1810. 



Tlltt GENESEE FAIiMKIt. 



21) 



CULTURE OF HALF HARDY TREES AND SHRUBS. 



So.mk young trees and shrubs suffer much in winter 

 before the wood becomes hardened and well matured. 

 For a long period 1 have seen the American Spindle 

 tree regularly killed down ; ami for several years the 



Chinese Honeysuckle shared the same late : but the 



same shrubs now appear perfectly hardy. When 

 newly introduced, Buch plants generally receive more 

 attention than in after time. They are stimulated by 

 nigh culture to grow late in the season ; and abound- 

 ing in juice, sutler in proportion from the cold. Dry 

 substances never freeze. The seeds of melons and 

 cucumbers endure the greatest severity of our climate; 

 but the plants that spring from them are destroyed by 

 the first touch of frost. Neither oaks nor maples 

 would abide our winters, if they continued their 

 growth into autumn. Half-hardy shrubs should, 

 therefore, be planted in soils not too rich, and their 

 growth should be stopped in summer if possible. 



Have we a better guide than Nature ? Her seed- 

 lings generally rise among other plants, where they 

 are protected from the scorching sun, from untimely 

 frosts, and from being thrown out in winter. Many 

 a plant which we foster in the green-house, would do 

 well in the thick shades of our forests, where the 

 branches above them would lessen the radiation of 

 heat, and shield them from freezing winds. But hot 

 sunshine may be as destructive as a cold night. 

 The difference between the climate of the woods and 

 the climate of the open border, is very great ; and it 

 may explain why many of our native plants refuse to 

 inhabit our gardens. For instance, who has suc- 

 ceeded with the Gerardias in open sunshine ? Or with 

 Cypripedivm acaule ? I have known the last, how- 

 ever, to bloom for several successive seasons, in the 

 twilight of a broken flower pot, open on the north side. 



Some shrubs suffer much from exposure to cold 

 winds. In the open ground, the white Antwerp 

 raspberry, has been much injured — while ten rods 

 under the lee of red cedars, it has done well. The 

 common laburnum may illustrate the same doctrine. 

 One which stood in a door-yard, exposed to the west 

 winds, was damaged, every winter, until a building 

 was erected very near it, so as completely to shelter 

 it on that side, and from that time, during seven 

 years, it has not been injured. — D. Thomas' Address. 



Americas Almonds. — We are indebted to Mrs. William 

 A. Banker for a sample of almonds raised in her own garden. 

 They are of extraordinary size, and tine flavor. This, and 

 Other experiments, prove that our climate is not unfavorable 

 to the growth of many plants and fruits for which we are in 

 the habit of looking abroad. — Winchester (Va.) Republican. 



There is little doubt that the cultivation of almonds can 

 be rendered profitable in Georgia and other Southern States. 

 The growing of fruits of this kind would greatly tend to 

 increase their consumption, benefit small landholders, and. 

 by so much, chock the over-production of cotton. If one 

 has seeds that will germinate, now is a favorable season to 

 plant them. — Augusta Chronicle. 



Liquid Manure — Grapes. — The Ohio Cultivator says 

 that a grape vine at a hotel in that State, hut three years 

 old, has climbed to the second story, and has extended its 

 branches round tjje corner of the building to a distance of 

 twenty or thirty feet, nearly the whole being full of clusters 

 of fruit. The only unusual treatment it had received, was 

 a watering every day with dish-water, and occasionally 

 with soap-suds. 



Pi.ant9 in pots should be kept dry in winter time : they 

 take less harm in case of frost. So that life be kept in them 

 they cannot be watered too little . The plants are then at rest . 



Pioi'ccuinljs of Agricultural Societies. 



N. Y. STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



THE Annual Meeting of this Society is to be held 

 in Albany, on the third Wednesday (17th) of the 

 present month. Premiums will be awarded on Grain 

 and itoot Crops, Butter, Cheese, Fruits, See. We 

 annex names of Judges constituting various Com- 

 mittees : — 



Management of Farms — Hon.. A. Van Bergen, Coxsackie ; 

 William Buel, Rochester; .F. S. Gould, Hudson. 



