VOL. SIX, NO. is. 



A.ND HORTICULTURAL REGISTER 



THEK.VIOMETKICAL. 



Kepnrleil (or the New Kn<;l;iiHl Karnier. 

 Rmi>^»o( ihe Tliermonielerat the (iarrleuof tlie proprietors 



of the New Englnnci l-'uriner, Brighton, Mass. in a shaded 

 Norlhei'ly cxpoeure, week ending March 21, 



March, 1841. | 7A.M. | 12, M. | S.P .IVI. | WiriT. 



Monday, 15 16 24 20 N. W. 



TncsddV, 10 15 26 22 N. R. 



Wfdiijsday, 17 12 25 24 N. W. 



Thi'.^day, 18 IS 37 36 E. 



••'ridav-, 19 3U 57 54 N. W. 



Sal irilay, 20 37 64 00 N. W. 



.Suiday, 21 47 46 38 W. 



BUIGUTON MARKKT.—MoNDAr, March 22, 1841. 

 Iteporteii fortlie New KnffhiiKl Knnner. 



At Jlarktfl 26.') Beet Cattle, 15 yoke ot Working 

 Oien, 12 Cows and Calvrs, 5^5 Slieup, and 920 swine. 

 ("i.icEs — Reef C'nltle — We quote to correspond wiili 

 last week, viz. extra ,'}!() 73 a 7 UO. First quality $(> 25 

 a 6 50. Second quality f 5 75 a G 00. — Third'quality, 

 $5 00 a 5 5(1. 



IVorkin^r O.Tc;i.— Sales $70, $85 and $100, 



Coifs and Calves.— ^a\es $22, I»i27, and $30. 



^/lee/i — Lots at $3 00, 3 7.5, -1 25 and 4 75. 



.S'jCiHe. — Lots to peddk' 4 1-8 for sows, and 5 1-8 for 

 barrows. At retail .'i and G. About 200 fat hogs were 

 at market 3-4 of which remain unsold at the close of the 

 market. 



WHOLESALE PRICES CUIIRENT. 



Corrected with great care, wee/c/y. 



SEEDS. Herds Grass, very little in market. Red Top, 

 new seed by the Iia^ S'l — old 55 c. Clover — Northern, very 

 little in Market.— Southern, plenty, 9 to 10 c. F'lax Seed, 

 SI, 37 to I 50 hu. Lucerne, 25 c. per lb. 



FLOUR. Howard Street Ss 37— Genesee S6 31— Ohio 

 86 12. 



GR.^IN. Corn— Northern Yellow none —Round Yel- 

 low 51 to 53— Southern Flat Yellow 50— White 48.— 

 Rye— .\orthern 60 to Co— Southern 50 to 55. Oats— South- 

 ern 30 to 31— Northern 35 to 40. 



PROVISIO.NS. Beef-Mess SlO 50 to II 00— Prime 

 $6 50— No. 1 89 no. Pork- Extra— 15 00— Clear 14 50— 

 Mess 813 GO. Hams— Northern 9 c. per lb— Southern, 

 none. Lard — lioston 9 c per th. — Southern, 8 to 8 1-2. 

 Butter— Lump 18 to 22— Firkin 12 to 18— Shipping 8 to 14. 

 Whole Hogs 5 1-2 to 6 c — Pigs 5 c. 



HAY, per ton, Sl7 to 17 50— Eastern Screwed 813 to 14 



CHEESE— Old 11 c— News. 



EGGS. 16. 



WOOL — The market for this article has not experienced 

 any change of late. Pulled Wool is rather scarce, and there 

 is tint a limitC'l supuly of low Fleeces, and of fine Fleeces the 

 stock is also moderate. Prime or Saxony Fleeces, washed, 

 lb. 50 to 55 c. — American full blood, washed, 47 to 50 — Do 

 3 4 blood, washed, 44 to 46— Do. 1-2 blood, washed, 36 to 

 40-1-4 and common do, 35 to 37— Smyrna Sheep, washed, 

 20 to 23~Do. unwashed, 10 to 14 — Bengasi .Sheep, 8 to 10 — 

 Buenos Ayres unpicked, 7 to 10 — Superfine Northern pulled 

 lamb 43 to 46— No. 1 do. do. 37 to 42— No 2 do do 26 to 30 

 —No 3 do do 18 to 20. 



