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THE GENESEE FAKMER. 



Mr. John Morse, of Cayuga Bridge, a large collection of pears — good sorts, and fair, 

 well grown specimens generally, though not quite as good as he has heretofore shown. 

 Messrs. Thorp, Smith, Hanchett, & Co., of Syracuse, presented some seventy varie- 

 ties of pears, many of them quite new. 



T. C. Maxwell, of Geneva, presented a small collection of select pears — Bartlett, 

 Dearborn'' s Seedling. Flemish Beauty, Belle Lucrative, (&c. — all fine and handsome. 

 AJso, choice varieties of apples, among which a large dish of the Primate (once noticed 

 in the Farmer as '■'■Rough and Ready'''') attracted much attention. 



Jno. C. Hastings, of Clinton, Oneida county, made a great display of various fruits, 

 in large dishes of each variety. 



Mr. Henry Freeman, of Richfield, Otsego Co., made a handsome display of apples ; 

 and we were particularly glad to meet them from that locality. He had Red Astracans 

 yet in good condition, and we noted two or three varieties of merit that are not much 

 known. We are glad to see Otsego county enter the list of fruit growers, and with so 

 worthy and intelligent a representative as Mr. Freeman. 



E. G. Studley, of Claverack, Columbia Co., contributed some fine samples of apples, 

 among which are some new to our part of the State. 



Preserved Fruits. — Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Smith, of Macedon, exhibited some dozen 

 glass jars of peaches, cherries, &c., in very tasteful style. These fruits are preserved 

 neither in vinegar nor alcohol, but in their own natural juice. Last winter we had a jar 

 or two of their peaches, and on opening we found the flavor little different from that of 

 fruit just taken from the tree. This is a most useful art, and Mr. and Mrs. Smith are 

 improving it and practicing it on a most extensive scale. 



Foreign Gra2)es. — Hon. John Greig, of Canandaigua, presented some very fine 

 bunches of Black Hamburgh, and several other varieties. H. L. Suydam, of Geneva, 

 exhibited Black Hamburgh, St. Peter'' s, and Zinfindal — superb bunches, from 2^ to 3 

 pounds each, well colored, and fine. We presume they took the premium, Mr. Suy- 

 dam is a most zealous and successful amateur cultivator. 



We will take this occasion to suggest an improvement much needed in the Avay of 

 showing fruits offered for special premiums at these shows. There was a premium of 

 $10 offered for the best twenty varieties of apples. Now, the proper way would have 

 been for all the collections offered for this premium to be placed together, side by side, 

 without the names of the growers, but merely the numbers of entry, until after the 

 decision of the judges. Instead of this, they were scattered about in all parts of the 

 tent, and gave the committee a great deal of unnecessary labor ; and their decisions can 

 not be so correct as they would have been in the other case. It was the same in regard 

 to pears and other fruits, and we trust it will receive attention before another exhibition. 

 We will take another occasion to speak of it. 



There was a premium offered for "the best collection of newly introduced pears, with 

 description," &c. Now we consider it scarcely less than absurd to require a cultivator 

 not only to grow the fruit and present it properly labelled, but accompanied with a 

 description. It might happen that the person who presented the best collection of new 

 pears, had not fruited them before ; and how could he give a description of them ? It 

 might not be improper to ask that native and foreign sorts should be respectively so 

 desig-natcd, but such an unreasonable condition as that alluded to is in reality a tax upon 

 the introduction of new fruits, which those who made out the premium list perhaps 

 thought it best to impose. 



We have to make special mention of a fine collection of pears, consisting of 104 vari- 

 eties, shown by Messrs. Hovey & Co., of Boston. They were very valuable as affording 

 an opportunity to compare the growth of distant parts of the country, and to aid in 

 correcting errors in nomenclature, where such existed. 



The nurserymen and fruit growers held several evening meetings during the Fair, and 



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