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GENESEE PARMER. 



Sept. 18411 



wheat on the prairie, and five-sixths of it was cut by 

 Hussey'e or Moore's Reapers, and it will average 20 

 bushels per acre. But, Mr. Editor, as the main 

 beauty of this article will be its brevity, I'll close by 

 expressing- the wish that sonic competent farmer, 

 among your subscribers in this state, would write a 

 series of articles, giving a condensed account of our 

 soil, climate, fcc. 



Respectfully yours, KALAMAZOO. 



AURORA HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



I la'ely had the pleasure of attending the fourth 

 monthly exhibition of this society, in the present 

 year ; and judging from the success of the exhibi- 

 tion, the society is corlainly in a prosperous state. 

 The disjiky cuiic-istcd of vegeiables, fruits, ami liow- 

 ers. The former were few in number, but fine ; the 

 fruits, notwithstanding the very hard season, were 

 fine; peaches, nectarines, and apricots, having been 

 mostly destroyed, but few were seen. There Vv'ere, 

 however, three sorts of peaches, fully ripe ; and of 

 pears and apples, about twenty different varieties, in 

 fine eating oider, anr presented by JJavid Thomas, 

 of Greatfield. Very fine specimens of several vari- 

 eties of plums were presented by C. H. Richmond, 

 Samuel Hoyt, and others. 



The flowers, however, were truly splendid. The 

 large hall of the second floor of the academy, was 

 wholly devoted to their exhibition. They occupied 

 the platform which extends across one end of this 

 large room ; on either side, handsomely disposed on 

 shelves, were the green-house plants, most of them 

 in full bloom, and among which, profusely covered 

 with flowers, was a splendid wax plant, or Hoya ; in 

 the centre, on light elegant shelves, extending more 

 than twenty feet in length, and rising nearly to the 

 ceiling, was a most brilliant profusion of cut flowers, 

 which, for beauty, as well as for tasteful arrange- 

 ment, could hardly be surpassed. Contributions to 

 this part of the exhibition, were furnished from Au- 

 burn, Ithaca, and by many cultivators in the imme- 

 diate neighborhood, and an extensive collection from 

 Ellwanger &i Barry, of Rochester. As 9, prpof of 

 their merits, as well as of the taste of those in at- 

 tendance, it is only necessary to mention, that at the 

 close of the Fair, when they were sold at auction, 

 several single boquets were sold for from three to 

 four dollars each, the whole avails of the sale of cut 

 flowers amounting to twenty-one dollars. 



During the afternoon, the assembled hundreds in 

 the show-room, were addressed with great efl^ect, in 

 oflf hand speeches, by Henry R. Schoolcraft, C. 

 Mattoon, and Wm. H. Bogert, after which the award- 

 ing committees reported. 



The fact that the society has succeeded in furnish- 

 ing an exhibition once in each month during the pres- 

 ent season, each successive one increasing in inter- 

 est, is certainly a strong proof of the energy and 

 intelligence which actuates the society ; and the 

 beneficial effects are strongly visible in the neigh- 

 borhood. 



Is there no other place in the western part of the 

 State, where such a neighborhood society could be 

 established? ' A SPECTATOR. 



FINE STRAWBERRIES. 



Mr. Editor : The Alpine Strawberry is with 

 many a favorite, from the lateness of the season in 

 ■which it ripens, and its great productiveness. The 

 fruit is not as large as most others, and a bed of it 

 would not yield in any one day, as much as one of 



Hovey's or Keen's seedlings, of the same size, yet 

 the product for the season would ordinarily be more. 



An Alpine, that to its present desirable qualities, 

 should add great size, has been long desired. The 

 usual methods of improvement, by sowing seeds, 

 have been tried time and again, by amateurs and 

 cultivators without the wished for result. Among 

 the number has been Col. Stoddard of Palmy- 

 ra, who, four years since, raised 2000 seedlings, 

 one of which has astonished all who have seen it. 

 The village paper tells very large stories about it, 

 and Mr. Tucker, in the August number of the Cul- 

 tivator, says of it, " we never witnessed so fine a 

 display of fruit."' 



Being at Palmyra about the tenth of .Tul)'^, we 

 took some pains to ascertain the facts of the case, 

 which we give, as we received them from the most 

 responsible sources. The bed of Col. S. is about 

 50 feet square ; part of his vines were set out in 

 August last ; the remainder about October, the lat- 

 ter being runners from the former. The spot upon 

 which they grew is made earth, about three feet 

 deep, resting upon a kind of bog, and appeared like 

 ordinary garden soil. The hills were set fourteen 

 inches apart, and at the time of our visit, the leaves 

 were about a foot above the ground, while much of 

 the fruit grew on stalks still larger ; the bed at a 

 short distance presenting the appearance of a piece 

 of red clover in blossom, so large and plenty were 

 the berries. 



We unite with Mr. Tucker in saying that it was 

 the finest display of fruit we had ever seen. Upon 

 a subsequent visit to Col. S., we learned from him 

 that he had sold fruit to the amount of $100, at 12 J 

 cents per quart ; that he had given away about five 

 bushels, besides using them freely in his family, and 

 this too, during the early part of the month, for the 

 excessive drought of the latter part had prevented 

 the young fruit maturing. The largest berries we 

 saw measured three inches in circumferance, but he 

 assured us that he had picked some that were one 

 inch larger. 



Several of our citizens have procured plants, and 

 the question will next season be thoroughly tested, 

 whether they are a new variety, or whether this ex- 

 traordinary fruitfulness and size was caused by con- 

 geniality of soil and good cultivation. By general 

 consent, they are thus far considered an improved 

 Alpine, and are called " Stoddard's Seedling." 



BISSELL fc HOOKER. 



Rochester Commercial JVurserifi Aug. 1845, 



New York Agricultural Warehouse. — The 

 readers' attention is called to the advertisement of 

 Mr. A. B. Allen, editor of the American Agricul- 

 turist, who has opened an Agricultural Warehouse 

 in the city of New York. The establishment is de- 

 voted to the purchase and sale of rural implements, 

 seed wheat, and other seeds, potatoes, fertilizers, 

 fruit and ornamental trees, shrubs, wire cloths and 

 sieves, and all other articles that come in the line of 

 American agriculture. 



Mr. A. is a gentleman in whose experience, judg- 

 ment and integrity, the community can place full 

 reliance. 



Acknowledgment. — Our thanks are due to T. N. 

 Davidson, Ksq., of Wheatland, Loudon co., Vir- 

 ginia, for the interest he has taken in extending the 

 circulation of the Farmer, Almost any one of our 

 readers can easily procure ten pew subscribers by tak- 

 ing a little pains. Who will confer on us that favor? 



