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is now becoming quite dry for this early time of year. This favorable 

 weather has brought on vegetation so rapidly, that the month has been a 

 hurried one to every farmer. 



Vegetables. — Potatoes a week or two ago fell off considerably, owing to 

 the great quantity brought in, under the expectation of obtaining the high 

 prices of last month ; this stock accumulating, the market was quite inac- 

 tive; tliere is now, however, a more ready sale, and a sliglit improvement 

 in rates ; the supply is now ample. Onions are very scarce ; within a day 

 or two new onions of good size, raised from autumn sown seed, have made 

 their appearance. Radishes are now abundant, and prices moderate: 

 witli the present fine weather, the open air crop may be expected in a 

 week or so. Cabbages are about gone ; some few heads are brought in, 

 but only in exceeding small lots, which are taken at our rates. Lettuce 

 continues in good demand, and prices have been fully sustained. Spinach 

 and other greens have been unusually abundant and good. The slock of 

 squashes is so light as scarcely to bear reporting ; West Indies are tlie 

 principal kind, and supply the place of other sorts. 



Fruits. — The season is now drawing to a close for Apples. Baldwins 

 and Russets, picked and repacked, now command our present quotations ; 

 other sorts are nearly or quite gone; of pears none remain but baking, 

 and those rather inferior. Cucumbers have made their appearance, but 

 tliey are rather scarce ; the low prices obtained for two or three years 

 past have discouraged cultivators in their attempts to grow them. Cran- 

 berries have slightly improved since our last ; the stock is now wholly of 

 spring picking. Grapes are nearly or quite out of the market. Some 

 few lots of Pine apples have aiTived, and kept up a supply at this season. 

 Oranges and Lemons are plentiful, and prices low. Yours, M. T., Bos- 

 ton, April Q8th, 1844. 



HORTICULTURAL MEMORANDA 



FRUIT DEPARTMENT. 



Grape Vines in greenhouses and graperies, will now be opening their 

 flow^ers, and will need increased attention. Keep the house rather close, 

 giving air early in the morning, and closing up early in the afternoon. 

 Discontinue syringing until the fruit is set. Sprinkling the walks how- 

 ever, may be practised, in order to create a humid atmosphere so favora- 

 ble to the vine when in bloom. Continue to tie up the growing wood for 

 next year's crop, and take off all unnecessary wood. Vines in the open 

 air should now be tied up carefully to the trellis, and if any unnecessary 

 wood remains it may be cut off; a little bleeding will do no harm. 

 Grafting vines may be successfully performed this month. 



