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GENESEE FARMER. 



Sept. 



Notice of Cherries. 



( Conlinued from our last. ) 



American Amber. — This is a beautiful and 

 wonderfully productive Cherry — roundish, of 

 medium size, amber ground, mottled with red. 

 The flesh is tender and agreeable. It belongs to 

 the Heart cherries. The tree is a rapid, fine, 

 lofty grower, rather irregular in its outline. — 

 We esteem this cherry very highly — ripens lat- 

 ter end of June and beginning of July — picked 

 the last of ours on the 3d July this season. 



Gridley. — This is an enormous bearer, and is 

 one of the firmest and best for carrying to market 

 that we know of — hence, it is sometimes called 

 the "Apple Cherry." It is a native of Mass- 

 achusetts — fruit roundish — not quite so large as 

 the Black Heart. Skin dark brown — black when 

 fully ripe. Flesh purple colored, pleasant and 

 high flavored. Ours were ripe this season during 

 the 2d and 3d weeks of July. It belongs to the 

 Heart cherries, and is a very rapid, upright 

 grower. 



Sparhawk^s Hotiey. — This is one of the very 

 finest late cherries, ripening the 2d and 3d weeks 

 of July. Size medium ; roundish form, and a beau- 

 tiful amber red color all over. The skin is very 

 thin, and the flesh delicate and sweet. The tree 

 is a splendid grower, with a conical head, and 

 fine, large, rich looking foilage. To our taste, 

 noothersweet cherry is superior to this. 



Belle Magnifique. — A very large and beauti- 

 ful French cherry ; roundish, light red, juicy 

 and acid ; very valuable for cooking and preserv- 

 ing. Ripe with us about the last of July, and 

 hangs a long time on the tree. Mr. Downing 

 classes it with the Morellos, but we think it more 

 properly belongs to the Dukes. It is similar in 

 growth to the Belle de Choisy, but somewhat 

 stronger. 



Carnation. — This is a beautiful and valuable 

 late cherry, ripening the latter end of July. — 

 Form round ; color yellowish ground, mottled 

 with red. Flesh tender, abounding with a spright- 

 ly acid juice. Like the preceding one it hangs 

 long on the tree, and is not annoyed by the birds. 

 Fine for cooking and preserving, and relished 

 by many for the dessert, when fully ripe. The 

 tree is low and spreading, but vigorous and hardy. 



Morello. — There are several sorts of Morello, 

 but the finest of all, and indeed the only one we 

 have seen worthy of cultivation, is what is known 

 as the " Large English Morello." This is really 

 a splendid fruit — large as a May Duke, roundish, 

 dark purple color, nearly black. Tender, and 

 abounding with rich purple juice. Valuable for 

 cooking and preserving, pleasant eaten from the 

 tree when fully ripe. Ripens latter end of July 

 and part of August. 



This variety is yet quite scarce in this coun- 

 try. The finest crop of cherries we have seen 

 this season, was on trees of this variety, in the places. 



gardens of Mr. Arnold and Mr. Jas. FI. VVattb, 

 of this city. Specimens from the latter gentle- 

 man were exhibited, in good condition, Aug. 

 20th. This cherry should be in all collections, 

 large or small. 



Notice of Choice Hardy Roses. 



( Continued from our last. ) 



CLIMBING ROSES, FOR COVERING PILLARS, AR- 

 BORS, &c. 



Queen of the Prairies. — This is one of the 

 very finest of all climbing roses. Its growth is 

 exceedingly rapid and vigorous, making .strong 

 shoots in one season 12 to 1.5 feet and upwards. 

 The foliage large and rich; flowers produced in 

 immense clusters, very large and double, of per- 

 fect form, and rich deep pink color, with now 

 and again a delicate white stripe. This is a su- 

 perb American production, and is already, as it 

 ought to be, in all the finest gardens of this coun- 

 try, and indeed of Europe. 



Baltimore Belle. — This is another superb 

 climber, of the Prairie class; grows nearly as 

 fast and as vigorous as the preceding. Flowers 

 pale blush, or rose color — produced in great clus- 

 ters. 



Felicite Perpetuelle. — This belongs to a class 

 designated as "Evergreen," as they hold their 

 foliage until very late in the season. It is a very 

 rapid grower ; foliage deep green and glossy. — 

 Flowers of medium size, very double and perfect 

 in form, of a pale delicate blush, and produced in 

 great clusters. It requires slight [irotection, but 

 is worthy of this care as it is a most exquisite rose. 



Blush Boursault. — A most vigorous grower, 

 very hardy, and a fine bloomer. Flowers blush 

 with a pink centre, produced in large clusters; 

 begins to bloom early, and continues a long time. 



Maheka. — Growth and habit similar to the pre- 

 ceding. Flowers semi-double, deep purplish 

 pink, with white centre and white veins. A most 

 profuse bloomer ; flourishes every where. 



Michigan, or Detroit — This is well known. 

 Flowers single, bright pink, changeable ; hardy, 

 of very rapid growth, and blooms in the greatest 

 profusion — and that, too, when tlie summer roses 

 are gone. 



Ayrshire Roses. — The Blush, White, Pink, 

 and Crimson Ayrshires are all fine hardy climb- 

 ei-s, and have pretty small, delicate flowers. — 

 They grow from 10 to 15 feet in a season, and 

 vv'ill creep over and cover any disagreeable ob- 

 ject in a garden or else where witii wonderful 

 rapidity. 



Dry weather, and swarms of Grass-hoppers, 

 have together completely ruined all our flowers. 

 Not only the buds, but the very leaves are eaten 

 off* our fine Dahlias. It is too vexatious, but it 

 can't be helped. It will be uniortunate for the 

 exhibitions. We hope it is not so in many other 



