KO. XV. VOI,, 6. 



AND GARDENER'S JOURNAL 



47 



BRIGHTON MARKKT— Monday. Adgust 15, 1836. 

 Keported (or the Daily Advertiser &. Patriot. 



At market 521 Buef Cattle, 20 Cows and Calves, 22G0 

 Sheep — Swine. 



Prices Beef Cattle — Last week's prices were 



not supported and about GO iiead unsold. Extra fine 

 423 ; prime 37s Gd a 40s ; second quality 33s a 37s 3d ; 

 third quality 27s a 32s. 



Cows and Calves — We noticed sales at $26,31,50, 

 35, 38 45, and 47, 50. 



Sheep and Lambs — Ordinary lots were taken at $2 

 and 2 50 ; better qualities at $3 and 4 50. 



Swine — None at market. We are requested to state 

 that there will be a fine lot of about 200 in next Mon- 

 day. 



FANEUIL HALL VEGETABLE MARKET. Aug 17. 



New Potatoes, 75 cts. to $100 per bushel. Siring 

 Beans, 1 00 to 1 25 per bushel. Shell Beans, 25 cts. 

 per qt. Green Peas, 1 20 per bushel. Gieen Corn, 17 

 to 20 cts. per doz. Cauliflowers, 25 to 50 cts. each. 

 Cabbages,, drumhead, G to 8 cts. each. Summer Squash, 

 Long Waned and Early Bush, 25 cts. per doz. Beets, 6 

 cts. per bunch. Onions,6 to 8cts. per bunch. Carrots, 

 6 to 8 cts. per bunch. Kadishes, 3 to 4 cts. per bunch. 

 Turnips, 6 to 8 cts. per bunch. Cucumbers, 17 to 25 cts. 

 doz. Tomatoes, 25 cts. per doz. Rhubarb, 5 to 8 cts. 

 per lb. Lettuce, 4 to 6 cts. per head. 



Fkuit. — Gooseberries, 37 per qt. Currants, 8 to 10c. 

 per qt. Raspberries, 37 to 50 c. per box. Blueberries, 

 12^ cts. per qt. Blackberries, 25 cts. per box. Whor- 

 tleberries, 12J to 17 cts. per qt. Greenhouse Grapes, 

 $1 25 per lb. Apples, $4 50 to $5 00 per bushel. Pears, 

 2 00 to 4 00 per bushel. Peaches, (greenhouse) 4 00 per 

 per doz. Watermelon, 25 to 50 cts. each. Apricots, 

 (very fine) 75 cts. to $1 00 per box. 



RASPBEIRRIES. 



For sale at the New Knglaiid Seed .Store, di'livcrohlc any 

 time Itolore the Isl of Noveinlier, 3000 best English Rasp- 

 berry Roots, in fine order. 3t Aug. 10. 



FRANKI^IN HOUSE, BOSTON. 



The subsrriher wo;. Id inform his patrons and the public 

 generally, thai he continues to keep the long established and 

 wed known Kranklin Hnuse, in Merchants Kow, nearly oppo- 

 site Faneuil Hall, which has recently been enlarged with the 

 adilition of new chambeis, silting rooms, parlours &,c. 



The rcntral situation oT the house renders it very conve- 

 nient Jbr men of business. The subscriber pledges himself 

 that the ho se shall be kept orderly and quiet lor the comfort 

 o( all who may favor Itini with a call. 



He would also state, that at the request of many of his 

 friends, he has changed the hour of dining to one o'clock. 



.Iuly27.. 3t DANIEL MIXER. 



COCOONS WANTED. 



., ,T,c.,„- . ^ t4J- f^' oushel lor 



Adam Brooks. Soji),l!.,.firy) raised the present year the 



r.n.-wous must be stripped of the floss, and the chrysalis killed 

 either by steaming or by camphorated spirits ; they must be 

 dried immediately after, in the sun, until they are perfectly 

 dry and will rattle by shaking, and carefully packed in dry 



at 

 Newell, 



FRESH AND GENUINE GARDEN SEEDS, 



Of the very (irst quality, put up expressly for the climate of 

 the Wes Indies and South America. Long Red liect — 

 Turnip Radish — Black Spanish Radish — Large Head Let- 

 tuce — White Flat Turnip — Yellow Aberdeen Turnip — 

 Wiiile Celery — Curled Cress — Sweet Marjoram — Rod 

 Cabbage — Large Drumhead Cabbage — Battersea do. — 

 Rarly Sugar Loaf do. — Early Curled Silesia Leituce — 

 Double ^'urled Parsley — Curled Endive — Long Orange 

 Tarrol. F'or sale at the Now England Seed Store, 51 anrl 52 

 North Market street. 3i July 27. 



NATIVE FOREST TREES. 



