Vol 6. 



GENESEE FARMER. 



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properly cultivated ; and these, at the low price of 

 2s. per bushel, would amount to $187 50. At this 

 low estimate, the orchard, after paying- all expenses, 

 would be found highly profitable. Prices in our 

 market vary from $1 to $2 50 per barrel, in propor- 

 tion to the quality. Choice and rare kinds are some- 

 times sold in the spring for 10s. to 12s., and even as 

 high as 16s. per bushel. But for domestic uses, for 

 eating in a raw state, for cooking, and for feeding to 

 hogs, to cows, and even horses — apples are of great 

 value. The great facilities which steam convey- 

 ances and canals now afford for the transportation of 

 fruit, give increased importance to this branch of in- 

 dustry, by opening up new markets, and thereby in- 

 creasing the price of fruit materially in the interior 

 portions of the country. The Atlantic steamers 

 will, we believe, at no very distant day, be loaded 

 with American fruits (apples particularly) for the 

 European markets. The markets of the south, too, 

 will create an increasing demand. 



This subject begins to be appreciated, as will be 

 seen from the following extract from an eastern 

 paper : 



FuuiT. — The deiiiand in England for American fruit is 

 likely to become a matter of considerable importance. A 

 lar:;e quantity of apples were sent there last season and 

 paid well. Many orchards of five, ten, and twenty tliou- 

 sand trees, have lately been planted in the Hudson river 

 counties, with a view of growing apples for eKport to foreign 

 countries. We see no reason why peaches from New Jer- 

 sey, and other Atlantic regions where tliey grow, cannot 

 be sent to England, by steameis, and arrive in good con- 

 dition. 



But even if confined to our own markets, or the 

 marlcets of our own continent, the demand for good 

 fruit will increase asfast and faster than the supply 

 for ages to come. It has been so in every country — 

 the progress of civilization and refinement, the in- 

 crease of population, the accumulation of wealth, 

 invariably increase the demand for the choice pro- 

 ductions of the garden and the orchard, faster than 

 they do the means for producing them. 



In order to assist those who are anxious to pro- 

 cure the best varieties, we will from time to time 

 notice and describe such as we can recommend. 



A Fine Sweet Apple. — We have just examined 

 a specimen of a very superior variety of sweet ap- 

 ple, quite new to us, left at the Seed Store by a 

 gentleman who found it at Gould's grocery store, in 

 Buffalo-street, where it had been purchased from 

 some farmer. It is a tender, juicy, fine-fiavored ap- 

 ple, equal, if not superior to any sweet apple we 

 know, and is eminently worthy of extensive cultiva- 

 tion. If the person who brought it to Gould's 

 should see this, he v/ill please leave or send his ad- 

 dress to the Seed Store. The fruit is large, mea- 

 suring 12 inches in circumference, surface uneven, 

 with large unequal ridges or ribs, ; stem slender, 

 about half an inch long, and inserted in a narrow and 

 moderately deep cavity : colyx small, and in a small 

 and rather shallow basin ; skin yellow in the shade, 

 clear red in the sun, and wholly covered with brown 

 dots, so numerous as to make the surface rough ; 

 J{i'if]i. yellowish white, melting, and fine-flavored ; 

 looks as though it would keep well till spring. This 

 v/e consider would be a valuable addition to our pres- 

 ent very deficient list of what are called sweet 

 apples. 



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TRAW CUTTING MACHINES.—We have for sale four dif- 



fereut paltenis of Slravy-cutters, which we will sell low. 

 Dec. 1. B. r. SMITH & CO. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



O. REYNOLDS' 

 NON-SWARMING & DIVIDING BEE-HIVE. 



THE Subscriber having kept Bees for upwards of thirty years, 

 and haviH? tried many of the various modes, and some of the 

 patents, that have lieea recommended for the preservation of Bees 

 and removing of honey — having been disippointed in his anticipa- 

 tions, became sensible that the iiiiprovements heretofore presented 

 to the public were not such as would give general satisfaction. 

 Knowing that much has been done to advance the interests of tlie 

 Bee-grower, and ihc preservation of the Bees, and believing that 

 art has not yet arrived to perfection, would, with due deference, 

 present to an enlightened community his Non-swarming and Divi- 

 ding Bee-hive, believing that they will compare former improve- 

 ments with his, and decide agreeai)Iy to merit, feeling confident that 

 he will receive a share of their approbation. Said Hive is divided 

 into difterent apartments, and so arranged tliat the Apiarian may 

 cause the Bees to leave one apartment and pass into the others, 

 thereby freeing the honey I'rom its incumbents at the will of the op- 

 erators. Dividing can be performed with ease and safety. All de- 

 predations from the bee-moth and robber may be prevented ; the 

 method of feeding and ventilating being superior. In a word, the 

 improvement is just such as the Bee-grower is desirous of ob- 

 taining. O. REYNOLDS. 

 Extract from the report of the. Committee on Imprurenients, iff.., at 



the Exhibition of the Monroe Co. Jgricultural Society, at Ru- 



ehester, Oct. 8th and Olh, 18-14. 



To Dr. Oliver Reynolds, of Webster, for a newiy-iavented, Non- 

 Swarniing Bee-Hive, combining all the advantages of former im- 

 provements, with some valuable qualifications for ventilation, re- 

 moving old comb, dividing swarms, and preventing the depreda- 

 tions of the bee-moth — the whtle under the entire control of the 

 operator. The Committee award a Diploma. 



I certify that the above is a true extract from the report. 



M. B. BATEHAM, 



Rochester, Oct. 17, ISM. Cor. Sec. Monroe Ag. Society. 



N B. Any person wi^ihing to purchase Territory, or act as Agent, 

 by directing a line to the Postmaster, Webster, Monroe Co., N. Y., 

 will be promptly attended to. 



O" For sale at the Rochester Seed Store, No. 4, Front-street. 



STRAYED HORSES. 



FROM the Farm of the Subscriber strayed awa}', about three 

 weeks since, an aged BROWN MARE, gray over the eyes, 

 low in the back, with saddle-marks thereon; lias one wiiite hind 

 foot, Ions tail, which, with the mane, is black. Al.-o, a RED ROAN 

 HORSE COLT, coming two years old. Said horses were last 

 heard of in the town of Greece. 



Any person who can give information as to where said horses are, 

 or have been, shall be remunerated for their trouble, by giving ma 

 notice thereof, through tlie mail, addressed — 



WILLIAM LOVVRY, of Clarks n, 

 Parraa Center Post-office, Mouroe Co., New Y'ork. 

 ClarksoD, Dec. 22, 1844. 



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OBSE CHESTNUTS for sale at the Rochester Seed Store, 

 Doc. 1st, 1844. B. F. SMITH & CO. 



CASH for FLAX SEED; and OIL MEAL for sale— at the Old 

 Oi Mill, Water-street ; or No. 3, Front-street, 

 Rochester, Dec. 1644.— ja^m. THOS. WEDDLE & SONS. 



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PPLE SEEDS for sale at the Rochester Seed Store, No. 4, 

 Front-street. »• F. SMITH & CO. 



C\SH FOB TIMOTHY SEED. 



fr\r\ mr\ i AHA bushels timothy sled 



OUU J- V^ lUUU wanted at the Rochester Seed 

 Store. The highest price paid in cash ^""^ ^^'"^^^^^^{^j^^i 4, ^o. 



