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rot or blight has been very severe, and will cut short the supply ; Sweet 

 Potatoes of very good size have also been received ; the warm weather has 

 been favorable to an abundant product. Turnips, onions, beets, &c., are 

 now brought in freely by the bushel. Cabbages are not abundant, and fine 

 Drumheads command high prices ; the dry weather at the time of planting, 

 destroyed a large portion of the crop. Brocolis are plentiful and good. 

 Beans are gone with the exception of Sievas and Limas, which are more 

 abundant than usual, owing to the warm summer. Cucumbers for pickling 

 and Peppers, are plentiful. Summer squashes are done for the season, but 

 in their place there is a very good supply of well ripened Canada Crook- 

 necks and Autumnal Marrows. 



Fruit. — The stock of good eating apples is now limited principally to the 

 Porter, of which there is a liberal supply. Our cultivators should endeavor 

 to introduce some other good sorts of table apples for September : common 

 sorts many of them very good, but without name, are plentiful. Pears are 

 now very well supplied, Bartlett and Andrews being the principal kinds : 

 some few Seckels have come to hand from New York. Peaches have been 

 brought from New Jersey, but they now come in from the vicinity, and the 

 prospect is of a very great supply. Plums are tolerably plentiful, and very 

 good, owing to the absence of heavy rains, which often crack and spoil the 

 crop. Tomatoes are now abundant, the giant sort will prove a valuable 

 acquisition. Watermelons and Muskmelons are plentiful, and excellent. 

 Grapes are now well supplied, and at very moderate rates. New Cran- 

 berries have come to hand, but they have not yet acquired their full size. 

 No good oranges remain in the market. — Yours, M. T., Boston, Aug. 3lst, 

 1845. 



HORTICULTURAL MEMORANDA 



FOR SEPTEMBER. 



• FRUIT DEPARTMENT. 



Grape Vines will now be maturing their fruit, and in early houses will be 

 so forward as to be ready for cutting. In later houses, they will yet require 

 to hang awhile. Continue to shut up the house seasonably, giving air 

 early in the morning, especially in fine weather. Water the walks occa- 

 sionally to create a humid atmosphere. Prune in the laterals now where 

 the wood is already ripe, and shorten to two or three eyes where the wood 

 is yet green. Vines in pots for producing fruit next season, should be lib- 

 erally supplied with guano, and if made sufficient growth, they may be 

 topped, to throw the sap into the dormant eyes. Vines in the open air should 

 be looked over occasionally, and superfluous wood, not wanted for next year, 

 cut out. 



