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T11H GENESEE FARMER. 



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FOREIGN MARKET FRUITS. 



Wr. are under much obligation to Mi;. Rivbbs for 



the following interesting and valuable notes on fruits, 

 which have proved valuable for general cultivation. 

 — Editor Horticulturist. 



Rnmto' Ear/i/ Prolific Plum.— (Rivers' Early) No. 2.)— 

 Our plums foiled last year, bo that I have nothing new to 

 record. But 1 oughl to except my seedlinp— No. 2— or Early 

 Prolific. This plum always hoars, ami always commands a 

 good price. It has told in Covent Garden market theso 

 three seasons past, for 7s. per half serve, which is 15s. 

 (about $3,75) per bushel, or as nearly that as possible. Al- 

 though in that marki fit has to compete with foreign plums, 

 its bloom is so line and its quality so good, that it is always 

 the first sort sold. I mention this as it will, of course, do as 

 well in your tine plum country, and make the fortune of 

 some oruhardist there. My market salesman sent me word 

 last Beason that I ought to plant acres of it, for no early plum 

 could compete with it. [This plum ia now considerably 

 disseminated in this country. It bore last year, both in Mr. 

 .Manning's collection at Salem, Mass., and in our own gar- 

 den; and in both cases, as far as an opinion could be formed 

 upon a single year's bearing, promised to justify Mr. Rivers' 

 high commendation. — Ed Horticulturist.] 



Seine Claude de Davay — is a most prolific and excellent 

 late plum. It also will be found worthy of attention by your 

 orehardists. This and tit. Martin's Quetsche may be plant- 

 ed by the acre with the certainty of a profitable remunera- 

 tion. In August, and early in .September, when plums are 

 in full season, there is such a glut in the markets that they 

 become nearly unsaleable. Green gages, therefore, I have 

 known sold at Is. 6d. [34cts.] per bushel. The plum or- 

 ehardists must on this account, avoid planting many of these 

 mid-season sorts, and cultivate chiefly very early and very late 

 varieties. 



Coe's late Red is a most abundant bearer, but not so large 

 or so good as St. Martin's Quetsche. By the way, I have 

 never yet found this latter plum on the Continent. The 

 <; St. Martin's" there, as is well known, is Coe's late Red, 

 and is alway T s a purple plum. 



Dwarf Plums. — I have, I think succeeded in dwarfing the 

 plum. I have plants of the Green Gage, only 10 inches high, 

 full of blossoms; and some in pots, under glass, not more 

 than a foot in height, with their fruit set. They are grafted 

 on the Sloe, or Blackthorn {Primus spinosa.) This grows 

 abundantly on the clay banks in this neighborhood, for it 

 seems to flourish naturally only on poor, calcareous, clay- 

 soils — i. e. white clay, full of chalk stones. This species of 

 Prunus, or wild plum, has long attracted my attention, for 

 I have observed that it never forms a tree, but always re- 

 mains a shrub of some six or eight feet in height. I also 

 found it most impatient of removal, unlike other plums, and 

 therefore thought it might be easily kept in check by root 

 pruning. I have, accordingly, had a few of each of our 

 finest plums grafted on stocks raised from seeds of this spe- 

 cies, and am happy to find them easily kept in check, and 

 quite inclined to make exceedingly pretty dwarf trees. The 

 graft unites well, but is rather shy of " taking," as not more 

 than three out of five have hitherto succeeded. Budding may- 

 do better, but has not as yet, succeedod as well as grafting. 



Apples, in England, are, in most seasons, so sharp as to 

 scarcely pay for gathering. Yet there are some few kinds 

 that remunerate the orchardist. I grow but two varieties for 

 market crops; vis., the Sturmer pippin and Dumehnvs' seed- 

 ling. These are both favorites in Covent. Garden: of the 

 former I have about 2000 trees, from 3 to 10 or 12 years old 

 — a partial crop last season has given me 150 bushels or 

 more. These are now making in Covent Garden market, 

 from 10s. to 16s. ($2,50 to $4) per bushel, and will make a 

 better price at the end of the next month. Dumelow's 

 seedling is much esteemed for its acidity and falling proper- 

 ties [as a cooking apple, we suppose. Ed.] This is general- 

 ly sent to market in February and March, and makes from 6s. 

 to 8s. per bushel. 



Mr. Barry, of Rochester, who was here in December 

 last, kindly brought me a basket of Northern Spy and a few- 

 Melon apples. They were all delicious. Your apples — such 

 as thr.se — I can eat, as they are tender — almost melting, and 

 easy of digestion. Our apples, with few exceptions — such 

 as Reinnette de Canada, and one or two others, are too crisp 

 and hard for delicate stomachs like mine. 



