\XII, NO. 13. 



AND HORTICULTURAL REGISTER 



103 



•MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIE- 

 Tlie Annual Meeting ol the MHSsachusclls Horlicul- 

 Scnicty will he hehl nt their Rooms, 23 Tremont Row, 

 \'l"URDAV, the 7lli day of Ocloher next, at II o'clock 

 ., fur the choice of officers for the year ensnins^, viz : a 

 dent, four Vice Presidents, a Treasurer, a Correspond- 

 ecretary, a Recording Secretary, Professors oX Botany 

 /e^HalAe Physiology, of Kntomology, of Horticultural 

 lislry, and Standing Coinmittecs on Krnits, Flowers 

 /egctahles, the Library, the Synonyms of Fruits, an 

 ulive, and Finance. 



EBENEZER WIGHT, 



Recording Secretary. 



-NOTICE. The Premiums of the MASSACHU- 

 rS HORTICULTURAL Society, for the best speci- 

 of 0.i///./.4.S', will he awarded on SATURDAY 

 3i th i'lst. The Flowers shown fur Prizes must he in 

 ands, and ready for t!ie Judges, at 10 o'clock, A. M. 

 Ixhihition will commence at tl o'clock. 

 By order of the Com. of Flowers. 



SA.\rL WALKER, Chairman. 



TIIER.MOMETRICAL. 



Renorted for the New li;iii>lunil Farmer, 

 geof theThei nioineterat the Garde ii of t lie |)roprietor3 

 New England Farmer, Itrii^luon, !Mas.s in a shaded 

 jriy exoosure, fur I he week emliiig Sept. 24. 



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rJHTON MARKET.— MoNDAT, Sept. 25, 1843. 



Kelinrled for the N. E. Farmer, 

 'Market 1250 Beef Cattle, 700 Stores, 3300 Sheep 

 125 Swine. From i'lOO to 800 Beef Cattle, and sev- 

 undred stores remain unsold. 



CEa. — Beef Cattle — The market is completely 

 ted," and prices are probably lower than tfiey have 

 or many years. We quote extra $i 25, first quality 

 a 4.00 second quality, $3.00 a 3.75, third quality 

 a 3.25. 



'es. — Two year old $8 n 13. Three year old 

 17. 



!p.— Small lots frum 50 cts. to $1.50. Welhers 

 , $1.88. 



ne. — Shoats to peddle 4 1-2 and 4 3-4 for sows 

 1-2 a 5 3-4 for barrows. Old barrowa4 1-2. At re- 

 )m5 to6 1-2. 



lATU.M. In our last week's report the number of 

 ^attlo should have been much larger. 



IVIIOLESALE PRICES CURRENT. 



Corrected icilh great care, weekly. 



tpS. Herds Grass, $0 no to 2 50 per bushel. Red Top 

 60 cents. Clover— Northern, 00 to 12c.— Southern, 

 Flax Seed, 9P 00 per bushel. Lucerne, 33 c. per lb. 

 \f Seed, S2 25 per bushnl. 



LIN. The market continues in the same dull state 

 ced in our last weekly report, with a further reduction 



1— Northern, old, bushel 56 to 00— Southern, round 



old, 5t a 00— Southern flat yellow, new, 53 a 00— 



white 50 n 00— do New Orleans, 48 a 00— Burley 



— Rye, Northern, 63 a 65— do. Southern, 60 a 62 — 



Southern, 23 a 29 — Northern do. 30 to 31— Beans, per 



I 00 a 1 62.— Shorts, per double hush. 22 a 35 -Bran 



)UR. The news from England by the Caledonia of 

 ■able prospect for a good and abundant harvest in that 

 1, has dispelled all expectation of a demand for the 



English market, and prices here are consequently more de- 

 pressed. 



Baltimore, Howard Street, 4 mos. or. $0 00 a 00 —do, 

 wharf, SO 00 a 00— do. free of ijarlic. $.-. oo a 00 — Phila- 

 delphia do. 4 mos. S4 62 a 00 -Fredericksburg, low I'd 4 

 inn.s. S4 62 a i 75— Alexanilria. wb.-irf mountain, n no a (in. 

 — Georcelown, *5 00 a .<■. 75— Rielimonil Canal, So 00 a 0(1 

 —do. City, »o 0(1 a ii on — Petersburgh, South side So on a o no 

 —do. Country «0 OOao 00— Genesee, common, cash, S4 56 a 

 4 63— do fancy brands S4 75 a 5 00 — Ohio via Canal, 

 «0 nn a no— do do New Orleans, cash «4 so a 4 62. Rye, 

 «3 00 a 3 25— Inilitt'i Meal in bbls. *2 T5 a 00. 



