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GENESEE FARMER. 



Nov. 



Conate5>s of Luiiay Pear. 

 This is a new French Pear of the finest quality 

 A young tree, imported in 1844, bore last year 

 and this ; and we are satisfied that it will become 

 a very valuable and popular fruit. The only 

 place where wc have seen it noticed, is in Hov- 

 ey's Magazine for Aug. last, (1843.) It is there 

 stated that Col. Wilder imported it from France, 

 in 1841 or 2, among other new kinds. 



Size medium, about as large as a Julienne, 

 which it somewhat resembles. Form, regular 

 obovate, tapering regularly from the eye to the 

 stem, where it terminates obtusely and is some- 

 what swollen. Stem, over an inch long, mode- 

 erately thick, enlarged at the end next tlie branch 

 as many are; slightly curved, and inserted in a 

 very shallow cavity. Eye, medium size, open 

 in a smooth shallow basin. Flesh, white, melt- 

 ing and juicy, with a rich and delicious flavor. 

 Ripe in October. 



The most rapid growing Maple. 



How many persons, undertaking to improve 

 new and bare i)laces, arc at a loss for what trees 

 to plant for immediate effect ! " Something 

 which will grow fast," is to them the great de- 

 sideratum of life. To talk to such persons about 

 steady an J slow growing trees — beeches and 

 oaks — is like talking to the manager of the ele,?- 

 tric telegraph about the advantages of the old 

 fashioned mail coaches. 



We must have the pleasure of recommending 

 to such persons that excellent tree, the Silver 

 Maple, Acer eriocarpvm. It is, we believe, to 

 be had in all the large nurseries; though indige- 

 nous here and there, it is seldom planted as an 

 ornamental tree north of New-.Iersey. It is a 

 large and handsome tree, with leaves as large as 

 those of the Sugar Maple, but more delicately 



formed, and with asilveryor downy under surface. 



But the habil of the tree is quite distinct from 

 the other maples.* When it has once formed a 

 head, its branches begin to decline or droap 

 slightly, with just enough of a sweep to be grace- 

 ful, but not sufficient to amount to a weeping 

 wood. In short, with its pleasing habit, clean 

 foliage, and smooth bark, it is one of the most 

 agreeable of trees. 



As regards its rapidity of growth, it is quite 

 remarkable. We do not know any fairer wood- 

 ed tree, except the Elm and the Abele, which 

 sooner throws a fine shade. As compared with 

 the Sugar Maple, its growth is double. In five 

 years it really makes a fine large head. And 

 as a recommendation of still greater importance, 

 we may add that it will thrive in almost any tol- 

 erable soil, from a light sand to a strong clay 

 loam. — Horticulturist. 



We join the Horticulturist in recommending 

 this Maple to all who wish a fine tree, that will 

 grovjfast. We have seen splendid specimens in 

 Philadelphia and Burlington, not over 10 or 15 

 years old, that look venerable, in point of size, 

 already. The new, snow}-, maple-leaved Abele, 

 is also a beautiful and striking tree, of very rap- 

 id growth. The Ailantus is another, and the 

 Pawlonia, recently iitioduced, seems not much 

 behind any of them. These all grow rapid 

 enough to suit the most impatient. They can all 

 be had at the nurseries. — Ed. 



Fruit Stealing. 



The following is from the Barre (Mass.) Ga- 

 zette. The editor should be made an honarary 

 member of all the anti-thieving societies in the 

 country. He is certainly entitled to "//«(? hat;" 

 for a cranium from which such wisdom emanates 

 ought to be pro[)crly "protected." Hear him 

 hold forth : M. 



"Some one or nioro sr-onndrels robbed a prach (rco on 

 the premises of Dr. Joseph N. 15ates, on Sunday night, and 

 not conleiii with bearing o.*i' the ripe fruit, broke down a 

 branch two or three inches in diameter and carried it away. 

 It was a rare kind of tree, whicli Dr. B. had carefully cultiva- 

 ted for two or three years, and had just commenced bearing. 



'■Tliere is no punishment l>y statute or lynch law half 

 severe enoiiiili for such scoundrels. They ought to have 

 their eyes picked out with hot jiinchers, tlieir flesh filled 

 Willi needk's, their hands drop off wiili rot, their tongue.'! 

 oaten with vile maggots, their ears grubbed out wilii dull 

 linives, their feet roasted over burning coals, tlicir knees 

 stuck llirough with rusty skewers, their hair pulled out by" 

 slow weights, their noses ground off with rasps, their jaws 

 taken off with dull saws, their throats filled with melted 

 pitch, their teeth drawn out one l)y one, their legs worn off 

 by travelling on scorpions, tlieir bowels shot into with Mex- 

 ican copper grape, their backs opened by cats drawn back- 

 wards and healed by aqua forlis, and then be drawn by 

 the magnetic t^degrapli over four thousand miles of stump 

 fence. In addition, they should be held to pay a smart fine 

 and all damages." 



It is said a plantation of the Alpine strawber- 

 rv yields fruit the same season it is made. 



The whole of human virtue may be reduced to 

 speaking truth always, and doing good to others. 



