1846. 



GENESEE FARMER. 



73 



Prof. Harris, who, we believe, calls this in- 

 sect Clislocampa Americana, or American tent 

 caterpillar, says : "If a liberal bounty were of- 

 fered, for the collection of the eggs and continu- 

 ed for ten years, they would, at the end of that 

 period be nearly exterminated." The Profes- 

 sor's calculation almost frightens us. We now, 

 on our own hook, offer the following bounty : — 

 Every man or woman, who goes to work reso- 

 lutely, and destroys all the eggs of these insects 

 on their own premises, and urges the performance 

 of the same duty on their neighbors, may enjoy 

 the consolation of having rid themselves, and 

 aided in ridding the community, of a very de- 

 tractive and disagreeable visitor. We will be 

 glad to hear who has been most active in this mat- 

 ter. Remember not a day is to be lost. 



Poles for Beans and other Climbers should 

 now be made ready for use. Also labels for fruit 

 trees and for the garden, if not done already. 



Arbors and Summer Houses, and other garden 



They should be kept in boxes, mixed with sand, 

 and placed where tliey would freeze and thaw. 

 Seeds are not to be had at any of the Seed Stores 

 in this city at present, nor any where else that 

 we know. They should always be procured in 

 the fall, about the timaof cider making. 



THE CHERRY. 

 Its Value, Cultivation, Varieties, &c., &c. 



The culture of the fine varieties of the Cherry 

 commends itself to the attention of every land 

 owner, from the farmer with his 500 acre farm 

 to the mercliantor mechanic with his village lot, 

 for the following among other reasons : 



First: The fruit is invaluable for its ripening 

 at a season of the year, June and July, when 

 scarcely any other is to be had. 



Second: No other fruit surpasses it, as a 

 dessert, in beauty, delicacy, and richness. — 

 A dish of fresh pickled Hearts and Bigarreaui 



is no mean luxury. Other varieties, such as the 



ornaments, might be prepared now and made rea- j p^,,,^^ ^^,^^1 Morellos, are of great value for cook- 



dyto be erected wlien the ground is thawed, j -^ ^j^j preserving, and general confectionary 



Sneaking ot Smiimer Houses, reminds us of a ' ,°._^„„„ 



very neat one we saw figured m the rebruary ' mj ■ ? m, , ■ ■, u- * j 



L p ^.rrii n u- * 5» rni •, i ' Third: 1 he trees grow rapid, are cultivated 



number oi " 1 he Uultivator. 1 he writer who i .. ^ , ° S • . i • 



J -u J •* -J *i * ♦! I 1 • 1 ]• » i With great ease, and come early into bearing. — 



described it, said that the whole, including mate- u^, , i , cm' ^ 



. , 'i ,1 1 i- ° ■ r. We have a large number of Cherry trees on our 



rials, cost less than lie once gave for a pair of , i ^r i ^ i i x 



,',.,, i Axr J ,: 1 place, but 5 years planted, and not over seven 



boots which he soon wore out. We don t know ^ ' ., i , ' • ^ /■ . • 



, ^ ^ ■ c c ii • I u xi u . years from the bud, that are now over a loot m 



what to inter from tins, whether the boots were -^,. j i u r o t <. 



J ,, , , re ^ dianawter, and have borne for 3 years. Last 



dear, or the summer house cheap. It we knew ' ^ ^, j i i / o i o 



^, -^ r ^y 1 , • 1 / J xi season many ot them produced between 2 and 3 



the cost oi the boots we might recommend the,, , , i-^ ,i ■ ^ .i j * *u 



, , J /- 11 bushels. In this respect they accommodate the 



summer hou.-;c to our readers tor a model. . .• . .• ■.• 



most impatient dispositions. 



Fourth: Tlie form of the Cherry tree is regu- 

 lar and handsome, and on this account it is well 

 adapted for shade and ornament. It is just the 



To Correspondents. 



transporting trees to the west. 



^.^^,i^'^'''^\t'''"''°^'r'"^''"'-'" thing for combining utility and beauty in door^ 

 Ohio, Michigan, &c., who have .nade enquiries, ^.^^.^f ^^.^^^ ^^ avenues. Mr. Loudon, the late 

 about the practicability of procuring trees from distinguished English author, states in one of his 

 this place in the spring, are informed that if they ; ^^^^.,.5 ^,^^^ .^ (;ie,-many he traveled several days 

 forward their orders in good season they can re-.^,^^.^ .^ ^ continuous avenue of Cherry trees.- 

 ceivethem with per feet, safety. _ | ^^ 5.^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ abounded in our own 



1 he practice of tne nurserymen is to take up ! , , , 



the trees for western orders, and retard their i ^ '' ^^ . .^ , . , 



growth until lake navigation is opened. I ,. CLASSiFicATiON.-Sc.entific cultivators have 



Trees can be sent from this place to BufTiilo, I ^i^'^^^ Cherries into three classes, thus : 

 by Rail Road, in a few hours, and tlienceby lake I 1st. Bigarreaux, which comprises all those of 

 to any part of the west. The fall is the better /''"', sweet flesh, like the well known Graflion, 

 season for very distant points. | or Yellow Spanish, or Bigarreau, as Mr. Down- 



We would add, in tliis connection, that we liave ing 'I'-^s vaguely re-christened it. In this class 

 a splendid fruit and tree growing region far are the largest and most beautiful cherries known, 

 enough north to make our nursorv trees suitable the trees are hee, rapid growers, and attain a 

 for any part of the country— particularly Canada lai'ge size, the leaves are Inroad and thin, and 

 and the Western States." The healthiness of liii"g I'fither loose and pendent. All of this class 

 the Fruit Trees here begin to attract the atten- fH'e more or less heart-shaped. Formerly it 

 tion of Eastern fruit growers,— hence they are comprised only those that were two colored, such 

 sending large orders to our nurserymen, every as the Yellow Spanish alluded to; but this dis- 

 fieason. tinction is now lost. 



APPLE SEEDS. 2d. Heart Cherries. The fruit of these is 



Rev. D. E. Brown. A |)])le seeds will do well usually heart-shaped, and the flesh tender and 

 planted in the spring, provided they have not sweet. The trees are similar in growth and 

 been allowed to rem.ain dry during the winter, habit to the Bigareaux, the only distinction being 



