Vol. X.— No. 42. 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



335 



DIRECTIONS FOR THE CULTURE OF 

 SWEET POTATOES. 



(Convolvulus batatas.) 

 The slips, as tliey are culled, oi' sweet potatoes 

 shoulcl be iilaced in a hot-lied, to force out the 

 sprouts ; or, if no hot bed is attached to the prem- 

 ises, the following simple method will answer: — 

 Dig a hole two or three feet deep, which shoidd 

 be filled with horse manure anil well pressed 

 down, to give a bottom heat ; on this place about 

 four inches of loam ; in the loam place the slips, 

 ■which in a few days will throw out luimerous 

 sprouts. The slips should then be taken up and 

 planted out wherever wanted, in a light and rath- 

 er sandy soil — tahing cart lo place them on the tup 

 of the ground, and draw the earth over them. But 

 little care is requisite afterwards, excepting to keep 

 the weeds down, and occasionally give the vines, 

 which run like squash vines, a twist round the 

 hill, to prevent them striking root at the several 

 joints, by wliich the size of the potatoes in the hill 

 is increased. 



(U^The slips are so perishable in their nature, 

 that they must be immediately placed in a hot-bed 

 !is above directed, or they wiM soon be lost b}' 

 rotting. 



l'.RIGliTON MARKET. 



We understand that the market-day at Brighton 

 will be changed after the 1st of IMay, from Mon- 

 day to Wednesday. This arrangement will rem- 

 edy the evil to society, that has existed from the 

 trafficking which has heretofore been carried on in 

 the vicinity of Brighton on the Sabbath. The 

 importance of the Brighton market is not gener- 

 ally understood. It has been said by an observ- 

 ing traveller, that " it ranks as a cattle market sec- 

 ond only to that of Smithfield in England." 



We are requested to give notice, that there will 

 be a quantity of Pear Scions of the celebrated Dix 

 Pear, and some other varieties, for distribution 

 on Saturday next, at 13 o'clock, at the Horticultu- 

 ral Hall. 



Notices of Dr Brown's Siiva Americana, and 

 Paxton's and Harrison's Horticultural Register, 

 were prepared for this paper, but are unavoidably 

 deferred to our next. 



' Sweet Potato Slips. 



This day received at J. B Kussell's Seed Store, 51 and 

 52 North Market Street, Bosion, a good supply of Slip-: of 

 the Carolina Potato, in ^oot] order, and of superior qual- 

 ity. Printed directions for their culture and management 

 furnished gratis. Piice 62^ cents per hall peck. 



May 2. 



Winship's Nurseries. 



AS the season is so fir advanced, that all 

 injury to natural productions, occasioned by 

 the severity of the preceding winter, can 

 readily lie ascertained, persons in want ol 

 Fruit ami Ornamental Trees, of various kinds 

 — of flovvt-ring and showy Slirubs, Creepers and Vines, 

 including the elegant monthly or ever-blooming fragrant 

 Honeysuckles, eii;ht or ten feet high, and such plants as 

 will produce a fine display of Flowers the ensuing season 

 — with a very superior assortment of Herbaceous Peren- 

 nials, that will also bloom, with proper management, tbis 

 Bumnjer, if removed within a week or ten days — together 

 with the new and fashionable Scotch Roses, so much ad- 

 mired at the exhibition at Horticultural Hall last season, 

 constituting sixty varieties — are invited to visit the estab- 

 lishment and select for themselves. 



Jj'Orders may be left with J. B. Russell, or sent 

 via. mail, to Messrs Winship, Brighton, and the plants 

 will be furnished, and sent out the following morning in 

 he city, if requested. 3w April 25. 



liinuiEan Botanic Garden and Nurseries. 



Flux/ling, near AVui i'urk. 



