1846. 



GENESEE FARMER. 



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To Corresponilents. 



Seth H. Higbv, Port Byron. Your Pear, 

 (No. 8,) is, we are pretty sure, the Belle el 

 Bonne. We happened to have some specimens 

 of our own to compare it with. It is uncommon- 

 ly productive, bearing in great clusters, large 

 size and fair — not the finest quality, but a very 

 desirable variety. No. 9 we think, from the de- 

 scription and drawing, is the Summer Rose. If 

 you had sent us a sample we could have been 

 certain on this point. It is a good, productive 

 Summer Pear. 



Apples.— The "Byron Whiting," (No. 7,) 

 which 5'ou say is a seedling, is a beautiful apple; 

 but we think not so rich as the Fall Pippin, in 

 UPC about the same time, or the St. Lawrence, 

 which comes in before it, but will keep as long. 

 Still, it is well worthy of culture. The " South- 

 ern iSp]/" is also a good fall and early winter fruit. 

 Are you sure these are both seedlings? We 

 consider these two among the best of the great 

 number of varieties which have been shown us 

 as "seedlings" this season. No. 4 is not the 

 "Pumpkin Russet." It is called here the 

 " Cheesboro Russet." It is a spongy, poor ap- 

 ple. No. 10 is not, we think, the Roxbury Rus- 

 set. It was picked too soon. No. 1 is grown 

 here as the American Goldea Pippin ; and No. 2 

 is the Monstrous Pippin — or Gloria Mundi, as 

 you have it. The others we do not know. — 

 Most of them were so strongly perfumed with 

 the Grapes that we could not judge of their flavor 

 correctly. 



Your "Port v/lne Grape*' is tlie Alexander, 

 ■\vith large pulp and seeds, and altogether quite 

 inferior to the Isabella, Catawba, or Clinton. 



Thomas Peck, West BIoo?nJield. We do not 

 know the names of your apples. The large one 

 is sprightly and agreeable, but too dry. The 

 small ones were badly bruised ; they seem to be 

 very tender and pleasant, but not at all equal to 

 many others ripening at the same time. 



John Donnellan, Greece. Your Fameuse 

 are beautiful. This we class with the very best 

 late autumn and early winter apples. Those 

 marked " Seek-no-further" are the Vandervere, 

 a very fine fruit. 



Pomme des Lisles seems to be a fine flavored 

 fruit, but this specimen is deficient in juice. We 

 will be glad to know more about this, as it is 

 highly prized in Canada. The streaked Gilli- 

 flower, and large Russet, called "Cheeseboro," 

 are both inferior fruits, not worthy of a place in a 

 choice collection. The " seedlings," being win- 

 ter varieties, we can only say they look well. 



John Doug all, Esq., Sandwich, C. W. — 

 Your " Roseau" is not the " Black Detroit," 

 known as such here. The Detroit is usually lar- 

 ger, more flat in form, will keep 2 months lon- 

 ger, an 1 is, we fliink, richer and better, though 

 the "Roseau" is a nice, pleasant, fall apple. — 



The " La Bute," which you say is a seedling, is 

 a very beautiful looking apple ; this, and its large 

 size, make it worthy of cultivation, even if the 

 quality be ordinary. It is not yet in settson but 

 we should say it is rather coarse grained and acid. 

 We will be much obliged if you will send us a 

 few specimens, when in season, and some account 

 of its bearing, habits, &c. 



A. G. Melvin, Webster. Salt, if judiciously 

 applied, is good for Plum Trees; otherwise it 

 may be destructive. Tlie best way to apply it, 

 is to strew it over the surface of the ground, and 

 allow it to be washed by the rains, and reach the 

 roots gradually. It may be spread a fourth of an 

 inch deep. If brine be applied it should besprink- 

 led over the surface ol the ground evenly, and 

 let it percolate through the earth until it reaches 

 the roots. Loosening the ground, and pouring 

 it in, as you say you have done, is a very likely 

 way to injure one's trees. We would advise, as 

 we have often done, persons experimenting to go 

 about it cautiously and as fully informed on the 

 subject as possible. The unqualified remark 

 upon which you acted was inserted by the print- 

 er to fill up a column — but is correct, in fact, 

 notwithstanding its brevity. 



Supporting Autumn planted Trees. 



S. G. Perkins, Es]. of Boston, one of the most 

 experienced horticulturists in the country, in an 

 article in the Horticulturist on "Transplanting 

 Trees in Summer," reconmiends the foUo.ving 

 mode of supporting trees planted in the fall, in- 

 stead of staking them in the ordinary way : 



" Wlien titanilarJ trees are transplanted in the fall or au- 

 tumn, it is best to support them with a cone of earth, about 



J 2 or 13 inches high, ac- 

 cording to the size of the 

 tree. (See figure.) This 

 mode is far preferable to 

 staking, as it supports 

 them in an upright posi- 

 tion without chafing the 

 tree, as a stake is apt U't 

 do ; besides tha earth 

 covers and protects the 

 newly plnnted roots from 

 the effects of the winter's 

 frost, which will heave 

 them, if the ground be 

 moist, unless they are 

 \vell mulched or covered 

 with litter. 



Standard trees, when 

 transplanted in autuma 

 in the ordinary way, will 

 Conical mowtd to support be found in the spring 



a transplanted tree. perfectly upright, if treat- 



in this manner, and the earth may be then levelled, and the 

 tree will remain firm in its position." ■■ 



Thousands of trees are lost every year from 

 the lack of proper support, and from the ground 

 being left bare around them. See remarks in 

 another place, on })rotection. 



Society is like a gla>s of ale — the dregs go to 

 the bottom, the froth and scum to the surface, 

 and the substance or the better portion remains 

 about the centre. 



