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day. There is no lack of moisture now, and crops which were at one 

 time suffering; for rain, are in some situations equally suiFering from too 

 great an abundance of it. 



Vegetables. — Potatoes have come in rather slowly, owing to the dry 

 weather, and prices have kept up. Sweet are now received from New 

 Jersey. Turnips are very scarce ; the dry weather ruined early crops. 

 Onions are abundant now and good. Beets and carrots do not yet come 

 in by the bushel. Of cabbages there has been a scanty supply ; the 

 winter crop, however, now looks well, and will be over an average one. 

 String beans have been scarce, and prices have ranged unusually high ; 

 shell beans now come in quite freely. Peas are all gone. Sweet corn is 

 now abundant and good. Peppers have just come to hand. Summer 

 squashes are plentiful, and from the abundance of marrows brought in, 

 are verv dull. The marrow squash crop will be good and prices low. 



Fruits. — Apples are now abundant, and in greater variety than at the 

 time of our last. Some beautiful Williams's Favorite, and other sorts, 

 have been brought in ; the Porters have just come to hand, and are yet 

 scarce. An immense quantity of apples is received from Connecticut, 

 called the Hartford Sweet. There have also been small lots of Early 

 Harvest, Sopsavine, &c., brought in, but they are now gone. Pears are 

 abundant, but mostly from New York ; some few good sorts, among 

 Which are the Bartlett's, have been received. Peaches, with the excep- 

 tion of a few Early Anne are received from New York. The plum 

 crop would have been very large, but for the heavy rains which have 

 cracked and destroyed great quantities of fruit, particularly of the large 

 kinds. Tomatoes are abundant, good and cheap. Grapes are now more 

 plentiful and lower. Watermelons are abundant, and good ; large 

 quantities are brought from Springfield, by rail-road, and disposed of in 

 our market ; no less than five tons came down in one freight train, by 

 rail-road. Green Citron melons are brought from New York. In other 

 fruits but little is now doing.— Af. T., Boston, August 29, 1843. 



Art. V. Obituary. 



Died, in Roxbury, on the 13th of Aug., John Prince, Esq., at the age of 

 73 years. For many years Mr. Prince has lived a retired life, and during 

 that period his name has been so seldom before the public, that many have 

 almost forgotten the important part which he formerly took in the progress 

 of agricultural and horticultural improvement. 



Mr. Prince, at one time, owned one of the finest gardens around Bos- 

 ton. He was one of the first to introduce from abroad many of the new 

 kinds of pears and other fruits, from which the amateur is now reaping 

 such rich results. He also introduced many new greenhouse plants ; his 

 collection, fifteen or sixteen years ago, was one of the largest in the 

 vicinity. Almost the first greenhouse plant we ever purchased or pos- 

 sessed we had from Mr. Prince's garden. It was a small specimen of the 

 Lantana camara, and so strong was the impression made upon us by the 

 beauty of the flower, that we have ever since had plants in our collection. 



Mr. Prince was, from its first organization, an active member, and a 

 Trustee, of the Massachusetts Agricultural Society. He imported the 



