jul}' and August — in fact 

 they are never plenty. Imported grapes are found on sale, in 

 limited quantites during the autumn and winter months. The 

 first out-door native grapes now' come from New Jersey, Septem- 

 ber 1 ; we expect to soon see them from further sonth much 

 earlier. By the middle of September they are in fair supply, and 

 in their greatest abundance the last of the month and early in Octo- 

 ber, though the market is well supplied up to December and even 

 through the holidays. Perhaps no fruit is gaining faster in the 

 appreciation of the masses than the grape. Improved varieties 

 arc ftist taking the places of the old Isabella and Catawba, and all 

 appearances indicate that ours is to be a great grape country. 

 Late inventions and experiments with preserving houses, give 

 assurances that we are to have fresh grapes in the spring. Our 

 latest and best keepers, at present, are Catawbas sent from Ohio. 



Lemons — These are mainly from Sicily, and are in market 

 sparingly, from February until August, their greatest abundance 



