Meteorological J^otice for December. 79 



are abundant; there have been the usual arrivals from the eastward, 

 but few of the very best quality have come to hand; consequently 

 prime Eastports and Chenangoes demand a high price and a quick sale. 

 Salsify is scarce, and but little is brought in; it is not yet cultivated to 

 much extent for the market. What radishes are received are very good, 

 but they come in slowlj*. 



Cabbages remain as at our last, but the quality of those now sold is 

 poorer; they are exceedingly small. Cauliflowers are scarce; they de- 

 mand a good price, and it is remarkable that they are not raised in 

 greater abundance. Lettuces are scarce, but will probably soon be 

 brought in; during this month they are less abundant than in any other 

 in the year. Celery is quite scarce, and the supplies of fine roots 

 are received from New York: this should not be; the marketmen of 

 this vicinity might raise it in sufficient quantity for all demands; some 

 roots of the giant red and white have come in this year; this is much 

 preferable to the common sort, and it should be generally cultivated, as 

 it commands a more ready sale, from its beautiful appearance ; its 

 quality is also better than the old kind. 



Of squashes there is scarcely one of any sort to be found in the mar- 

 ket. Arrivals from the West Indies are looked for, but there are none 

 of this kind remaining on hand; a few crooknecks may be found, which 

 quickly sell at our highest prices. 



Sales of apples continue very dull. Fruit keeps Avell this season, and 

 finer specimens were never seen at this season of the year. New York 

 pippins have advanced a little. Chaumontel pears are very plenty, but 

 other dessert varieties are gone. CranbeiTies bring an exorbitant price; 

 they have not probably been as scarce for twenty years. Malaga grapes 

 are yet plentiful.— Fowrs, M. T., Boston, Jan. 20, 1837. 



Art. V. Meteorological Notice. 



FOR DECEMBER. 



The month of December was much milder than was anticipated from 

 the severity of the weather in November, No snow fell during the 

 month, and there were several rainy days: after the 25th, howev- 

 er, the thermometer ranged considerably lower, and the last three or 

 four days of the month it fell below zero in the morning. Prevailing 

 winds, as usual at this season, N. W. 



Thermometer, — Mean temperature, 26^ 16' — highest 50° above; 

 lowest, 6^ below zero. 



Winds. — N. two davs — N. E. one— S. E, two — S. five — S. W. seven 

 — W. four— N. W. ten. 



Force of the Wind. — Brisk, fourteen days — light, seventeen. 



Character of the Weather. — Fine, eight days — Fair, sixteen days — 

 Cloudy, seven. 



Rainy, six days. 



