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there is no certainty of two daj's of good weather together. If it con- 

 tinues fine the marketmen will be enabled to get in their crops in much 

 better condition than if it is wet, or cold with snow, 



I'otatoes remain about the same: Eastern ones are poor this year, 

 and the innnediate vicinity is looked to for a supply of those of first 

 quality: Eastports are very scarce, and, what there are, very inferior; 

 sweet are most gone. Turnips abundant. Onions a good supply. 

 Beets, carrots and parsnips a good stock. Horseradish now comes to 

 hand of the first quality. Cabbages, of the common kinds, are plenty; 

 but few drumheads and red Dutch are to be had. Of cauliflowers a 

 very fair supply and of excellent quality. Brocolis also come to hand 

 in sufficient quantity to supply all demands. Beans are gone. Lettuce 

 scarce — small supply. Celery abundant and good; the red and white 

 giant kinds are now taking the place of the poor sorts which have gen- 

 erally been grown for the market for several years. So prejudiced are 

 marketmen against all new kinds of vegetables, that not one could be 

 found who would make atrial, to any extent, of the red and white giant 

 celery, without a guarantee from the seller that the grower should not 

 be a loser by the undertaking ! This does not speak much for the intel- 

 ligence of our market gardeners. In a few years these kinds will be 

 almost exclusively cultivated. A few tomatoes remain on hand, but 

 they are a poor article. Prices of squashes have advanced a shade. 



Of fruit there is a very good supply: apples are abundant and sales 

 brisk; some considerable quantities have been taken for shipping. Pears 

 are more abundant at this date than at our last; Passe Colmars and 

 beurre Diels are to be had at very reasonable prices: some Lewis pears 

 have been received, and they sold very readily at our quotations; this 

 is a variety which will repay well for their cultivation: a few of the 

 most beautiful St. Germains we have ever seen have been received from 

 the garden of Mr. Benj. Manners of this city; they were never pro- 

 duced in greater perfection upon the original tree: some dozens of a 

 variety called the winter St. Michael have also come to hand, from a 

 cultivator in the vicinity; they are of handsome appearance. Quinces 

 are very scarce. Berberries are nearly gone. There has been an ar- 

 rival of Malaga grapes since our last, and the market has been well 

 supplied, but the near approach of Thanksgiving has now much re- 

 duced the stock. The only walnuts that have come to hand have been 

 received from Pennsylvania. — Yours, M. T., Boston, Nov. 22d, 1837. 



Art. V. Obituary Notice. 



Died, in the city of Boston, on the evening of Saturday the 10th of 

 November, Thomas Green Fessenden, Esq., editor of the Neio 

 England Farmer, aged 65 years. His death was sudden; he at- 

 tended a politii-al meeting, held in Faneuil Hall, on the evening pre- 

 vious, (Friday,) hut was seized with apoi)lexy innnediately U])on his 

 I'eturn to his residence, and died on Saturday evening. We have long 

 known Mr. Fessenden, and we deeply regret his loss, as a friend, as well 

 as a co-laborer in the cause of agriculture and horticulture. Mr. Fes- 

 senden was a most amiable man, of a benevolent disposition, and was 

 universally csteen)ed by all who had the pleasure of an acquaintance 

 with him. From the first establishment of the New England Farmer 