I am, my dear sir, yours truly, Thomas Rivers. — Saw- 

 bridgeicorth, Herts, England, April 28, 1849. 



items nub <£*traets. 



Aorici in km Snows fob 1849.— Annual Fain of State 



and County Agricultural Societies are to be held the ensuing 



tall as follows: — 



Syracuso, 

 Hoiner, 

 Delhi, 

 Kecscvillo. 



New York State, 

 Cortland County, 

 Delaware " 



I'.ssex '< 



Herkimer " 



Jefferson " 



Livingston " 



Monroe " 



Onondaga " 



Oneida " 



Rensselaer " 



Saratoga " 



Seneca " 



Washington " 

 Michigan State, 

 Maryland State, 



Watertown, 



Geneseo, 



Rochester, 

 Syracuse, 

 Hampton, 

 Troy, 



Sept 11, 13 and ft. 

 Sept. 36 and 27. 



o.t. :t. 



Sept. 18 and 19. 



Sept. <; :iai| 7. 



Sept. 26 and 27. 



Sept 1 and •"). 

 Sept Jit and 27. 

 Oct. 3, 4 and 5. 

 Sept. 26 and 27. 

 Sept. 25, 20 ami 27. 



Mechaniosville Sept. 11 and 12 



Ovid, Oct. 4 and _. 



Whitehall, Sept. 19 and 20. 



Detroit, Sept. 26 and 27. 



Baltimore, Oct. 10, 11 and 12. 



Worcester Co. (Mass. ) Worcester, Sept. 20. 



Middlesex " Concord, Oct. 3. 



New Haven, (Conn.) New Haven, Sept. 25, 2G and 27. 



Drought.— The Owego (Tioga county) Gazette of Ju- 

 ly 20, says: — " There has not been rain enough during the 

 last four weeks, in this region, to put in a tea pot. We 

 hear of showers now and then, at some little distance off, 

 but in this neighborhood everything is as dry as powder, 

 and the crops, especially corn and potatoes, are suffering froir 

 this cause beyond any former season within our recoils 

 turn." 



We have similar reports from other locations, p.i : .c/ r 

 much damage has been caused by the unusually dry ,. -ill er 

 of the past few^ weeks. The St. Lawrence Men .. / ' :be 

 18th says: — " Nevar before since our recollecti m .^ _ this 

 section of country suffered so muoh h y.a want of 

 rain. The grass crop in all this county m ist be extremely 

 light, and many wheat fields are ruined ;;,ist all recovery. 

 Rain soon, may save corn and potatoes but grain must, 

 even with immediate heavy rains >i which there seems, 

 however, no prospect at present, b-: ,ery tight indeed many 

 places not worth the harvesting. ' 



The State Fair. — We loom that extensive arrangements 

 are being made by the ofi'< .' rs of the State Agricultural So 

 ciety, and the citizens or' Syracuse, for the September Ex- 

 hibition—and it is b',-.?<sved the Show will be better, and 

 more largely attend' 0, than any preceding one. 



Guano and Bo ka uu.it.— (E. B . Monroe, O.) You cttn 

 probably obtain both of these articles of A. B. Allen & Co., 

 189 Water street, N'ew York. We believe neithor are for 

 sale in Buffalo or ti:,s city 



Gigantic Hem*. — A new kind of hemp has just been in- 

 troduced into France from China. It is called the Loma- 

 corchasus. It is ipiesented as growing twenty-four feet 

 high, and the stal' .= from five to six inches in circumference. 

 It produces seed . . andantly, and each plant will furnish fi- 

 bre enough to maKo a yard of superb lawn. 



It ripens its seed well in the south of France, and of 

 course will be at home in some parts of the southern states; 

 and if it be half as profitable a plant as is represented, would 

 be a valuable acquisition to that section of the Union. Some 

 allowance must be made for French enthusiasm. They al- 

 ways crack up their new acquisitions higher than any hody 

 else, and will make the tallest display with tho least capital, 

 of any body on earth. — Maine Farmer. 



Georgia Burr Stone. — The Savannah Georgian notices 

 the existence of a burr-stone quarry, in Burke county in 

 that state, near tho line of the Central Railroad leading to 

 that city. The stono obtained from the quarry, ia said to 

 be equal, and in some respects, superior to that of the 

 French quarries. A company has been organized in Savan- 

 nah, who arc preparing to go extensively into the business 

 of manufacturing millstone from it, and expect, to be able to 

 supply the demand of this country with as good an article 

 as is now procured from France. 



Hereford Cattle. — We would direct attention to the 

 advertisement of tho Messrs. Bingham, of Vermont, who 

 propose to sell at public auction, at our State Fair, some 

 noble specimens of this breed of stock. They will also 

 offer, at private sale, pure bred Merino Sheep. 



