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Great quantities of fruit and vegetables are culti- 

 vated at West Cambridge for the Boston market. 

 George Pierce has nineteen acres of his farm devoted 

 to the raising of vegetables expressly for the Boston 

 market. Mr. Pierce's average weekly sales of vege- 

 tables for nine months in 1840, were as follows : — 



March, $49 



April, 50 



May, 80 



June, 00 



July, 140 



August, 139 



September, 140 



October, 180 



November, 39 



The total cash receipts for the sale of fruits and 

 vegetables for 1849, were as follows : — 



Peaches, $591 



Porter Apples, 149 



Pears, 23 



Greening Apples, 12 



Baldwin do. (windfalls,) 36 



30bbls. do. (picked,) 186 



$997 

 Total vegetables of all kinds, 2,629 



$3,626 



