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per barrel. Turnips plenty. Onions are very abundant, and for the season, 

 the market may be said to be overstocked. Beets, &c., remain the same. 

 Horseradish comes to hand of fine size and quality ; the cultivation of this 

 vegetable improves. Radishes are more plentiful, andof larger size. Cab- 

 bages are scarcer, and good Drumheads meet with ready sale at our prices : 

 other sorts remain the same. Cauliflowers and Brocolis moderately sup- 

 plied. Celery of good quality is rather scarce, and prices firm. Lettuce 

 improves with the season, and some very superior heads have been sold at 

 the highest rates. Spinach is not so abundant ; the frosts of the week al- 

 ready show their effect upon the plants. Dandelions, both cultivated and 

 wild, are tolerably plentiful for the early season. A few water cresses have 

 been received. Squashes are scarcer and prices have advanced, especially 

 for the Marrow ; but the abundant stock of crooknecks keeps the prices 

 down , in addition to these, there have been several arrivals from the West 

 Indies, and the stock is now ample. 



Fruit. — Apples remain nearly the same ; a slight advance has been real- 

 ized in some sorts, and good Baldwins now command our highest rates ; but 

 in many cases they have been picked over. Greenings and IJellflowers are 

 about done. Some excellent Nonsuches have been received, which sell 

 well. Of Pears there is now scarcely any sorts remaining, except baking ; 

 there are some few Easter be urres, but so limited, as to be scarcely enumer- 

 ated in our quotations. Grapes are nearly gone. Cranberries of the 

 Spring picking have been received, and of handsome size. Sweet Oranges 

 are very scarce, owing to the hurricanes in the West Indies, which it is 

 reported not only destroyed the crop, but injured many of the trees. Lem- 

 ons are very abundant and cheap. — Yours, M. T., Boston, March 29th, 

 1845. 



HORTICULTURAL MEMORANDA 



FOR APRIL. 

 FRUIT DEPARTMENT. 



April, to the cultivator, is the busiest month of the year ; it is indeed the 

 month, when, by a little neglect, a whole year may be lost in the growth of 

 some kinds of plants or trees. Every thing presses at once ; and the ju- 

 dicious gardener's attention will now be directed to preparations for the sea- 

 son. 



Grape Vines will now require considerable attention ; in greenhouses the 

 blossoms will soon open, when the temperature should be kept a little 

 higher. In cold houses, they will now just be swelling their eyes. Atten- 

 tion must be given to the young growth ; pinching out all useless eyes, 



