Horticultural Memoranda. IH 



The market offers but little alteration. Potatoes are rather firmer, 

 and we have quoted a slight advance; the stock is getting down, but 

 arrivals are expected by the latter part of the month; sweet potatoes 

 yet remain, and in fine preservation. Turnips abundant and cheap. 

 Onions are yet heavy. Beets, carrots, &c. are abundant. Radishes 

 have come to hand for some time, but they are now much better than 

 they have been; another week will bring them forward rapidly. 

 Horseradish plentiful and good. 



Cabbages are yet abundant and good; Savoys were never brought 

 in in larger quantities; drumheads and red Dutch are each large and 

 good. Sotne cauliflowers yet remain, but they are of rather inferior 

 quality. Celery is now mostly received from New York; it comes in 

 a somewhat different shape from the usual mode of selling it in our 

 market; three or four roots are tied together, making a flat bunch; 

 these bunches sell from twenty to twenty-five cents, according to good- 

 ness: this article should be raised in a sufficient quantity by our gar- 

 deners to supply the market without relying upon New York: it af- 

 fords a good profit. We may here mention that we have been grati- 

 fied to learn that Mr. Russell's practice of keeping celery, mentioned 

 in the last volume of this Magazine, is an excellent one, fully insur- 

 ing a supply in good condition throughout the spring. Spinach is 

 again abundant, and a few dandelions are also brought in. Lettuce 

 now comes in large and fine, and is improving every day. Our quo- 

 tations of parsley are by the box, (holding about a quart.) Squashes 

 are nearly all gone; what remain sell at our prices. No West Indias 

 have yet arrived. 



Apples have advanced slightly since our last; Baldwins are held at 

 higher rates, though other kinds are about the same; the advance in 

 prices, however, since October, has not been so much as the loss in 

 decay; and, making this allowance, they are not so dear as they were 

 in the autumn. Baking pears remain the same; the remaining stock 

 is rather inferior. Grapes abundant and poor. A few pine-apples have 

 been received, which sold at quotations. Cranberries have got up a 

 little as the season draws to a close. Lemons and oranges are very 

 plentiful and cheap. The market appears more animated, and anoth- 

 er month will probably show an improvement in most articles, which 

 are now very low for the season. — JVi. T., Boston, Feb. 26, 184L 



HORTICULTURAL MEMORANDA 



FOR MARCH. 



FRUIT DEPARTMENT. 



Grape vines. — If the directions have been observed, which we 

 gave last month, the vines in the green-house or grapery will now 

 have begun to swell their buds, which will soon break. The shoots 



