Vol. 6. 



GENESLE FARMER. 



159 



It is an honor not to Massachusetts alone, but to the 



UniDii. 



PREPARATION OF ORCHARD GROUND. 



Those who intend to plant orchards whether of 

 peaches, apples or other trees, should have their 

 ground in proper order, by deep and frequent 

 plowing and manuring. And where the soil re- 

 quires it, for apples and pears particularly, compost 

 heaps should bo in readiness to use when planting 

 the trees. Swamp muck and stable manure mixed 

 about equal quantities of each maJte a good compost, 

 ai d is easily had. Leached ashes or lime or even 

 both, may be mixed to advantage, particularly where 

 the soil to be planted, is not naturally calcareous. 

 It is much easier to put land in proper order before 

 than after planting. 



NEGLECTED GARDENS. 



The fall is the season to renovate and improve 

 neglected gardens. All superannuated unhealthy 

 trees, currant and gooseberry bushes, old worn out 

 raspberry and strawberry plantations, should be 

 dug up and cast away. The ground should be thor- 

 oughly manured and spaded, or trenched to the depth 

 of 18 inches at least. 



When spring comes, the ground thus worked 

 will be in readiness for planting. If postponed till 

 spring, inost likely, other labors will take prece- 

 dence and it will be postponed. Garden walks 

 should be laid out and improved as it can be done 

 much easier now, than in Spring, and at a much less 

 .cost. 



SECURING CELERY FOR THE WINTER. 



The usual method of digging up celery in the 

 autumn, and putting it away for winter use in bar- 

 rels or boxes of dry sand, renders it dry shri'^- 

 «lled, and insipid. A much better way is to leave 

 the plants in the trench where they grow, and, on a 

 tine dry day, when the soil is drj^, earth it up to the 

 tops, and then cover it with straw litter and boards 

 securely, so as to exclude the frost. It can then be 

 taken out as wanted, during winter, with all its nat- 

 ural freshness and flavor unimpaired. Some people 

 apprehend that it will rot in the trench, but if careful- 

 ly earthed up, and covered when perfectly dry, there 

 is not the least danger. In many cases it would not 

 be convenient or practicable to keep celery in this 

 way, then the other method must be resorted to. 

 Wherever it is kept, it should be as cool as possible 

 not to freeze. 



For the Genesee Farmer. 



Fine Frdits.— Nature through a long success- 

 ion of ages has produced, in a natural way, all the 

 valuable and superior fruits now esteemed and culti- 

 vated ; and she is still working at her trade, v/ith an 

 increased natural ability, from the means furnished 

 by man, in selecting anil bringing together so many 

 excellent varieties of her productions ; whereby ma- 

 ny new and interesting kinds are produced. It only 

 needs observation and a proper attention to our or- 

 chards, nurseries and gardens, to discover and intro- 

 duce to public notice for the benefit of the commu- 

 nity, many new, valuable and rare varieties which 

 will add greatly to the comfort and blessings of life. 



We observe with great pleasu.-e that a number of 

 gentlemen have joined in the praiseworthy attempt 

 to bring out and make known all the new seedling 

 varieties produced in this region, and have establish 



ed a depot at the office of Jas. H. Watts, Record- 

 ing Secretary of the Monroe Agricultural Society, 

 corner of Bulfalo and Exchange strcts, for that pur- 

 pose ; where all Connoiseurs and amateurs are invi- 

 ted to present any thing of value in the fruit line, 

 and to inspect the beautiful productions of our favor- 

 ed region. 



We trust that the increased interest manifested 

 by citizens and country neighbors, will induce the 

 constitution of a HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 

 the coming year, from which great benefits and much 

 satisfaction to the lovers of fine fruits will arise. 



STORING CABBAGES. 



A very good and compact method of storing cab- 

 bage is, in tbe same manner that we have practised 

 With the sugar beet. Select a dry piece of ground, 

 cut the heads of the cabbage from their stumps, and 

 place them in parallel rows, with the top part down, 

 and any desired length or width. Make these rows 

 one less in width and length every layer, so that 

 when the heap is finished it will come to a point, and 

 appear very much like a pile of cannon ball in an ar- 

 senal. Over this heap, place a covering of straw, 

 and then put on the dirt sufficiently thick, the same 

 as on a potatoe heap, to keep out the frost, and the 

 work is done. The earth should be patted down 

 liard on the four sides, making the top sharp like the 

 roof of a house, so as to shed rain well. — American 

 Asrricnlt, 



PRESERVING DAHLIA ROOTS. 



Many people complain that they cannot succeed 

 in preserving Dahlia roots through the winter. — 

 Nothing is easier. A Dahlia root is as easily saved 

 as a Potatoe. Let them be taken up on a fine dry 

 day after the tops have been killed by frost, and ex- 

 posed to the air and sun till quite drj- — all the earth 

 should be shook from around them — when perfectly 

 dry they can be put away on a shelf in Ihecellar or in a 

 box of dry sand. Theyshould be examined during win- 

 ter, and if any show signs of decay, the part should 

 be cut off and the root dried. In putting them a- 

 way, the name and color of each, if known, should 

 be written on a wooden label and this hung on the 

 root with wire. It is satisfactory and convenient to 

 know the name and color in planting, and besides, 

 these systematic habits should be cultivated by all 

 who aim at havinsr neat gfardens. 



BULBOUS FLOWERS. 



Plantations of Bulbous Flower roots, such as Tu- 

 lips, Hyacinths, Narcissus, Crocus Lilies, Sec. &,c., 

 should be made immediately, so that the eartli may 

 get settled before severe frosts set in. For these, 

 the soil should be a light, rich, sandy loam, deep and 

 mellow. 



When the beds are planted, they should be cover- 

 ed over with leaves or litter 3 or 4 inches deep, to 

 prevent them being drawn out with the frosts. Very 

 early in the spring the beds should be raked off as 

 soon as the ground is thavt^ed, as the Bulbs flower at 

 a very early season, the crocus blooming frequent- 

 ly amidst the snow. 



BUFFALO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



We had intended to pive in this number some account of the first 

 annual exhibition of the Buffalo Horticultural Society, and of the 

 admirable Address <.f Geo. W. Clinton, E^qr. ; but the large sp ,ce 

 occupied bj' the State Fair pieveutB. 



Our Buffalo friends shall be duly noticed in our next. 