The subscriber will furnish the following kiurls of Native 

 Forest Trees from the vicinity of Bangor, Maine, and ship 

 them carefully, according to orders, viz.: Silver Firs, (from 

 2 to 3 feet high) ; Rims, (from 5 to 25 feet) ; Rock Maples, 

 (from 5 to 25 feet); Mountain Ash, (from 5 to 25 feet); 

 •Spruce, Sumachs, Pines, and Cedars, Bed Cherry, Sugar 

 i'lunis, and Junipers. Also Seed of the abo\-e t/ees furnished 

 in their season. Any orders addressed to the snhscrilier. 

 Seedsman at Rangor, or left at Geo. C. Barrett's New England 

 .Seed Store, Boston, w-ill meet with pron pt attention. 



Bangor, May 2, I83C. WM. B. HARLOW. 



PRICES OF COUNTRY P R O I) U C K. 



COnRECTED WITH RP.EAT CARE, WEEKLT. 



'Is ^y shaking, and carefully packed in dry 

 boxes; not pressed but shaken down — to"be delivered 

 Adam Brooks's, South Sciluate, Mass 

 No. 52 North Market street, Boston. 



Thomas G. Fcsseiiden, Editor of the New England Farmer 

 has for sale a valtwble apparatus for killing the chrysalis aud 

 also well fitted for healing the water to reel the cocoons, and 

 useful Inrinanv other purposes— il is so cheap it is wuhin 

 tlie power of almost any one to obtain. 



Inslrueiiuns for spinning silk from the cocoons into wari) 

 and tilling, sewing silk, and knitting silk - and dressius of 

 the same — and receipts for coloring, are given by A Jam 

 iJrooks on reasonable terms. Coinmunica ions (post naidi 

 may be addressed to ADAM BROOKS, South Scituate 

 ^^^^- Aug. 10. 



COU.\TRY SEAT AND FARM. 



The subscriber offers for sale, his Estate, situated on Jama- 

 ica Hill, Jamaica Plains Parish. Roxbury, five miles from 

 Boston common -l^nrmerly the estate owned and uccunied 

 by Gov bamuel Adams, The Farm contains fifty acres of 

 land, well supplied with a number of never failing sprines of 

 water, and for farming purposes is one of the bist farms in 

 he country. The house is new, large and convenient, calcu- 

 la.ed lor summer a„d winter residence, built of the best sea 

 soned materiaU, and all the labor paid bv the d.iy conse- 

 quently IS a first rate house. Barns and out buildings all in 

 good order and convenient. 



F.r purity of air for extensive and beautiful prospects th's 

 situation has no equal in New England, and is an inv'iliii^ 

 Situation to a gent'eman of taste, that has a/*.i„ spare dollars 



■""y ^^- H. COWING. 



FARM FOR SALE. 



For sale a Farm in Bed ord. County of Middlesex, 17 miles 

 fi^oni Boston and 10 from Lowell, containing 104 acres inclu- 

 ding abo'it 15 acres covered with a valuable crowth of wnoj 

 which has been preserved with great care for the last 20 years, 

 the garden contains about 3 acres under the highest cultiva- 



•' lo 19 iuiiirsii>;v, ..;,i. . efeal variety of flowers and 



shrubs winch have been collected at much labor and expense ; 

 piiached to the garden is a Green House filled with thrifty 

 liearing Grape Vines, and choice and valuable plants which 

 will be sold or not as the purchaser may choose. The Farm 

 IS under good cultivation and together with the Garden is 

 stocked with the choicest Fruits, such as Apples, Pears 

 Peaches, Quinces, Plums, Strawberries of various kinds' 

 Raspberries, Gooseberries, &c &c., which the present owner 

 has spared no expence in obtaining. The Farm is bounded 

 on the west by Concord River, which is well supplied with 

 fish, and the country around abounds with game, niakino- il a 

 desirable retreat lo the gentleman who is fond of fishing or 

 shooting. ° 



Possession will be given on the 1st April next— for terms 

 which will be liberal, apply to the subscritier in Boston oral 

 'li<^ Farm. JAMES VILA. 



Apples, Russctts and Baldwins. 

 Bkans,. white, ..... 

 BEtiF. mess. 

 No. 1. 



prime, .... 

 Beeswax*, (Americi'n) . . - . 

 Butter store, .No. I , . 

 Cheese, new milk, .... 

 Feathers, northern, geese, 

 southern, geese, 

 Flax, American, .... 

 Fish, Cod, , , 



Flour, Genesee, ., . cash 

 Baltimore, Howard street, 

 Baltimore, wharf, 

 Alexandria, 

 Grain, Corn, northern yellow 



southern flat yellow 

 white. 

 Rye, northern, 

 Barley, .... 



Oats, northern, . (prime) 

 Hay, best English, per ton of 2000 lbs 

 eastern screwed, . 

 hard pressed, .... 

 Honey, 

 Hops, 1st quality 



2d quality .... 

 Lard, Boston, 1st sort, . 

 southern, 1st sort. 