Experiments and Essays — Asa Fitch, !M. I)., Salem ; Hon. 

 George Geddes, Onondaga; Hon. S. Cheever, Saratoga. 



Cheese and Butter Dairies — B. P, Johnson, Albany ; Hon. 

 H. C. Tiithill, Cayuga ; A. Doubleday, Broome. 



Butler and Cheese — Joseph Allcyn, Rochester ; Joseph 

 Carey, Albany ; Amos Brigga, Scaghtic'oke. 



Wool — Hon. J. P. Beekman, Kinderhook ; S. N. Dexter, 

 Whitesboro' ; Hon. I). S. Curtis, Canaan. 



Draining — John Dalalield, Oaklands ; Roswell Reed, Cox- 

 sackie ; B. B. Kirlland, Greenbush. 



Fruk — E. Emmons, Albany ; D. Thomas, Greatfield ; 

 II. Wendell, Albany; J. W. Bissell, Rochester; C. S. 

 Wilson, Utica. 



For the best new seedling variety of winter apples, of 

 decidedly superior quality, and valuable for exportation ; 

 one dozen specimens to be exhibited ; together with a hislory 

 of its origin, a description of the growth, character and 

 habits of the tree, and the growing of the fruit — such fruit 

 to be adjudged by the committee as of the first character for 

 orchard purposes, diploma and $10. For the second best 

 do., $5. The above new seedling variety to be sent to B. 

 P. Johnson, Secretary, Agricultural Rooms, Albany, before 

 the 15th January, 1849, for examination. 



Field Crops. — Wheal and Indian Corn — Charles Lee, 

 Penn Yan ; Hon. Tracy Pardee, Batavia ; Hon. John I. 

 Brinkerhoff, Cayuga. 



Barley, Rye, Oats, Peas, and Beans — Hon. O. Hungcrford, 

 Watcrtown ; J. W. Ball, Exeter ; W. A. McCulloch, Green- 

 bush. 



Potatoes and Root Crops — A. Osborn, Watervliet ; Robert 

 Harper, Albany ; J. W. Haydock, Greenbush. 



Corn Fodder, Hops, Clover and Timothy Seed. — Col. E. 

 Kirby, Brownville; Hon. Benjamin Enos, l)o Ruyter ; Hon. 

 Henry Wager, Western. 



Arrangements for Pomological Exhibition — Herman Wen- 

 dell, M. D., J. McD. Mclntyre, James Wilson, Albany. 



Prof. E. Emmons, M. D., is expected to deliver an 

 address on the first evening of the annual meeting. 

 Notice will be given of the subject of the address. 



A Pomological Exhibition is to be held in connec- 

 tion with the meeting, and will undoubtedly add to 

 the interest of the occasion. 



Monroe County Ag. Society. — At the Annual 

 Meeting of this Society, held on the 12th ult., officers 

 were elected for the year 1849, as follows: Alfred 

 Fitch, President ; C. K. Hobbie, J. S. Ramsdell, 

 and Wm. R. Booth, Vice Presidents ; Joseph 

 Alleyn, Rec. Secretary ; D. D. T. Moork, Cor. 

 Secretary ; John H. Robinson, Treasurer. Elisjia 

 Harmon, D. D. T. Moore and Joseph Alleyn 

 were appointed delegates to the Annual Meeting of 

 the New York State Ag. Society. 



The Committee on Field Crops awarded a premium 

 of $3 and a copy of Trans. Am. Institute to Rufus 

 Beckwith, of Henrietta, for Corn Crop averaging 

 one hundred and eighteen bushels per acre. To John 

 Row, of Riga, a premium of >$5 for crop of Mangel 

 Wurzels, averaging at 60 lbs to the bushel, 1311 § 

 bushels per acre. (According to the requirements 

 of the State Society, 50 lbs. to the bushel, this crop 

 would be equal to 1574 bushels per acre.) 



The meeting was an unusually interesting one. 