W.M. PRINCE & Sons. Proprietors, announce that 

 the great extensions made in their B>tablishment, wbiili 

 now covers near 51) acres, completely tilled witb the 

 choicest Trees, Shrubs and Plants, enables them to 

 offer the various kinds at the reduceil prices stated in their 

 new Catalogues, which will be sent lo any person w!io 

 may apply for tbein. The size and excellence of the 

 Trees exceed all former periods ; and the inostsciU|)ulous 

 attention has been devoted to their accuracy, which is 

 invariably an object of their personal attention. To 

 nurseries they will allow a liberal discount and conven- 

 ient credit. As many persons are agents for different 

 nurseries, it is requested that orders intended for us be 

 particularly specihed. Every invoice sent has a printed 

 heading and our signature, and such proof of origin must 

 be insisted on, as we fake upon ourselves no responsibili 

 ty unless such an invoice can be produced. 



Their Treatise on the Vine, describes 2S0 kinds of 

 Grapes and their culture : — Their Treatise on Horticul- 

 ture contains descriptions of a great variety o( Trees and 

 Plants, and directions for cultivating them ; and their 

 Pomnlogical Manual, or Treatise on Fruits, contains full 

 descriptions of above 1000 varieties of Pears, Plums, 

 Cherries, Apricots, Peaches, Nectarines, Almonds, and 

 other fruits, so that all persons can make their selections, 

 wtha knowledge of the qualities. 



Their new Catalogues will be sent (o all applicants 

 and orders sent to them per mail, will receive the mosi 

 prompt attenl'on, and all letteis desiring information, 

 will be replied to by the first mail. 4w. March 21 



PRICES OF COUNTRY PRODUCE. 



For Sale. 



A half blood Durham Sliort-horn Cow, eight years old, 

 v.-ith Calf by a full blooded bull of the same breed. Hei 

 calves have been large and uncommonly tine animals. 

 CHARLES E. NORTON. 



South Berwick, Me. April 25,- 1832. 



A Farm Wanted. 



THE Directors of the Bostoji Farm School, have ap- 

 pointed the subscribers a Committee to select and pur- 

 chase a Farm suitable for the purposes of that institution. 

 Persons who are desirous of disposing of such property, 

 situated in the neighborhood of the city, are requested "to 

 state the terms and annex thereto a description of the 

 land, buildinas, &c, adilressed to 



JOHN TAPPAN, ) Committee of the 



JOHN D. WILLIAMS, S- Directors oflhe 



SAMUEL T. ARMSTRONG,) Farm School. 

 April 25. 



Fruit Trees. 



ORDERS for Fruit, Forest and Ornamental Trees, 

 shrubs, honeysuckles,&c. from Winship, Kenrick, Prince. 

 Buel and Wilson, Davenport's, and any other respectable 

 Nurseries, received by the subscriber, and executed at 

 Nursery prices. J. B. RUSSELL. 



For sale, as above, a few Dwarf Apple Trees worked 

 on paradise stocks, packed in moss — price 25 cents each. 



New England Farmer Office. April 25. 



Asparagus Roots. 



JUST Received at the Seed Store connected with the 

 New England Farmer, 50* North Market Street : 



A few thousand Large Early Asparagus Roots, packed 

 in moss, in boxes of one, two and three hundred roots 

 each, — will bear transportation any distance — price .f 1 

 per hundred for those 3 years old, 75 cents per hundred 

 lor the others. • April 4. 



App 



Emerson's Second Part, 



OF the North American Arithmetic is Ibis day published 

 by Li.vcoLN & Edmands. The plan of this work is 

 such, that mental and written arithmetic are very hap- 

 pily and conveniently united. Although Rules are not 

 excluded from the book, yet the illustrations which the 

 author has introduced, render the operations on numbers 

 so clear and inleiesling, that the learner is prepared 

 rather to make his own rules, than lo rely on them from 

 his book. Boston, Apiil 23, 1832. 



Sprin? Wheat. 



FOR Scle at the Seed Store connected with the New 

 England Farmer, 52 North Market Street, 



A few bushels of genuine Gilman Spring Wheat; this 

 sort is the mo*t valuable one cultivated in New England, 

 is very productive, seldom if ever attacked by blight, 

 and is the kind which has for many successive years ob- 

 tained the premium from the Massachusetts Agricultural 

 Society. April 4. 



LES, russeltmgs, . 

 Ashes, pot, first .sort, 

 pearl, first soj-t, 



Bfans, white 



Beef, mess, . . . ; 

 piime, .... 

