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sually abundant this year, and the cut worm has mown down crops as if a 

 scythe had been through them. We never knew this pest of the farmer 

 more troublesome. 



Vegetables. — New potatoes have made their appearance since our last ; 

 first from Philadelphia, and then from the vicinity ; and they now come in 

 of good size. The old stock is nearly gone ; some few Chenangoes and 

 Long Reds only remaining. Turnips have been abundant and good. Rare- 

 ripe onions have come to hand from the Cape and of fair size. New 

 beets and carrots in bunches are now plentiful. Cabbages are not abund- 

 ant. Lettuce plentiful and good. Peas have been abundant; but if the 

 dry weather continues, the crop will be limited. String beans are now 

 brought in from the vicinity. Rhubarb remains the same. New squashes 

 have just come to hand. A few small lots of Southern corn have been 

 received from Virginia. 



Fruit. — The market is now rather bare of fruit ; scarcely any old ap- 

 ples remain ; and new ones have only been received within a day or two in 

 small lots. Sweet and sour apples from Virginia command fair rates. A 

 few barrels of pears from New York have comprised the whole stock. 

 Cherries have been abundant and excellent beyond any season for some 

 years, and have commanded good prices. Strawberries from the drought 

 have been less than half a crop. Forced peaches and grapes have been 

 tolerably plentiful at our prices. Cranberries, owing to the season of 

 other fruit, are lower. Currants have yet scarcely ripened, but they are 

 selling freely. Green gooseberries plentiful. Tomatoes from Philadel- 

 phia are now daily received. Cucumbers have just made their appearance 

 from the gardens around the city ; the supply during June has been en- 

 tirely from New York. In other fruit but little doing. — M. T., Boston, 

 June 2Bih, 1844. 



HORTICULTURAL MEMORANDA 



FOR JULY. 



FRUIT DEPARTMENT. 



Grape Vines will now be swelling their fruit rapidly, and the clusters 

 will need thinning. Let this be attended to immediately, unless the vines 

 are so advanced that it has already been done. Give due quantities of 

 air, and be on the guard against the red spider or mildew. Shoulder all 

 the fine clusters, and continue to lay in the new wood for next year ; prune 

 out all useless branches and laterals, stopping the spurs which have fruit 

 upon them, two joints beyond the branch. Treatment must of course be 

 varied according to the forwardness of the crop. Vines in the open air 

 will now have set their fruit : cut away all superfluous branches, and nail 

 in wood for next year. Water with liquid guano once a week, in the pro- 

 portion of 4 lb. to a barrel of water. 