STRAWBERRIES! 



The subscriber can supply all the most esteemed varieties 

 of Strawberries now in cultivation. The present is consid- 

 ered a good time for the formation of new beds. Tlie fol- 

 lowing are llie prices per hundred plants; — 



llarnj's Seedling-— at very superior variety, of large sized, 

 fine flavor, abundant liearer, and very hardy, 85,00 



Krene'3 Seedling— Larse fruit, very high flavor and high 

 perfume, jj („ 



Bisliop's Orange- Fine size, abundant bearer and supe- 

 rior flavor, g.^^oo 

 Kltori Seedling — Very large fruit of a superior flavor, oon- 



PROVISIONS. The market is without any material [ sidered one of the best in Kngland 



alteration since the last report ; sales have been restricted 

 to a limited demand from the trade and for vessels' use. 



Beef- Mods 4 iio new bbl SsSOanno — Navv — S7 on a 

 7 25.— No. I, 6 75 T on- do Prime So no n nn— Pork— 

 Fxlra clear 4 mn bbl. Si 3 ".n n I ion— do Clear 312 50 a 13 00 

 do. Mess, II 00 a II 50— do Prime SI on a 10 .'■.0— do Mess 



from other States. — a do Prime do do So on a no 



do. Cargo do. a 00 Clear do do Sno 00 a On 00 — 



Roller, shipiiing. a Om— do store, uninspected. 7 a 9 — do 

 dnirv. 10 cts. n 14— La '■d, No I, Boston ins 00 a 00 —do 

 South and Western, 5l a 6^ — Hams, Boston, 6 a 6J — 

 Southern and Wesiern, S^ a 64— Cheese, Ship'g and 4 meal, 

 3 a 4 1-2- do new milk, 5 a 6. 



WOOr,. Huty. The value whereof at the place of er- 

 pirlation shall not exceed 7 cts. per pound. 5 per cent ad 

 val. AM whereof the vahie exceeds 7 cts. per pound, 30 per 

 ct. ad. val. and 3 cts per pound. 



There is more inquiry for Fleeces, and sales to a moder. 

 ale extent have been made at prices which fully sustain our 

 quotations. 



Prime or Saxnnv Fleeces, washed, lb. 37 a 40 c. — Amer- 

 ican foil blood do 33 a 35— Do 3-4 do 32 a On— Do. I -2 do 

 29 a 30- -1-4 and common do 25 a 27 — Smyrna Sheep, 

 washed, 20 a 23 — Do. unwashed, 9 a 12 — Bengnsi do 

 6 as — Saxonv, clean 00 — Ruenos Avres unpicked, 7 a In — 

 do. do. pickeil, 12 a 16— Superfine Northern pulled lamb 23 

 a 32— No. I do. do. do. 25 a 27— No. 2 do do do 19 a 22— 

 No. 3 do dodo 12 a 15. 



• HOPS. Duty 20 percent. 



There have been no Massachusetts Hops of the new crop 

 inspected. 



1st sort Mass. 1842, lb. 6 a 8. 2d do. do. do. 0(Va 00. 



H A V, 14 to 16 per ton— Eastern Screwed 89 to 1 1 . 



CHEESE— Shipping and 4meal, 3 to 4 l-2c.— New 5 to S. 



EGGS. 12 a 14. 



S5,0II 

 «3,0t 



Ml/all's Pine— A delicious fruit, 



The old varieties furnished at it. 90 per hundred. 



Orders sent by mail encloting the money will be pune- 

 lually attended to, and the plants well packed for transpor- 

 talion. JOSEPH BRECK. 



Boston, Aug. 15, 1843. 



CR01V1V IMPERT-M-S, TULIPS, &c. 



The subscribers have on band and for sale a supply of 

 Crown Imperials, Tulips, White Ldlies. Pa-onies. Narcis- 

 sus. Hyacinths, (f-c. JOSEPH BRECK & CO. 



Sept. 27, 1843. 



CHRYSAXTHKBirmS. 



The subscribers offer for sale twenty varieties of new 

 Chrysanthemums of the most superb and rare sorts, at 50 

 cents per pot. JOSEPH BRECK & CO. 



Boston, Sept. 27. 



SCIONS PROni BEARING TREES. 



The subscriber at his grounds adjoining the Pomologieal 

 Garden on Dearborn Street, North Salem, offers for sale 

 scions from bearing fruit trees. Among them are the follow- 

 ing 



P K A R S. 



