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2,500 sash were devoted to cucumbers, under Avhich some 

 125,000 cucumbers will be produced. It is estimated that 

 during the past year 225,000 cucumbers and 30,000 heads 

 of lettuce were grown in this town. The price received 

 for cucumbers has ranged from 18 cents apiece down. The 

 market is Boston. 



These industries are carried on to a small extent in many 

 other places in the Commonwealth, among which are Allston, 

 Brookline, Swansea, "Watertown, Waltham, Framingham, 

 Worcester, Shrewsbur}- , West borough, Concord and others ; 

 but we have not had time to extend our inquiries to all i)laces 

 where these industries are carried on. It is estimated that 

 in the State during the past year some 1,000,000 heads of 

 lettuce and 1,200,000 cucumbers were grown in houses, and 

 some 1,300,000 heads of lettuce and 2,500,000 cucumbers 

 under hot-bed sash, or a total of 2,300,000 heads of lettuce 

 and 3,700,000 cucumbers as the product under glass for the 

 past year. Estimating 30 cents per dozen to be the average 

 price received for the lettuce, would make its value about 

 $70,000 ; and estimating that the cucumbers averaged 3| 

 cents apiece, would make their value 8 130,000, or a total 

 of some $200,000. 



