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Sweet, from the lateness of the season have advanced considerably. Tur- 

 nips and onions are well supplied. Beets, &c. are abundant. Horseradish 

 is plenty and of fine quality. The stock of cabbages is good, but large 

 sales have kept prices up, with a slight advance for drumheads since last 

 month. Fine Cauliflowers are now brought in. Celery of superior quality 

 is scarce ; but there is an abundance of ordinary. The rust has been inju- 

 rious to a great many plantations. Lettuce now comes in of good size, and 

 as the consumption is constantly increasing, there is a good demand. 

 Squashes are still very abundant and cheap : autumnal marrows keep very 

 poorly ; but the great stock is more than ample to make up any loss : the 

 common crooknecks are very dull. 



Fruit. — The finest apples are as abundant now as they were in the early 

 part of November ; and Baldwins of superior quality may be obtained at 

 ■our quotations : Greenings are nearly gone : Pear-mains and Fall Pippins 

 are quite done : but there are some other sorts to take their place ; the 

 quantity, however, is so limited that we do not name them in our quotations. 

 A few pears yet remain, but the quantity is limited : all the winter kinds 

 were mature at least a fortnight earlier than usual : baking are yet plenti- 

 ful. Quinces are all gone. The stock of Grapes is composed wholly of 

 Foreign, of which there have been several arrivals the present month. Of 

 Cranberries there is a fair supply, and prices are without alteration. Prime 

 sweet Oranges, from Havanna, are moderately abundant. In nuts there is 

 not much doing ; Chesnuts are about done for the season, what remains are 

 of inferior quality. — Yours, M. T., Boston, Dec. 30, 1844. 



HORTICULTURAL MEMORANDA 



FOR JANUARY. 



FRUIT DEPARTMENT. 



Grape Vines will be quite at rest, and if pruning has been attended to 

 they will not require any further care until the buds begin to swell in Feb- 

 ruary or March, according to the temperature of the house. Vines in pots 

 may be brought into the greenhouse and started so as to produce an early 

 crop. The prunings of the vines if wanted for cuttings, should be cut into 

 pieces about a foot long and one end placed in a pot of earth in a cellar or 

 frame. 



Peach Trees and other fruit trees in pots, may be brought into the green- 

 house, and an early crop may be produced with little care and attention. 



FLOWER DEPARTMENT. 



Camellias will soon be out in their greatest beauty : continue to give 

 them every attention : if the collection is small and choice, the leaves of 

 every plant should be washed with a sponge, if not done before ; tie up the 



