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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



Sept. 



tan or sawdust. In this floor the door must be cut to give 

 act ,s to the ice. 



"■"As regards the bottom of the vault, the floor, the lattice 

 windows in the gables for ventilation, etc., the same re- 

 marks will apply lliat have just been given for the ice house 

 above ground, with the addition that in one of the gables, 

 in this case, must be the door for filling the house with ice. 



" If the ground where ice houses of either kind are built. 

 is not porous enough to let the melted ice drain away, then 

 there should be a waste pipe to carry it off, which should be 

 slightly bent, so as always to retain enough water in it to 

 prevent the passage of air upwards into the ice house." 



HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITIONS. 



We had prepared short notices of the Exhibitions 

 of several Societies for last month's paper, but it was 

 found necessary to leave them over to give place 

 to other items, supposed to be of more general interest. 

 The June Exhibition of the Genesee Valley 

 Society was in a great measure satisfactory to those 

 present. The collections of Strawberries were fine. 

 M. G. Warner had 13 varieties; Charles Paulk, 

 of Honeoye Falls, 7 varieties; Bissell, Hooker fc 

 Sloane, 10 varieties ; besides many other con- 

 tributors. Hoverfs Seedling took the prize for the 

 best quart — this, however, is no t#st of the value of 

 a variety for general cultivation. Fine specimens of 

 Northern Spy Apple were shown by J. H. Watts. 



In the Flower Department there was a fine show 

 of Roses, Verbenas, &lc. Those that struck us as 

 most worthy of mention was a collection of 30 va- 

 rieties of Verbenas, and 30 of Roses, arranged in 7 

 .baskets and 3 vases by Miss Whitney. A fine col- 

 lection of Roses, Phloxes, fee, by Samuel Shad- 

 bolt, Esq., of Scottsville. A superb new Herbaceous 

 Pasony, pure white and fragrant, said to surpass 

 Whittlejii, named Major Williams, raised and shown 

 by John Donnelan, of Greece. Mr. D. has raised 

 several other fine seedling Paeonies, but the Major is 

 the best. Very fine collections of Herbaceous Plants 

 and Roses were shown by J. J. Thomas, of Macedon, 

 Ellwanger &l Barry, and J. W. Bissell, of Roch- 

 ester. The next exhibition will be held in September. 



ALBANY AND RENSSELAER SOCIETY. 



The June Exhibition of this Society, judging from 

 reports of the committees, was very fine. Straw- 

 berries and Roses were the prominent articles, though 

 there were a great many other interesting productions. 



Some 18 or 20 varieties of Strawberries were shown by 

 the various contributors, including Boston Pine, Hovey's 

 Seedling, Ross' Phoenix, 4 or 5 of Burr's varieties, and many 

 others; and the premiums were awarded as follows: 

 For the best and finest flavored variety, to B. B. Kirt- 

 land, for Burr's New Pine — a delicious, hardy and 

 productive variety, but comparative moderate size, $2 00 

 For the second best, with same requirements, to 

 Luther Tucker, for Royal Scarlet — a large and de- 

 licious as well as beautiful variety, and but little in- 

 ferior to the above, 100 



The following are the premium Roses. Our 

 friend Wilson maintains his pre-eminence in this 

 department : 



For the best 12 varieties, viz. : Princess Larnhallc, 

 Beauty Etheriel, Violateum, Madam Audoi, Kean, 

 Lady Stuart, Bourbon Moss, D'Ageason, Schon 

 Brun, Blanche Superb, London Pride and Viola- 

 teum, to James Wilson, $2 00 



For the best 6 varieties, viz.: Persian Yellow, Lansa- 

 seur, Leda, George the 4th, Tri-Color, D'Orleans, 

 and Princess Clementine, to Jas. Wilson, - - - 100 

 Dr. Wkndki.i. exhibited lloo-Snng, a newly imported 

 Chinese vegetable, and some fine specimens of large Early 

 Asiatic Cauliflowers, the seed of which was forwarded to 

 Dr. Wekhki.i. from the London Horticultural Society. It 

 was sown loth of March, and the plants set out in May. 



