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GENESEE FARMER. 



Sept. 



Horticultural Society. 



The Fall Exhibition of " The Horticultural 

 Society of the Valley of tJie Genesee'" will be 

 held on Thursday, the 10th day of this month, in 

 the Minerva Hall, Rochester. It is the most 

 spacious and beautiful public room in the city, 

 and will afford ample facilities for the exhibition 

 of everything that may be presented, as well as 

 accomodation for tlie vast n\unber of persons who 

 will naturally desire to be present. 



This exhibition should be, and we have reason 

 to expect it will be, tlie finest, by far, ever wit- 

 nessed in Western New York — notwithstanding 

 our scanty fruit crop, and the injury sustained by 

 all gardens during a severe and protracted 

 drouth. We do hope and expect to see a pop- 

 ular spirit, in relation to it, manifested by those 

 who ought to be the patrons of Horticulture 

 throughout the Valley. Indeed, every man who 

 has a garden or orchard should feel it to be his 

 duty to contribute something. A little should 

 by no means be withheld because it is little ; if 

 it were but a single specimen of a fine fruit, flow- 

 er, or vegetable, bring it in. 



Remember that, on such an occasion, much 

 may be learned by those seeking information on 

 the subjects of fruit growing and gardening — 

 enougk to pay any man for a 50 or 100 miles 

 journey. You have an opportunity of seeing 

 the finest productions — of becoming acquainted 

 with the best cultivators, and of collecting facts 

 that may be of infinite service to you hereafter. 



It is hardly necessary to make a special call 

 upon the Ladtes to interest themselves in this 

 matter. We never yet saw a Horticultural Ex- 

 hibition that did not furnish beautiful evidence 

 of their taste and services ; and we will only ex- 

 press the hope, that, on this occasion, they will 

 be no less active than usual. 



The State Fair at Auburn. 



It is expected on all sides that this Fair will 

 come off in the grandest style, eclipsing all its 

 predecessors. Thousands of persons will be 

 there from distant parts, and will expect great 

 things from a region so famously fertile as West- 

 ern New York. We should suppose that every 

 man would naturally feel a desire to sustain the 

 high reputation of his soil, and would need no 

 urging to labor a little, for that purpose, on a 

 great public occasion like the present. Not only 

 should samples of the products of our broad and 

 fertile fields, and fine stock be sent there, but the 

 "Horticultural Hall" should be enriched with 

 the fruits of the Garden and the Orchard. On 

 this subject we would address the same remarks 

 to our readers that we have done in relation to 

 the Horticultural Exhibition, and with equal, if 

 not greater emphasis. 



Salt, or brine, is good for the Plum Tree, 

 Asparagus, and Onions. 



To Correspondents. 



Mr. Joseph Pennington, Maco?i Mich. — To reply to aU 

 your inquiries relative to the best time and mode of trans- 

 planting trees, growth of roots of the several kinds of fruit 

 trees, &.C., would require more space than we can at pres- 

 ent s])are for that purpose. We will simply state, however, 

 that transplanting may be done with perfect safety, in your 

 region, both in Fall and Spring.* In fall, from the middle 

 of October or fall of the leaf, till the middle of November, 

 or the approach of severe frosts ; and in tlie spring, from 

 tlie thawing of llic ground, till the opening of the leaf-bud. 

 Several circumstances connected with the matter must be 

 kept in sight. For instance — trees should not be planted in 

 the fall, where the ground is wet, and the situation much 

 exposed ; nor should tender or h.alf hardy trees be planted 

 in the fall, except necessity requires it — and then they 

 should be carefully protected from the weather. 



We do not recommend dee2} holes for trees, but ivide, and 

 only deep enough to admit of a few inches of good soil in 

 the bottom, and the tree to stand in point of depth as it did 

 before removal. 



'J'he object in putting good soil imder the tree is to pro- 

 mote the growth of young roots. There is no danger of it 

 causing the roots to run down into the poor sub-soil ; roots 

 will always run in that direction in which they find the 

 most congenial nourishment. 



The Apple, Pear, Peach, Plum, and Cherry will all flour- 

 ish on any good tillable land. When a choice is at hand, 

 you may discriminate in this way ; give to the Apple, Pear, 

 and Plum, your heavier and richer soil, and the Peach and 

 Cherry the dryer and lighter. Tlie plum generally succeeds 

 best in a heavy soil. But a week ago, we saw in the garden 

 of H. N. Langworthv, of Irondequoit, one of the heaviest 

 rrops of Bolmar's Washington, that we remember to have 

 seen, and his soil is dry, loose, and quite sandy. Here are 

 all tlie fruits usually cultivated, Apples, Pears, Peaches, 

 Plums, Appricots, Cherries, Grapes, &c., and the finest 

 Melons, all grown in a rare state of perfection, on the same 

 sandy soil. It is, however, w ell manured and well cultiva- 

 ted every way. We would recommend to IMr. Penning- 

 ton, and others interested as he is in fruit culture, to pro- 

 cure Thomas' "Fruit Culturist," price only 50 cents, or 

 Downing's " Fruit and Fruit Trees, price $1,50. They are 

 both good works ; the latter, particularly, is very full and 

 complete. We have handed the enquiries about the Squash 

 to the Seedsman, who will give an explanation of the error. 



We have inade enquiries in relation to the Squash seed, 

 and learn that those sold by the Rochester Seed Store, were 

 raised by Mr. Langworthv, one of the best vegetable 

 growers in this section, but it is almost impossible now-a-days 

 to get pure squash seed of any kind. The Cushaw of Mr. 

 L., is aboi-t 14 inches long, and 10 or so in diameter, striped 

 green and pale yellow, and first rata quality. 



Mr. Isaac Cushman, Conconl Midi : — Trees can be sent 

 from this place to Michigan with perfect safety, either in 

 fall or spring. The former season, however, is preferable, 

 as in the spring you have to wait for the opening of navi- 

 gation. As to time for planting, see reply to Mr. Penning- 

 ton, above. 



With regard to the enorinous product of the Pear tree 

 alluded to in a previous number, we think you need not 

 doubt the truth of it. We do not, large though it be. The 

 fact was coiTimunicated in the follov^ing manner, by the 

 Rev. H. W. Beecher, of Indiana, through Hovey's Mag- 

 azine a few years ago, and is quoted in Downings F'ruil and 

 Fruit Trees ; " One of the most remarkable pear trees in 

 this country, is grow ing in Illinois, about ten miles north 

 of Vincennes. It is not believed to be more than 40 years 

 old, having been planted by Mrs. Ochletree. The girth of 

 its trunk one foot above the ground, is ten feet, and at nine 

 feet from the ground, sir mid a half feet . and its branches 

 extend over an area of sixty-nine feet in diameter. In 1834, 

 it yielded 184 bushels of pears : in 1840, it yielded 140 

 bushels. It is enormously productive always ; the fruit is 

 pretty large, ripening in early autumn, and is of tolerable 

 flavor." 



Do you longer doubt ? 



Mr. H. Paighn, Hamburg, N. I'.— Scions can be cut 

 any time after the wood is ripened, say latter part of Octo- 

 ber, and carried any distance. They may be packed in 

 moss, slightly moistened. Many prefer cutting scions in 

 the fall, on the ground that the buds are saved from the se- 

 verity of winter, and the risk of being killed. 



