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GENESE E FARMER. 



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/iOil TI CULTURAL DEPAR TMEM'T 



BY P. BARRV. 



STRAWBERRIES. 



Thouoh strawberries cannot be considered among 

 the indispensililes ol' life, they are, in our opinion, one 

 ot'thie greatest luxuries tiiattlie bountiful earth pro- 

 duces. They a.e a ckatp luxury too, and that is a 

 great point, now-a-days. Every family, pospessed 

 of ever so t-mall a piece of ground, mny sit down 

 daily, during bix or eight wseks, to a dish of deliciou;- 

 Btrawbenies. A bed of 1 -J feet sq' are will, if prop- 

 el ly taken care of yield a moderate family supply. 



The market of Rochester is but poorly supplied. 

 We have no regular market-growers, as there are. 

 and fchould be in the neighborhood of citi'js with 

 Euoh a large, and withal, so refined a population as 

 that of Rochester. About the time that good qual- 

 ity fruit should have been abundant in the ma;ket. 

 ■we saw miseiable, small, insipid things sold for fifty 

 cents per quart. Our " Ice cream saloons" and re- 

 freshment houses will give you enough to remind 

 you iif strawberries for a shilling, sufficient to taste 

 of for two shillings. To be sure they give you a 

 sprinkling of cream and sugar, and a spoon to eat 

 them with ! Now, this shoiild not be so. Straw- 

 berries should be as f.h nty here as in any other place. 

 We have as good foil for raising thnn as the sun 

 ever shone on. We know by experience that oui 

 climate is suitable, for we grow here in the garden?- 

 of the city of Rochester and vicinity and throughout 

 the Avhole country Vv^herever pains have been taken, 

 as good strawberries, as large and as fine flavored as 

 wo have ever seen elsewhere. Then why should we 

 not have an abundant supply of them 'l Only think 

 of the people of Cincinnati : What (juantities they 

 consume. Their market is not supplied by the pinf 

 or qufift, but by t'le Ion ! Grov.'ers there, some ol 

 them, cultivate 50 to 100 acres; the price varies from 

 six pence to a shilling per quart, and this is ample 

 remuneration. We think there is a good chance for 

 a profitable speculation in this business, in the vi- 

 cinity of Rochester. 



The proper time for making strawberry jslanta- 

 tions is in August. Procure good, strong, well root- 

 ed plants, of the very best kinds: plant them in a 

 suitable, rich, well prepared soil, and you will have 

 a crop of fruit th'i following season. 



Last year we planted Ilovey's Seedlings tlie latter 

 part of August. This season we have gathered a 

 crop of beautiful fruit, some ofthem measuring 4 to 

 5 inches in circumference. These do better when 

 planted with some prolific variety, such as Kep's 

 Seedling. Ours were planted apart from any other, 

 and the crop is smaller, not over one-third of what 

 it otherwise would have been. This is owing to 

 Bomc defect in the fertelizing organs of the flower. 



We will give some directions in our next numer, 

 to .lid those who design making plantations. 



CHERRIES. 



Every year increases the number of good cherries, 

 and consequently decreases the number of poor on 's 

 in our market. So faw this season, the supply has 



been tolerable ; bnt we have not seen one much 

 more than half ripe. 



The " Bigarremi de Mai,'" were sold by iMr. Zera 

 Burr, of Peiint'.n, on the 10th of June, at six dullars 

 per bushel. Las year, he toll us, he gathered them 

 ten days sooner. This is a valuable carlv variety. 

 Kenrick says it was imported by Ccl. Wilder, of 

 Boston, from France, from the Messrs. Baumann, of 

 Bolwiller, being 'the very earliest variety known to 

 them. 



Davi'n port's Earl}/ Black, is another valuable 

 eaily variety. The iridt is large, of a dark glossy, 

 purple color at maturity. The fiesh firm anil fine 

 flavored, and of a pleasant sub-acid. We have it 

 bearing in our own grounds, and can rccomnund it 

 as cne of the best and most productive early cherries. 

 It ripens, in ordinary seasons, from the lOth to the 

 I5ih of June. 



JWi-jjolcon Bifcarrtau. — This is decidedly one of 

 the largest and finest cherries known to us. It is 

 heart-shaped, pale yellow color in the shade, bright 

 mottled red on the sunny si !e, flesh white, firm, jai- 

 cy, sweet and agreeable flavor. It may be used a 

 areat length of time; is not liable to crack or decay 

 I'ke many of the softer sorts. The tree is a vigor- 

 ous and beautiful grower, and bears early an 1 most 

 abundantly. VVe have counted two dozen large, 

 beautiful, perfect fruit on a portion of a limb four 

 inches long. 



TOBACCO A REMEDY FOR THE PEACH 

 WORM. 



A lady corre=:pondent of the "Ohio Cnlrivator" 

 says, " 1 once knew a tobacconist whose peach trees 

 lived to a good old age, free from worm or dis;^ase. 

 Ail he did was to tie a good bundle of tobacco stems 

 at the crotch of each tree. The rain did the rest, 

 and made a solution strong enough to prevent the 

 worm fnm doing mischief." 



'1 here are so many nostrums recommended of lato 

 for vegetable as well an hiiman diseases, that we feel 

 it necessary to exercise a good deal of caution be- 

 fore recommending any. Biit as this comes from a 

 la ij^ and a most enterpiizing one too, judging from 

 her writings, and as it incurs little or no risk or ex- 

 pense, we think it might be avcII for those who are 

 troubled with the peach worm to give it a trial. 



We Tnigut as well M#ntion here, for the satisfac- 

 tion of Mr. Bateham's friends who may not see his 

 paper, that he is alrea iy immersed in the good gra- 

 ces of the ladies of Ohio, His paper abounds with 

 the'r writings on the various to' ics connected with 

 agriculture, horticulture and domestic economy. 



We may safely say that Mr, B, ras already enlist- 

 ed more female talent in his assistance than the old- 

 est paner in the country can boast o^. Really, there 

 are some noble, manly ladies in Ohio. 



One "R- sella," however, seems to take the deep- 

 est personrl interest in Mi. B. He save her senti- 

 ments reach his pocket if not his heart. She says, 

 " Now, gills ! I propose th t we all set about this 

 work at once, and make a special cfFort, and at the 

 end of the year let us S' e which of us will procure 

 the largest number of subscribers, as a New Year's 

 present for the (editor) bachelor," This she thinks 

 will " gladden his cold heart, and enable him to en- 

 gage the promised Assistant, to take charge of the 

 La;!ies' Department." 



Can there be a doubt of Mr, B teham's most tri- 

 umphant success, where there are such ladies mani- 

 festing publicly such a spirit as this ? We should 



