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Vegetables. — Potatoes have continued heavy, and prices tending 

 downwAi-dd, until they have fallen to very low rates: the stock is 

 now al)undant. Sweet potatoes yet remain in good order, and at 

 reasonable prices. Onions are scarcer: Whites are entirely gone, 

 and but few good reds ia bunches are to be had: the stock is com- 

 posed of yellow, of which there is a limited supply of exceedingly 

 fine quality. Radishes now come in abundant and good. Cabbages 

 are about gone. For the last week or two, no Brocolis or cauliflow- 

 ers have come to hand, and the season for them is about over. Let- 

 tuce is now large and good. Spinach and dandelions, from the open 

 weather, has been very abundant; the present cooler weather has 

 prevented so full a supply. Celery is about gone. Rhubarb has 

 made its api)earance the present week, from the green-houses in the 

 vicinity, and now commands our prices; it is quite early for so good 

 an article as has been sold: small lots only come to hand. Squashes 

 are scarce, with the exception of West India, of which there is a fair 

 supply. 



Fruit. — In fruit there has been no change; every thing continues 

 dull: apples, well picked, command no higher prices than they did 

 last month; the stock is now mostly reduced to Baldwins and russets. 

 Pears, with the exception of baking, are all gone, and the stock of 

 the latter is not large. Cranberries remain the same, with a mode- 

 rate stock. A few grapes yet remain, but in ])oor order. A few cu- 

 cumbers were brought in the last week, and sold at our quotations; 

 but there is no supply yet. Of pine-apples there are but a few in 

 the market. Oranges and lemons are plentiful, with fresh arrivals 

 every week or two. Nuts remain without any alteration worth men- 

 tioning.—^!. T., March 28/A, 1842. 



HORTICULTURAL MEMORANDA 



FOR APRIL. 



FRUIT DEPARTMENT. 



Grape vines will now i)e in full leaf, and show their clusters of 

 flower-buds: the new shoots intended for bearing wood another year 

 should be tied up to the trellis. Give due quantities of air till the 

 buds begin to open, when the temperature should be raised, and syring- 

 ing dispensed with till the fruit has set; the floor and the flue may be 

 occasionally sprinkled to raise a fine dew, and this should be done 

 immediately after the house is closed, early in the afternoon. Vines 

 may be grafted now if it is desirable to change any particular fruit. 

 Vines in the open air should be uncovered early this month, and such 

 as have not been pruned should be omitted no longer. 



