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at otie period, would be so limited that they would command'very 

 high rates during the winter; but from the earliest season of har- 

 vesting up to the present moment, there has been a gradual reduction 

 in prices, which are now as low as they were last year, in the month 

 of November: notwithstanding the duty of ten per cent, on imported 

 potatoes, no less than fifteen thousand bushels have arrived during 

 the month; this supply, mostly from Nova Scotia, has filled the mar- 

 ket; prices on the wharf have ranged as low as thirty-eight cents 

 per bushel, and for those of excellent quality. Sweet potatoes are 

 falling oft' in goodness, though there is yet a good stock. Turnips 

 continue abundant. Onions are also plentiful, and in excellent keep- 

 ing condition. Parsnips are now plentiful enough, and of handsome 

 size. No forced radishes have yet made their appearance. Horse- 

 radish is abundant and good. The stock of cabbages is rather lim- 

 ited : the dry summer destroyed a greater portion of the young plants 

 of the late crop, and the rains came too late to give those a full 

 growth which survived: Savoys and drumheads readily command 

 our prices. There is a very good supply of brocolis and cauliflow- 

 ers. Forced lettuce now comes in of handsome size and good quality. 

 Celery is abundant, excellent, and cheap: the season has been fine 

 for it, the rains of August and September giving the young plants a 

 free growth. Squashes keep very poorly; very few appear to have 

 perfectly ripened: it is scarcely possible to procure a good sound 

 squash of any kind in the market. 



Fruit. — Apples hold about the same: good picked Baldwins are a 

 shade higher: New York j)ippins have arrived within a week or two, 

 and there is now a good supply of this excellent variety. Pears 

 have continued to come in, aflbrding, in the succession of kinds, a 

 good su[)ply: all those we have named may now be procured in our 

 market: the Beurre Deils and St. Michael Archangels are uncom- 

 monly fine specimens. Cranberries were never more abundant: prices 

 have not altered since October. Of quinces there is yet a fair sup- 

 l)ly. Malaga grapes are plentiful, several lots having lately arrived: 

 other sorts are about gone, with the exception of a few Isabellas. 

 Oranges and lemons are abundant for the season. Chestnuts and 

 walnuts are unusually plentiful, of good quality, and sold at fair 

 prices.— Jli. T., Boston, Nov. ^Ith, 1841. 



HORTICULTURAL MEMORANDA 



FOR DECEMBER. 



FRUIT DEPARTMENT, 



Grape vines will now have so far ripened their wood, that pruning 

 may soon be commenced any time during the month, but when there 

 are many vines to attend to, it is best to begin in season. Make all 