FARM FOR SALK. 



The estate owned and occupied by the late NATHAN 

 HAGAR, situated in Westoiv about 13 miles from Boston. 



The buildings consist of a large two story dwelling house, 

 two barns with sheds adjoining, a carriage house and wood- 

 house, with a Ciller mill umler the same, and other neces- 

 »ary out buildings, and two wells of good water, with about 

 60 acres of excellent land well watered and under a good 

 slate of cultivation ; suitably divided into mowing, tillage, 

 pasturing and woodland, with a large orchard of grafted 

 fruit trees in lieanng condition, enclosed by substantial stone 

 walls. Also, i( desired, a wood lot adjoining, containing 

 about 25 acres, part of which is covered with heavy timber, 

 and a part with a thrifty growth of young wood. 



For particular-;, please apply to E. W. & J. B. HAGAR, 

 Philadelphia Packet Pier, Commercial street Boston, or to 



NATHAN HAGAIi, 



March 24, 1841. eop3l* IVeston. 



SITUATIONS WANTED 



As Gardeners and Farmers. Apply at N. E Agricultural 

 Warehouse anil Seed Store. March 3. 



A SMALL. FARM FOR SALE, 



Situated in Brainlree, ten miles from Boston, with a 

 Dwelling House and large Cider mill thereon. The farm 

 contains about 20 acres. Inquire of 



NATHANIEL FAXON, 



Feb. 24. No. 53 North Market Street. 



STRA WBKRRIES I S I RAWBERRIES I 



303 



The subscriber would offer to the public, the present 

 season, his Sileclcd Collerlion, consisting of seecn varieties ; 

 they are such as have stood the te.st of a fair trial for 

 seven years, and all grown by the subscriber. 



Wai-rens Seeding Methven, a new and valuable kind, a 

 free bearer, frnil very large and juicy; fruit measuring 5 [-i 

 inches have bees exhibited the prevent season. This va- 

 riety can be warranted to be one of the finest varieties grown, 

 and will produce as fine fruit and as large quaniity, with 

 Ihe same cnllivatinn, as anv other ever offered. The price 

 of this Seedling is S5 00 per hundred plants. 



Methven Castle.— Fruit extremelv large, high flavored 

 and showy; specimens of this fruit have been shown this 

 season six inches in circumfcruuce. Price three dollars per 

 hundred plants 



Keen's Seedling. — A very superior variety, fruit very 

 large, rich dark color, and uncommonly high flavored 

 Price three dollars per huudred. 



lioyal ScarW,— Fruit long oval shaped and juicv, very 

 free bearer, and very hardy. Price two dollars. 



//(tu(6oii.— Fruit larger than English Wood, exceedingly 

 numerous, sometimes yielding 100 berries to the plant!— 

 Price two dollars. 



Barli/ Virginia —This is known to be the earliest and 

 best fruit for market, a free bearer and very hardy Price 

 two dollars 



English Wood—FrniX well known for years. Price one 

 dollar. 



Every plant sent from this garden will he warranted to be 

 free from mixtures, and shall also be young and healthy 

 worth the price paid for them. 



All orders directed to the subscriber, inclosing the omouni 

 for the order, or with a good reference, shall be promptly at- 

 tended to, and the plants carefully forwarded agreeably to 

 directions. JAMES L. L. F. WARREN. 



March, 24. Nonantan Vale, Brighton. 



Brighton, near Boston, 



Situated on the line of the Boston and Worcester Rail 

 Road,—T, miles from the city. 

