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now pushing their flower-buds, and, in some favorable situations, are 

 ab-eady open, at least twenty days in advance of last spring. 



Vegetables. — There has been some chanse in potatoes since our last : 

 the stock of Chenangoes is not large, and there is a steady demand, 

 but prices cannot be quoted higher: Eastports are abundant, and 

 not very good; they did not appear to fully ripen last year, and ow- 

 ing to the great quantity which was thrown into the market in the 

 autumn, a great part of which now remain on hand, they go off 

 heavily at a considerable reduction from the usual rates, Chenangoes 

 being preferred : long reds are very plentiful, and selling from the 

 wharf at very low prices: Sweet are well supplied for the season; 

 the whole stock of those now sold was wintered by one of the mar- 

 ket gardeners of the vicinity; they were kept in a room heated by 

 anthracite coal, prepared on purpose for wintering squashes, sweet 

 potatoes, and other roots. Turnips are plentiful and good. Onions 

 are scarcer, and prices have materially advanced; new white are 

 now brought in of fair size and quality. Parsnips are nearly gone, 

 and those of good quality command an advance. Salsify is well 

 su[»plied, but rather inferior. Radishes are now brought in in large 

 quantities. Lettuce is abundant, lar^e, and handsome: the weather 

 has been favorable. Spinach, dandelions, and other greens, are now 

 supplied in such quantities as to stock the market. No celery, we be- 

 lieve, is now to be found. Asparagus made its first appearance the 

 present week, but the cool weather of the last few days has pre- 

 vented a good supply. Rhubarb is now brought in well grown; the 

 demand for this vegetable has wonderfully increased within a year 

 or two, and the supply has also been so abundant as to keep the 

 price at a reasonable rate. West India squashes are abundant, but 

 the stock of other sorts is nearly exhaustccl. 



Fruit. — Apples are nearly gone; with the exception of Russets 

 and Baldwins, scarcely any other kinds remain on hand. Pears are 

 about gone. Cranberries are without alteration, though the stock is 

 small; the supply of rhubarb has lessened the demand at this season. 

 Grapes are all gone. Pine-apples are abundant; one or two car- 

 goes have just arrived, which have supplied the market. Cucumbers 

 are brought in quite plentifully for the season, and prices are mode- 

 rate. A few water-melons have come to hand. Lemons are abun- 

 dant, and prices very low. — M. T., Boston, April 28, 1842. 



HORTICULTURAL MEMORANDA 



FOR MAY. 



FRriT DEPARTMENT. 



Grape vines in the grapery will flower this month; when the buds 

 shew signs of opening, increase the temperature, and omit syringing 

 until the fruit is set: the walks of the house, however, may be sprin- 



