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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



Mr. Barbt thought that in this part of the country, 

 E8ar large cities, the Red Antwerp was the best, as it 

 always yielded good crops. They always bend the 

 canes down in tha fall, and cover them slightly — it 

 was but little trouble. For delicacy of flavor the 

 Black Cap could not compare with the Red Antwerp. 

 Some new varieties, such as Brinckles Orange would 

 sell for four times as much as the common kinds. 



Mr. lIoosBR found that the grocers always prefer- 

 red the common to the Red and Yellow Antwerps, 

 imd always purchased them first, they were extensively 

 used for cooking and preserving. 



Dr. Roach said that the first man who commenced 

 raising raspberries near Geneva, N. Y., could only get 

 eight cents per quart, but when many had gone into 

 tJie business, the price rose to from twelve to fifteen 

 CfiBts per quart. 



'^ The Gooseberry. — Mr. Hooker thought the 

 fjfooseberry very profitable on his grounds. Som« 

 that he sold in this city, brought the large price of 

 eiahteen cents per quart — a man siigbt make, he 

 thought, an independent fortune at that price. 



Mr. Ellwanger said that some kinds, such as the 

 Grown Bob, Whitesmith, and Houghton's Seedling, 

 seldom mildew. 



Mr. Hooker said that he planted his bushes first 

 on sandy ground, and found that they invariably mil- 

 dewed — when he removed them to a clayey soil, and 

 they were entirely free from it. He said that those 

 on the clayey soif were shaded some, while those on 

 the sandy soil were entirely exposed to the sun. 



Col. Hodge, of Buffalo, found in 20 or 30 kinds, 

 that ia two or three years they were always destroy- 

 ed; even on clay, they would in time mildew, and he 

 thoHght that the English kinds could not on this ac- 

 count be recommended. It would to be sure have a 

 tendency to prevent mildewing if they were trans- 

 planted every three or four years, and that with 

 severe pruning the damage might be considerably 

 reduced. Fully one-half of the vines ought to be 

 taken off every year. 



Mr. Babry said that the English Gooseberries 

 ought to have a cool soil — that was the reason why 

 they grew so well in England. They succeeded near 

 Chicago for the same reason; as, also, in Canada East, 

 Maine, and the northern counties of this State. Some 

 persons near this city had no difficulty with them. 



R. B. Wareen, of Alabama, Genesee Co., had 

 had good success in cultivating the Gooseberry on 

 light, gandy soil. He planted on the north side of a 

 Doard fence. 



SHBLTER FOR ORCHARDS AND FRUIT GARDENS. 



Col. HoDGffi, of Buffalo, thought this a very im- 

 portant subject. Peaches could not be raised around 

 Buffalo, not because of the cold as was generally 

 8appo8ed,but because of the bleak winds from the Lake- 

 Ai the lower end of Grand Island is a tract of land 

 ©ailed Peach Haven. It is protected from the west 

 winds by a natural forest. There the peach succeeds 

 wftlL 



He invariably found in his travels that situations 

 protected from cold winds always produced much 

 batter than exposed ones. The best kind of screen 

 for protection to fruit trees, is the Norway Spruce. 

 It grows rapidly, and is used extens^ively in Boston, 

 both for it« protection, and as an ornament. The 

 wind which does the most iujury, is the west wind — 

 nost, the north and north-west. 



Mr. BuRTis, of Rochester, would plant an orchard 

 on the coldest, bleakest hill he could find, the fruit 

 buds were usually killed in the spring, and the object 

 should be to ke*-p back vegetation as late a.=; possible. 

 He never feared lor peach trees in wititer unless the 

 thermometer sunk more th8.n 12 below zuro. He 

 thought trees needed shelter, but should be planted 

 on elevated places. 



Mr. B. Fisn, of Rochester, thought the buds were 

 killed in winter— never ia spring; he had seen water 

 frozen in the blossoms in the spring, and yet the trees 

 bore a good crop of fruit. 



Dr. Roach, of Ontario County, had two orchards, 

 one of 300 tiees is espof^ed to the west wiuds^ The 

 other of 108 trees in a sheltered situation — from the 

 former he obtained three pecks of fruit, from the 

 latter 150 baskets. The outside Ireea yielded the 

 least fruit 



Mr. S'iONE, of HiBmanville, Oswego County, had 

 noticed that old oreh;ir{ig with thick tops, bear fruit 

 when ycBDgcr tretss would not; and that trees usually 

 do betit on hJlh. 



Mr. Barry had found in all his reading and expe- 

 rience, that shelter v. .«! DBcestary — animals needed it 

 — everythingtender lAfcdud it. During the late severe 

 winters hemlock t; ■ t-s were killed on the west side, 

 and the hardy privec hedges were frequently killed on 

 their western e: ; usure. It was not remarkable then 

 that tender fruit trees should need protection. On 

 their grounds, jntrt of their pear trees v?ere exposed; 

 on these they facidom obtained njuch ^ru't; while on 

 the remainder, which were sleltertd, fine crops were 

 produced. He thought that the Norway Spruce was 

 the best for protection, — though the European Larch 

 was also very good. 



Col. HoDGS said, if he were setting out an orchard, 

 he would, if he could, have a forest all around it. 



H. N. Lansworthy, of Rochester, had found that 

 for peaches, the west and east exposures yielded but 

 little fruit. He thought that the cold and frost did 

 not do much harm while the fruit was in bloom; but 

 that afterwards, when it was larger, the cold wind 

 killed it. 



Dr. Roach thought the best way was to plant high 

 and then protect by trees. 



Hardy Grapes. — H. N- Langworthy had often 

 observed the best grapes were produced where vines 

 had run up high on some apple or other trees. He 

 argued from this that sun was not particularly needed 

 to ripen the grape — it needed warm air. They sel- 

 dom mildewed on trees. 



Mr. BiTRTis said the best grapes he ever saw, grew 

 in Philadelphia, on tall vines by the sides of houses, 

 and he was of opinion that they would grow best on 

 tall trees. 



Mr. Barry thouglit that grapes needed heat; if he 

 were to plant a vineyard, he would plant the vines on 

 tlie south side of a tight board fence, to secure more 

 heat. Mr.McKay, of Naple?,Ontario County, had suc- 

 ceeded perfectly in raising grapes, and as there were 

 gentlemen present who were well acquainted with 

 Mr. McKay's process, he hoped they w'ould favor 

 the society with a description of his method- 

 [To be Continued.] 



Tomato plants, for early fruiting, may 

 very early by sowing a few seeds in a^r^e 

 pot, or small box, in good rich soil. / 