 The Proprietors of this extensive nursery beg 

 leave to inform their friends and the public, that 

 they are ready to furnish orders to any amount, 

 for Forest Trees, indigenuous and exotic. 

 -— - — , Fruit Trees, including all the varieties of 

 Pears, Peaches, Plums, Nectarines, Cherries, &c. &c 

 Vines— Shrubs, Green House Plants, &c. 

 Catalogues may be obtained by applying at the Nursery. 

 1 rees carefully packed, to ensure safety in long voyages 

 Orders left at the New England Seed Store of .1. Breck & 

 Co, Nos. 51 and 62, North Market street, will be delivered 

 the day following, and left at any part of the city, free ol 

 expense. 

 Letters coHtaiuing orders, addressed to the subscribers 



D u ,vr .... J. & P. WINSHIP. 



Brighton Nurseries, March 24, 1841. 



WANTED, 



A farmer, who is qualified to carry on a small farm in the 

 vicinity of Boston, and who has, also, a knowledge of ear- 

 dening,— he must be a man without family. Apply at No 

 "'"' - 2w March 24, IS41. 



6 We^t street. 



CL,I>VER A, RED TOP. 



50 tierces and 100 bbls. Prime Clover. 

 200 Bags Redtop, new seed. 



50 bbls. Herds Grass prime quality, for sale by 

 March 24 • J. BRECK & Co. 



FARM WANTED. 



Wanted to purchase on credit or hire on a lease of five or 



ten years, a small but good farm in the vicinity of Boston. 



The advertiser is engaged in rearing swine and makes large 

 quantities of manure and has it in his power to keep a farm 

 in a high slate of cultivation. Any person having a place 

 to dispose of or rent at a reasonable price may hear of a ten- 

 ant by addressing .lOHN GREY, 



March 10. Neponset Village, Dorchester. 



PRl'IT TREES AND SCIOtVS FOR SALE. 



^ The subscriber, at the Pomological Garden, 

 Salem, offers for -ale a very choice and extensive 

 variety of Apple, Pear. Plum, Cherry, Peach and 

 Apricot Trees, Grape Vines, Gooseberries, Red 

 and White Dutch Currants, and Red aud While 

 Antwerp Raspberries, 



Also, Scions of al! the European and .'American Fruits 

 which have been proved ; all from fruit bearing Tree.^, pock- 

 ed in boxes with moss, and can be transported with safe'.y 

 to any part of Ibis country or Europe. 



ROBFRT MANNING. 

 Salem, March 2, 1841. tMayl 



AGRICULTUHAI, IMPLEME.\TS, Ac. 



The Proprietors of the New England Agricnitur;,! Ware- 

 house and .Seed .Store ^o. 51 and 52 North Market street 

 vyoiild ml., rm their tuslomers and the public generally thai 

 they have on hand the most extensive as.sortinent of Aeri- 

 cultuinl and Horticultural Tools lo be found in the United 

 States. Part of which are the following : 



1000 How.ird's Patent Cast 



Iron Ploughs 

 300 <Joinmon do. do. 

 200 Cultivators, 

 luo Greene's Straw Cutters 

 50 Willis' do. do. 

 100 Common do. do. 



luu Willis' 



Shellers. 



50 Common 



Patent 

 do 



Corn 

 do. 



2„0 Willis' Seed Sowers. 

 60 " Vegetable Cutters 

 50 Common do. do 



200 Hand Corn Mills. 

 200 Grain Cradles. 

 100 Ox Yokes. 

 1500 Duz. Scythe Stones. 

 30OO '• Austin's Rifles. 

 March 17. 



100 doz. Cast Steel Shovels. 

 150 " (vominon do 

 100 " Spades. 

 500 " Grass Scythes 

 30(1 " Patent Snaiihs. 

 200 " Common do. 

 600 " Hay Rakes. 

 200 " Garden rio. 

 200 " Manure Forks. 

 3"0 " Hay do. 

