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plentiful at our prices. Parsnips have been received since our last. Horse - 

 radish plentiful and good. No Radishes are now to be had. Early York 

 Cabbages are novs^ done ; Drumheads are not very abundant. Cauliflowers 

 and Brocolis are exceedingly fine, owing to the favorable autumn. Celery 

 is well supplied, but the dry weather has injured the crop in many places. 

 Spinach abundant and good. Peppers have advanced since our last. 

 Squashes have been brought in in large quantities, and those of the best 

 quality, well grown and ripened, now only command our prices. 



Fruits. — Since our last, the advance of the season has brought with it a 

 better supply of good apples ; Porters are yet tolerably plentiful, but those 

 of superior quality command high prices ; other sorts have advanced, and 

 there seems to be some fear of rather a short supply, none having yet been 

 received south of Connecticut; the whole crop has been much more attacked 

 by insects than usual. Pears are supplied in very good variety, and of good 

 quality ; other sorts than those enumerated are to be had, such as Duchess 

 of Angouleme, Belle Lucrative, Surpasse Virgoulouse, (a fine variety,) 

 Gansell's Bergamot, &c., but those constitute the more abundant kinds. 

 Peaches are yet tolerably plentiful, and since our last, have been very abun- 

 dant. Plums are all gone. Cranberries have advanced ; the dry weather 

 prevented the swelling off of the crop. Quinces are received of very hand- 

 some size, and well ripened. Forced Grapes are tolerably well supplied, 

 and Isabellas are very abundant, and also better than usual. Chestnuts 

 have been brought in and sold at our prices ; the prospect is of a very great 

 crop. Lemons and Oranges remain the same, with few of the latter in mar- 

 ket.— Yours, M. T., Boston, Sept. 3Qth, 1845. 



HORTICULTURAL MEMORANDA 



FOR OCTOBER. 



FRUIT DEPARTMENT. 



Grape Vines will now be ripening their wood, and every care should be 

 taken that this is thoroughly effected, for on it the utmost depends in the 

 growth of the grape under glass. Soft, half-ripened wood can never pro- 

 duce good grapes. Keep the house open day and night, if not too cool. 

 Prune off all the laterals when the wood is ripe, and loosen some of the 

 branches where tied up too close. Vines in pots should also be well ripen- 

 ed, but this may generally be done by placing them out in the open air for 

 a few weeks, removing them in doors on approach of heavy frosts, unless a 

 suflScient quantity of the wood is ripe, when they may remain longer. Isa- 

 bellas and other native vines should now have all the green wood cut out, 

 and other superfluous wood removed. 