Barllett— Columbian Virsalieu- Beurre Remain- Urban- 

 iste — Washington— Beurre Diel— Beurre Bosc— Josephine- 

 Easter Beurre— Bloiidgood- Summer Franc Real— Clion— 

 Lewis — Winter Nclis, &c. 



PEACHES. 



Malta— Early Royal George— Early York- Noblesse- 

 Red Cheek M'elacaton— Murray's Early Ann- Blush Pine 

 Apple — Washington Freestone— Cooledge's Favorite, &c. 

 APPLES. 

 Minister — Ilubbardston Nonsuch — Danver's Winter 

 Sweet, Aic. 



P L D M S . 

 Coe's Golden Drop — Violet Perdrigon — Roe's Yellow 

 Gage— Green Gage— Violet do.— Washington— Imperial — 

 Criiger's Scarlet— Frost Gage— Pond's Seedling &c. 

 Sept. 6. JOHN M. IVES. 



STR.VWBERRKCS I 



The subscriber would most respectfully give notice tothose 

 who are desirous of cullivating the most delicious Fr it, that 

 he will offer his select collection of Plants, at the following 

 reduced rates, in order that all may be enabled to grow them. 



Having been engaged for twelve years in raising this Fruil 

 extensively, he is enableil, by his knowledge of the choice 

 varieties, and the best modes of cultivation, to olfer the most 

 extensive assortment of Plants and in the hnest condition, of 

 any culiivator in the country. Persons may satisfy ihem- 

 selves of this fact by a visit to his Gardens. 



Warren's Seeding Melhven— .1 very superior variety, a 

 great bearer, perfectly hardy, the fruit often measuring six 

 inches in circumference. Price per hundred plants, 85,00 



1-Iovey's Seedling— A splendid fruit, bears abundantly,and 

 worthy of extensive cultivation, <5,00 



Kcene's Seedling— Large fruit, and of very high flavor and 

 rich perfume, $2,00 



Bishop's Orange. — Very fine size and abundant bearer, 



S2,0t> 



Myatt's Pine — A delicious fruit, 82,00 



Downton — A superior and large fruit, 82,00 



The above varieties are all of the most superior kinds, and 

 can be highly recommended. 



The following old varieties will be furnished at 84,00 pec 

 hundred : — 



Early Virginia, Hauthois, 



Methven Castle, and 



Royal Scarlet, English Wood. 



Where one thousand Plants are ordered, a discount of 2* 

 per cent will be allowed. 



J^Every Plant sent from the Gardens will be warranted 

 true. The several varieties, carefully labelled and securely 

 packed, so as to be transported any distance in safety, and 

 where it is desired, directions for planting and cullivatioa 

 will accompany the Plants. 



The monlhsof August and September are the best month* 

 in the year for making plantations of this Fruit. Those 

 made at this season and properly treated will produce fruil 

 the coining season. 



Orders enclosing the amount wanted or with references, 

 and left with Geo.VV, Warren & Co. 192 Washington street, 

 Boston, or forwarded by mail to the subscriber, will receive 

 immediate and careful atlenlion 



JAMES L. L. F. WARREN, 



Aug. 15 Nonantum Vale, Brighton. 



DRAFT AND TRACE CHAINS. 



400 pair Trace Chains, suitable for Ploughing 

 200 " Truck and leading Chains. 

 200 " Draft Chains. For sale by J. BRECK & CO., 

 No. 62 North IMarkel si. 



POUDRETTE I POCDRETTE I ! 



The subscribers keep constantly on hand, and for saU, 

 Poudrelle in quantilies to suit purchasers ; packed in Bar- 

 rels in order lor shipping, or transportation by wagon or Rail 

 Road. 



The experience of five years past has satisfied many 

 farmers, that this manure has the quickest operation upo» 

 vegetable matter, producing greater abundance, and is th« 

 cheapest manure they have ever tried. 



Orders left at the New England Seed Store, and at the 

 factory in Brookline. will meet with prompt atlenlion. 



For .sale by J. BRECK ck CO, 61 and 52 North Market 

 Street, Boston. Oct. 26. 



WANTED A SITUATION AS GARDENER. 



A young man who is well acquainted with Gardening i» 

 its various branches, and who emi give satisfactory testimo- 

 nials, wishes a situation. He will, if required, take chari;* 

 of a horse and cow. Please apply at the Office of the N. 

 E. Farmer, 52 North Market Street. Aug. 8. 



HARRIS' TREATISE ON INSECTS. 



For sale by JOSEPH BRECK & CO., Harris' Treatlw 

 on Insects. Price 82. Also, the second edition of Dana> 

 Muck Manual, price 62^ cla. Feb It. 