 Leather, Philadelphia cilj' tannage., 

 do country oo 

 Baltimore city do. 



do. dry hide 

 New York red, light, 

 do. do. Middling. 

 do. do. over weight, 

 Boston do. slaughter, 

 do. light. 

 Lime, best sort, .... 

 Plaster Paris, per ton of 2200 lbs. 

 Pork, Mass. inspect, extra clear, . 



Navy, mess 



bone, middlings, scarce, 

 *EEDS, Herri's Grass, 

 Red Top, 



Red Clover, northern 

 Silk CocooNs, (American) . 

 Tallow, tried, 



Wool, prime, or Saxony Fleeces," . 



American, full blood, washed, 



do. 3-4ths do. 



do. 1-2 do. 



do. I -4 and common 



- f Pulled superfine, 

 £■0 1st Lambs, . 

 -S=V^<i do. 

 ^ g. 3d do, 



Southern pulled wool is generally 5 cts. 

 less per lb. 



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pound 



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bushel 



gallon 

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cask 



barrel 



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pound 

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lb. 

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86 



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57 

 2100 

 20 00 

 20 00 

 45 

 13 

 II 

 16 

 14 

 28 

 24 

 25 

 19 

 20 

 20 

 17 

 19 



1 12 



2 50 

 26 50 



2 75 

 50 

 II 



9 

 70 

 60 

 60 

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 45 



60 

 55 

 45 

 30 



I 75 



II 75 



9 50 



7 25 



29 



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61 



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8 00 



7 75 



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 96 

 89 



58 

 28 00 



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23 00 

 50 



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26 

 28 

 22 

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38 

 21 

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2 62 

 2710 



3 00 

 62 

 12 



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75 

 70 

 65 

 58 

 55 



65 

 60 

 43 

 35 



TERRIBLE TRACTORATION. 



Justpuhlished and forsalehy Tutlle, Weeks & Dennett 



fnd ol , /p ■ K nl ^-"""f ""''■<'• T^^i'-le Tractoration 

 herof '^1 1? '^v'^''"""P''" ^''"•'dc, M. D.anHniom- 

 W-c'a'I.'Edit'i':^' ^Nineteen very learned Societies. Third 

 April 27, 



AGRICULTURAL, BOOKS. 



Farmer's Library in 3 volumes, consisting of the American 

 Gardener, by Thos. G. Fessenden, the American Orchardisl 

 by Wil lam Kenrick, and the Complete Farmer, by Thos. 3' 

 Fessenden. These are bound to match, at g3 lor "the set or 

 will be sold separately for gl each volume. 



Ruffin's Kssay on Calcareous Manure, 1,00. 



Chaplal's Agricultural Chemistry', new edition, a work of 

 great value, price 1,25. 



The American Farrier, p;ice 75 cts. 



Mrs Child's Frugal Housewife, 50 cts. 



Kenrick's American Silk Grower's Guide, 42 cts 



Cobb's Silk Manual, 50 cts. 



Comstock's do. .50 cts. ^ 



Forsyth on Fruit Trees. 



M'Mahon's American Gardener. 



Loudon's Complete Works. 



And will be supplied to order any work upon subjects co 

 necled with Agriculture, Horticulture and Rural Eccnomy. 



June 22. •' 



FARMER WANTED. 



Wanted, an experienced fanner to take charge of a culli- 

 I .I- ...1.. . in Ihe vicinily of Boston. 



vated (arm of only moderate size. 



Apply to the New England Farmer oflice. 



If 



NOTICE. 



Subscribers can have their volumes neatly half bound and 



,"^1" .!„ "■ '^ ""'": ^y leaving them at this office. 

 July 20 41 



PROVISION MARKET. 



retail prices. 

 Hams, tiorllieru, 



southern, and western, 

 Pork, whole hogs. 

 Poultry, . 

 Butter, (tub) . . ' _ 



lump 

 Eggs, . . 



Potatoes, new. 

 Cider, 



JAMES MANN, 



Preserver of Birds and Quadrupeds, at the stopping place 

 Mriglimn." ' Worcester Cars, Winships''^ Nufsesies! 



Orders or subjects for preservation directed as" aho,.» =„,i 

 lell at Ihe Rail Road De?ol. will be fiirwarded with despatch 

 and promptly allended lo. Skins of Foreign Bird a, id rare 

 Animals purchased. . °'® 



Canary Birds for sale— superior songsters 



June 15. " 



HEMP SEED. ' 



Just received 100 bushels prime and fresh Hemp Seed 

 which will be sold low, at the New England Seed Store No. 

 51 and 52 North Ma rket street, Boston^ j^^e T 



MILLET SEED. ' 



For sale, a few bushels of verv snrior^o- '*r"<i Seert 01,1, 

 .\ew r.ugiana r<ecd S>ore, Nos. 51 and 52, Noith Market si 



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