 Cargo, No. 1, . 

 Butter, inspecteiK No. 1, new, 

 Cheese, new milk, . 



skimmed milk, ■ 

 Flaxseed, .... 

 Flour, Baltimore, Howard-street, 

 Genesee, 

 Alexandiia, . 

 Baltimore, wharf, . 

 Grain, Corn, Northern, . 



Corn, Southern yellow. 



Rye, .... 



Barley, 



Oats, .... 



Hay 



Hog's Lard, first sort, new. 

 Hops, 1st quality. 

 Lime, ..... 

 Pl.aster Paris retails at 

 Pork, clear, .... 

 Navy mess, . 

 Cargo, No. 1, 

 Seeds, Herd'^ Grass, 



Red Top, northern. 

 Red Clover, northern, . 

 Tallow, tried. 



Wool, Merino, full blood, washed. 

 Merino, mix'd with Saxony 

 Merino, ^ths, washed, . 

 Merino, half blood. 

 Merino, quarter, . 

 Native, washed, 

 ' Q f Pulled superfine, 

 'Zrs I 1st Lambs, 

 £=^2d, " . . 



|§.!3d, " 

 ^ l^lst Spinning, . . 

 Southtrn pulled Wool is about 



barrel 

 ton 



bushel 

 barrel 



pound 



bushel 

 barrel 



from to 



5 00 



108 00 



1 15 00 



1 00 



11 00 



c.isk 



ton 



.barrel 



pound 

 cwt. 

 pound 



10 50 



7 

 7 511 



6 25 

 5 25 



48 

 05 

 9 00 

 22 00 

 I 20 

 3 50 

 16 00 

 13 00 

 12 75 



75 

 12 



8 50 

 48 

 55 

 4t 



PROVISION 

 Beef, best pieces. 

 Pork, fresh, best pieces, . 



whole hogs, . 



Veal 



Mutton, .... 

 Poultry, 



Butter, keg and tub, 

 lump, best. 

 Eggs, retail. 

 Meal, Rye, retail, . 



Indian, retail, 

 Potatoes, 

 Cider, ^according to quality,) 



MARKET. 



1 5U 



6 00 



6 50 



5 50 



5 50. 



63 



58 



90 



1 00 



50 



70 



9 25 



23 



1 25 

 3 75 



17 00 

 14 00 

 13 00 



2 50 

 87 

 13 



8 75 

 50 

 G5 



12 

 25 

 25 

 14 



1 17 



1 00 



50 



5 00 



BRIGHTON MARKET— Monday, April 3i1, 1832. 

 Reported for tlie D.iily Advertiser and Putriot. 



At Market this day 302 Beef Cattle, 6 paiis Working 

 Oxen, 11 Cows and Calves, and 225 Swine. About 30' 

 Beef Cattle unsold at the close of the market. 



Prices. Beef Cattle— hast week's prices were not 

 supported, as will be seen by quotations. Extra sold at 

 $6 a 6,25, prime 5,75 a 6, good 5,25 a 5,75, thin 4,75 a 5. 



JVoiking Oxen. — No sales noticed. 



Cows and Calves. — Sales of ordinary at $16, IS and 23. 

 ■ .SuvHe— Sales brisk — several lots were taken at 5,25 

 for sows, and 6,25 for barrows ; one lot to close at 5c for 

 sows ami 6c for barrows ; at retail 6c for sows, and 7c 

 for barrows. 



.Veil' York Cattle Market, Jlpril 27. — Market this 

 we.k rather dull, and a general depression in prices hag 

 taken place ; still stock of every description sells well. 

 Beef Cattle— 500 head at market and all sold from $6 a 8, 

 .iveraging 7 ; a few first rate 8,25. Sheep — .30,1 in, sales 

 for those not sheared 3,50 a 8 ; sheared 2,50 a 5 50 ; lamba 

 2,50 a i.— Daily Adv. 



Jj'ln the N. Tfork market only the quarters of Beef 

 are weighed, the hide and rough tallow being included 

 without weighing. At Brighton, the hide and tallow are 

 weighed as well as the quarters. 



