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time of our last report : unusually dull for the season. From the contin- 

 ued mild weather, potatoes have arrived rather freely, and the market 

 has been well supplied ; sweet are tolerably abundant for the season. 

 Turnips are plenty, but those of superior quality command an advance 

 from our last quotations. Bunched onions are abundant : yellow, by the 

 bushel, are tolerably plentiful, but good whites are all gone. Beets abun- 

 dant; carrots and parsnips freely supplied. Horseradish good and plen- 

 tiful. Cabbages remain Avithout alteration: the mild weatlier has been 

 favorable for bringing in a good supply. Brocolis are all gone. Cauli- 

 flowers are scarce and in considerable demand. Lettuce is quite scarce, 

 and very little of good size is brought in. Celery is abundant and good. 

 Spinach plentiful and cheap — the mild weather has materially advanced 

 the crop. Squashes are scarce : autumnal marrows are about gone, and 

 the principal supply is of winter crookneck, of which sort some fine ones 

 have been brought in. 



Fruit. — The stock of apples is now mostly reduced to Baldwins and 

 Russets : Greenings are nearly all gone, as well as the other kinds enumer- 

 ated above, excepting the sweet: prices, however, remain the same as in 

 December, notwitlistanding the superiority of tlie stock from being se- 

 lected. Of pears, the principal stock is the Monsieur le Cure, a very 

 good market variety, producing abundantly and of fair quality : some few 

 lots of d'Arembergs, Easter beurres and St. Germains occasionally come 

 to hand, which command good prices. Cranberries are remarkably high : 

 those of good quality now command ^6 per bushel. Tomatoes are gone. 



Grapes are exceedingly scarce, and very few Malagas remain in mar- 

 ket : our prices are entirely nominal. Lemons and oranges are abundant 

 and cheap. Chestnuts about done for the season. Walnuts remain the 

 same.— Jf. T., Boston, June 28th, 1843. 



HORTICULTURAL MEMORANDA 



FOR FEBRUARY. 



Grape Vines in some greenhouses, where a high temperature is kept 

 up, will begin to swell their buds the middle of this month, and by the 

 first of March will have broken into leaf. Tie up the shoots carefully as 

 soon as the buds show signs of bursting, and, after they are once out, do 

 not let the temperature fall too low during the night ; and in fine weather 

 give an abundance of air. Those who have grape vines in graperies, are 

 referred to Mr. Johnson's paper in our last volume for information. 



Peach trees in pots may be now brought into the grapery or greenhouse 

 to forward their blooming. 



Strawberries in pots may be introduced into the greenhouse, on a back 

 shelf near the glass. 



Scions of fruit trees may be cut now in case they were neglected last 

 fall. 



Prepare labels and otlier work, preparatory to setting out trees, &c. in 

 the spring. 



