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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



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red in the shade, bright red in the sun at maturity. Flesh white, firm, juicy, somewhat 



adherent. Stone large, rounded on one side. Season, middle of July. I regret much 



not to know the originator of so good a fruit. The tree is %agorous. Shoots long, 



stout, and erect. 



GuiGNE PRECOCE DE Tarascon. {Tarascou Early Ouigne.) Fig. 4. — This is a 

 magnificent large cherry, heart-shaped, very regular, slightly 

 compressed on both sides. Stalk usually very long, slender, 

 and wavy ; largest at the point of union with the branch. 

 Flesh tender, flesh-colored, veined with rose and white, adheres 

 to the stone, which is large and irregular. Color bright red, 

 very brilliant at maturity. Leaves long, quite regular. Tree 

 vigorous. Shoots large and spreading, the buds prominent; the 

 young shoots are veined and dotted with grey. Ripe 10th of 

 June. This is a superb and excellent cherry, and merits a place 

 in every garden. I do not know its origin. 



DucHESSE DE Galnau Cherry. (Fig. 5.) — Fruit very large, 

 round, compressed at both extremeties. Stalk short, curved, 

 and jointed at the end next the branch. Color bright red, 

 sometimes deep red, even blackish red at maturity. Flesh ten- 

 der, adhering to the stone, clouded with violet red, juicy, slightly 

 acid, very agreeable. Stone round and smooth. Leaves short, 

 slightly toothed, and furnished with two glands on the petiole. 

 Tree of medium vigor, pyramidal in form. Shoots short and 

 erect, short-jointed. In general habit similar to the May Luke. 



Ripe end of June. This is a variety of great merit. 



I shall at all times, as opportunity may offer, be happy to make known to a country 



so eminently horticultural as the Genesee, the progress and discoveries which we make 



at Anirers. 



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WESTERN EXHIBITIONS. 



By permission of the writer. Dr. J. A. Kennicot, of The Grove, Illinois, we extract finm 

 a private letter the following notes on the late agricultural and horticultural exhibitions 

 in Wisconsin and Illinois. The Great West is awake in earnest. The Ohio State Fair 

 eclipsed all other fairs of the kind ever held in this country. Michigan, Illinois, and 

 Wisconsin, are following. Hear what the Doctor says : 



" I first attended the Lake County (Illinois) Fair of their united Agricultuia! and RnrrK-iilturiil 

 Societies, in the very pretty town of Waukegan, formerly Little Fort. A L!;ood tii'st show of the 

 former, and a very excellent one, as usual, of the latter. Splendid horses, veiy tine full blooded and 

 grade cattle, and sheep and swine quite creditable. Farm pi'oducis, in general, very fail-; hut imple- 

 ments not 80 ahundant. Fruits and flowers, beyond all expeetatidn, choice and abundant ; a])ples 

 being the great feature, bat pears quite encouraging; and jvlums too, and even a considerable display 

 of peaches under name ; grapes, also, in variety, and very well ri))ened, in tine bunches; glorious 

 dahlias, &c., Ac. J. Ambiiose Wigut, formerly the editor of our Prairie Farnitr, gave us one of Ids 

 learned and spicy addresses — full of wit, and beauty, and practical illustrations. The Prairie 

 Farmer will miss Mr. Wight. 



"Our Convention, or meetina; of ' Northwestern Fruit Growers' Association,' at Dixon, wa^ more 

 than respectably attended — over fifty vegnlAV paying members present, and a house full of those who 

 came to learn. Such a show of apples I never saw before — large, fair, and in great variety and 

 abundance — the product of an hundred orchards. Plums and peaches, mine to speak of, and only a 

 slim show of pears. A good sliow of grapes. We had members from five western States; and we 

 all worked^ and most of us talked a little, though no long speeches, except ]ierhaps one from your 

 friend the 'old doctor,' who was called upon, at the public session, to .say something on 'Indusiriaj 

 Education,' and the death of our beloved leader — Downing. We passed ajiproprJate resolutions on 

 the last theme, and unanimously endorsed the principle of education 'in a knowledge of things next 

 to us.' But you will get our proceedings, which are to be printed in pamphlet. 



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