The same Society, (Albany and Rensselaer,) held 

 an exhibition on the 25th of July. The collections 

 of Cherries, Gooseberries, Currants and Raspberries 

 appear to be unusually fine. 



The following are the varieties to which the pre- 

 miums were awarded : 



Cherries. — For the best three varieties to Dr. Her- 

 man Wendell, for Elkhorn, Yellow Spanish or Graf- 

 fion and Wendell's Mottled Bigarreau, - - - - §2 00 

 For the best variety to Dr. Herman Wendell, for Wen- 

 dell's Mottled Bigarreau, i()0 



Gooseberries. — For the best and finest flavored va- 

 riety, to Henry Vail, for Compton's Sheba Queen, 2 00 

 For the second best variety to Henry Vail, for Lady 



of the Manor, ------ jQO 



Currants. — For the best and finest flavored variety to 



James Wilson, for Knight's Sweet Red, - - - 2 00 



For the second best variety to Henry Vail, for Whit© 



Dutch, 1 00 



Raspberries. — For the best and finest flavored va- 

 riety to Henry Vail, for Fastolff, 2 00 



For the second best variety to Henry Vail, for Fran- 



conia, 100 



And special premiums of one dollar each, to Ely Young, 



for Peach Apricots, to B. B. Kirtland, for Citron des Cannes 



Pears, and to Ezra P. Prentice, for Yellow Harvest Apples. 



There were also very good collections of Verbenas, 



Perpetual Roses, Carnations, Dahlias, £&c. 



The Fruit Committee remark that " Henry Vail, 

 Esq., of Ida Farm, Troy, exhibited 17 varieties of 

 Gooseberries, of very large size and entirely free 

 from mildew. This is attributable to thick layers 

 of salt meadow hay under the bushes." 



Fruits Recommended by Com. of N. Y. State 

 Ag. Society. — We are indebted to B. P. Johnson, 

 Esq., Secretary of the N. Y. State Ag. Society, for 

 a copy of the Transactions for 1848 — a splendid, 

 large volume, of nearly 1,000 pages. We have had 

 time to examine only the part relating to Fruits. 



" Dr. Wendell, from the committee on fruits, reported that 

 the committee beg leave to suggest to the Society, to be 

 added to the lists of varieties heretofore recommended by 

 them for general cultivation, and which were described in 

 the Transactions of the Society for 1846 and 1847, the fol- 

 lowing, viz: 



App/es — American Slimmer Permain, Eary Rose, Pomme 

 Royale, Norton's Melojj, Mother, Autumn Strawberry, and 

 Wagener.. 



Pears — Tyson, Rostiezer, and Golden Beurre of Bilboa. 



Plums — Red Gage and Purple Favorite. 



Peaches — White Imperial and Cooledge's Favorites. 



Apricots — Moorpark and Breda. 



Nectarines — Dovvnton and Boston." 



Outlines and minute descriptions of the apples, pears 

 and plums are given, and descriptions of the others: 



" The Wagener Apple, from Cahari.ys Lee, of Yates 

 county, to which the second premium of the Society, for 

 seedlings, was awarded at the annual meeting in 1848. was 

 again presented for competition, in accordance with a sug- 

 gestion of the committee for that year, they being then 

 unable to decide on its merits as a long keeper, owing to the 

 fact of its having been bruised on the passage to this city, in 

 consequence of being badly packed; and therefore, not wish- 

 ing to award it at that time more than the second premium. 

 The fruit is this year presented under more favorable cir- 

 cumstances, and from its beautiful appearance, good size, 

 tenderness of flesh, and delicacy of flavor, as well as from 

 information before the committee, which fully establishes its 

 character as a long keeper, they have concluded to recom- 

 mend that it be placed in the first class of apples, and that 

 an additional sum of $5, and also a diploma, be awarded Mr. 

 Lee for it." 



Several other seedling apples wore presented, but 

 all ranked below the Society's standard. A seedling 

 winter pear was offered for examination by Chan. 

 Paulk, of Mendon, but was pronounced far below 

 the standard rule. 



