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mated that during the past year 225,000 cucumbers and 

 30,000 heads of lettuce were grown in this town. The 

 price received for cucumbers ranged from 18 cents apiece 

 down. The market was Boston. 



These industries are carried on to a small extent in many 

 other places in the Commonwealth, among which are Allston, 

 Brookline, Swansea, Watertown, Waltham, Framingham, 

 Worcester, Shrewsbury, Westborough, Concord, Ashby, 

 Lowell, Franklin and Lexington. It is estimated that in the 

 State during the year ending September, 1890, some 1,000,000 

 heads of lettuce and 1,200,000 cucumbers were grown in 

 houses, and some 1,300,000 heads of lettuce and 2,500,000 

 cucumbers under hot-bed sash, or a total of 2,300,000 heads 

 of lettuce and 3,700,000 cucumbers as the product under 

 glass for the year. Estimating 30 cents per dozen to be 

 the average price received for the lettuce, would make its 

 value about $60,000 ; and estimating that the cucumbers 

 averaged 3| cents apiece, would make their value about 

 $140,000, or a total of some $200,000. 



