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FRUITS IN WESTERN NEW- YORK. 



De Lisle, Blush Boursault, &c. The 

 earliest of roses, producing exceedingly 

 larcre flowers, with a deep rose centre, and 

 perfectly double. 



Pallida and Supf.rba, Prairie,are differ- 

 ent, but certainly very much alike, requi- 

 ring close observation to detect any distinc- 

 tion ; they are both blush, inclining to pink. 

 Pallida has the color most in the centre. 



YouLAXD d'Arragon, hybrid perpetual. 

 Is of a fine deep blush, a rare color in the 

 family ; grows strongly, and blooms repeat- 

 edly during the season ; it makes a beauti- 

 ful pale rose of about five feet, quite fra- 

 grant. 



Princess, hybrid China. "A rose with- 

 out a thorn ;" rosy blush, blooming in clus- 

 ters ; a late variety, admired for its delicacy 

 of color and fragrance ; a plant suitable for 

 a pole eight or ten feet high. 



Pjiillihar, Noisette or Bourbon. Of a 

 hardy nature, admired for its profusion and 

 peculiar rosy lilac hue, blooming without 

 intermission from June till November. I 

 have seen a plant covering a fence twenty 

 feet long, and eight feet high, and for five 

 months never without a flower. 



La Tourterelle, or Dove Rose, hybrid 

 China. A variety that keeps in bloom for 

 a length of time ; is very early, large cup 

 shaped, perfect, always fine and fragrant ; 

 of a purplish lilac or dove color; it will co- 

 ver an arbor or pole of 18 feet in a few 

 years. 



Grillory, hybrid China. Is of a peculiar 

 shaded, rosy violet color, the flower of the 

 largest size, with petals bold and well round- 

 ed. When in bud it is most magnificent, but 

 the flower and color very soon fades. It suits 

 a pole of eight feet. — {To be continued.) 



FRUITS IN WESTERN NEW- YORK. 



BY W. R. SMITH, OF MACEDON, -X. Y. 



The original settlers of the " Genesee Coun- 

 try" frequently supplied themselves with 

 fruit, by planting unimproved trees, raised 

 from seeds brought with them. It is rea- 

 sonable to suppose that these were gene- 

 rally selected from favorite and superior 

 kinds. 



For manv years, cider was considered 

 one of the most profitable farm products ; 

 and this occasioned the planting of natural 

 or cider fruit to an indefinite extent. From 

 the many varieties thus produced, some of 

 inferior quality have been propagated. 

 Others, possessing merit, have, I think, been 

 over-praised ; while others, again, will be 

 considered as acquisitions to the choicest 

 collection. 



The design of this, and by permission, of 

 subsequent communications, is to throw 



such light upon this interesting subject, as 

 I may be able, and to assist in forming a 

 correct estimate of the value of kinds under 

 notice. 



The NoRTHETiN Spy. — The description of 

 this fruit, when in perfection, is too well 

 known to need a repetition. It has many 

 excellent qualities, such as good size, fine 

 appearance, and high flavor, with a grate- 

 ful freshness during the spring months, 

 when well kept. This commendation ap- 

 plies, however, only to specimens grown 

 under favorable circumstances ; that is, up- 

 on young trees. It seems not to have been 

 noticed publicly, except by the editor of the 

 Western Reserve Magazine, that as the 

 tree advances in age, the fruit almost cor- 

 respondingly deteriorates. I have this, up- 

 on the authoritv of several intelligent culti- 