 500 Pair Trace Chains. 

 100 " Truck do. 

 100 Dralt do. 

 500 Tie up do. 

 50 doz. Halter do. 

 1000 yards Fence do. 

 25 Grind Stones on rollers. 



FRUIT AND ORIVAMKNTAL TREES, «lc. 



NUBSEHV of WILLIAM KENHICK. 



12:000 Pear and Plum Trees. — Large and new 

 additions of Pear and Plum 'frees have lately 

 been received, many kinds of which are alike 

 new lo' our cnunlry, and very extraordinary. 

 Such have been the selections which have been 

 made by Ihe subscriber in Europe, and in person, durin" the 

 last Autumn, where all have been proved; those kinds 

 already well known amongst us being identified by him by 

 the wood and the leaf 



A new Descriptive Catalogue of all these fruits will soon 

 be ready, and will be sent to all who apply. 



Of the few following fine kinds extra large numbers have 

 been provided for sale ; all being very productive kinds, and 

 most of them prodigious hearers, and are therelore calculated 

 for ciiltiy.ition to great profit on a great and extensive scale. 

 These ripen in succession in the order named: 



Jargonelle, Aug. 



Summer Francreal, Aug, 



Sept. 

 Bartlettor Williams' B. 



Chret, Aug. Sept. 



Beurre D'AmauIis, Sept. 



Oct. 



Napoleon, Oct. 



Louise Bonne 



D'Avranches, Oct. 



Marie Louise, Oct. Nov 



Passe Colmar, Nov. to Feb. 



Dlu^llesse D'Angouleme, 



Oct. Nor. 



GIoux Morceau or the 

 D'Aremberg of the 

 French, Nov. to Feb. 



Easter Beurre, Dec. to Apr. 



Clion, or LeCure, very 

 large, for cooking 

 only, a prodigious 

 hearer, Bourjlnestre 

 of Boston. a. Winter. 



All orders addressed to the subscriber, or left with Joseph 

 Breck & Co., New England Farmer vJffice, will be promptly 

 attended to, and Trees, when so ordered, will be securely 

 packed for safe transportation to distant places. 



N. B. A few trees of" Van ,Mons' Leon le Clerc Pears," 

 supposed to be the best in the world ; , also, " Pitt's prolific 



Marie," or " Surpasse Marie Louise." These cost high 



these Pears alone must, therefore be charged at extra prices, 

 or 82,50 for the former, tind S3, 00 for the latter 



WILLIAM KENRICK. 



Nonantum Hill, Newton, near Boston, March 2. 



PEAR, PLUM, GRAPE V INES, <&C. 



3000 Pear Trees, of the most approved kinds. 

 2000 Plum Trees, of the most approved kinds 

 and extra size— many of them have home this 

 season. 



Apple, Cherry and Peach Trees, of different 



kinds. 

 500 Quince Trees. 



4000 Isabella and Catawba Grape Vines, from 6 lo 15 feet 

 high ; most of them have borne fruit. Black Hamburg, 

 Sweetwater, Pond's. 



30,000 Grant Asparagus Roots. 

 Gooseberry, Currants, Raspberries, of good kinds. 

 5000 Wilmot's Early Rhubarb or Pie Plants, lately intro- 

 duced. 



2000 Cherry and Pear Stocks ; 1000 Plums; Roses, &,c. of 

 all kinds. 



All orders sent to the subscriber at Cambridgeport, will 

 meet with immediate attention. 



SAMUEL POND. 



Cambridgeport, Mass., Feb. 24. 



CORN !>HEI.LER. 



CAUTION, the public are hereby informed that the sub- 

 scriber has letters Patent for his improved CORN SHEL- 

 LER, and all infringemenls on the same will lie prosecuted 

 lo the extent of the law. The above machines are for sale 

 at J. Breck ^t Co. No. 51 and 52 North Market street, Bos- 



lon- ^ ,^ C. WILLIS. 



March 14th. 



