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THE GENESEE FARittER 



August 2f, 1831 



.N'ot having seen the statement made by Dr. Hil- 

 dreth until the present month, many things ob- 

 served by him were not noted by us, but from 

 those which were put down, it would appear 

 that the valley of Old Genesee at Rochester, is 

 nearly as early as that of the Ohio at Marietta, 

 is in the first and last memorandum, our observ- 

 ations are ahead of those of Dr. Hildreth. We 

 have no memorandums by us of the year 1829 by 

 which to compare that with the present season, 

 neither do we recollect whether that was more 

 forward or backward than the flowering times have 

 been the present year. If the Doctor has contin- 

 ued his observations down to the present year, 

 and we should find them corresponding in time 

 with ours, as much as those of 1829 do, it will 

 certainly do much towards increasing public o- 

 Dinion in favor of that section of country within 

 the boundaries of New-York, and south of lake 

 Ontario, and perhaps there cannot be found a bet- 

 ter model of comparison than that of keeping the 

 limes of flowering and ripening of plants. 



them a fair trial, they will find them a pltaaan 1 

 article of food, and one that will contribute much 

 to health. To such as are unacquinted with th?m 

 we recommend them, to those who are acquainted 

 with their uses they need no recommendation. 



COMMUNICATIONS. 



, TOMATOES. 



Although tomatoes have long been raised in 

 gardens in this section of country ns a curiosity, 

 yet as an article of food they are scarcely known 

 .amongst our farmers. As a curiosity they are 

 veil deserving cultivation, as we do not know of 

 an annual plant of their size, that will produce 

 so much fruit which, whenripened,from its beau- 

 tiful red color, makes so pretty » show in the back 

 •round. They are easily raised and a certain 

 crop. There are but few people who are fond of 

 them the first time they taste them, and we be- 

 lieve fewer still but what like them after tasting 

 them a few times ; therefore it has been observed 

 that the taste for them was an artificial one, ari- 

 sing from the pleasant and beneficial effects pro- 

 duced by eating them. Our best physicians al- 

 low that they possess anti-bilious properties and 

 recommend them to people who are troubled with 

 those complaints. Then green tomatoes make 

 excellent pickles, and as they approach maturity, 

 well flavored pies. When ripe, as a common con- 

 diment for the table we do not know of a sub- 

 stitute for them. Those who are opposed to the 

 use of cucumbers would do well to introduce to 

 matoes into their gardens, as the fruit when ripe 

 will be sure to drive cucumbers from the table. — 

 Some directions for preparing them may be use- 

 ful to those who are unacquainted with them. — 

 They are sent to the table either raw or cooked, 

 and appear to be equally acceptable to those who 

 have become accustomed to them. When de- 

 signed for the table in a raw state, select those 

 ;hat have changed color, but before they have be- 

 come over ripe and soft ; let them be pulled and 

 sliced into a convenient vessel and seasoned with 

 salt, vinegar, and pepper. Most people prefer 

 West Indiu pepper sauce or Cayenne pepper to 

 black, but either will do. Others prefer them 

 stewed For tins purpose take off the skin and 

 slice them, put them in a stew pan with a little 

 butter, pepper, and salt, and let them boil about 

 front five to ten minutes, when they arc ready I 

 for the table ; some mix bread crumb, with them, 

 others put them over toast. When designed to 

 be served up without either, after being freed from 

 fhe skins the pulpy part is sometimes squeezed 



>ut before stewing to render the dish less juicy. 



(Ts think if those who can procure them wiU give 



DOMESTIC WINE. 

 Mr. Editor — I send you a bottle of red wine, 

 made two years ago, and bottled off about two 

 months since — it would be much better if it had 

 been longer in bottle — P rn y use a little ice andcool j 

 it before you taste it. It is made entirely of the 

 common small black grape, which grows and 

 bears abundantly by the 6ide of our creek, with 

 the addition of water and sugar — there is a slight 

 smack of the wild grape about it, otherwise it 

 more resembles Port, than any domestic wine I 

 ever drank, Yours, truly, 



A GROVELAND FARMER. 



The bottle of wine described above was duly 

 received for which the Editor returns his thanks to 

 the Groveland Fanner. Not willing that so fair 

 an opportunity of demonstrating the practicability 

 of making wine from the native American grape 

 should pass unimproved, we have solicited the o 

 pinions of connoisseurs who have pronounced it 

 an excellent article, and all agree that it is prefer- 

 able to the wine generally sold in this market, un- 

 der the name of port. Almost every person who 

 tasted expressed their surprise that so fine a wine 

 could be made from the native black grape. There 

 is no doubt but the black chicken grape of our 

 country, when properly cultivated, will be found 

 equal to any other grape in the world for wine, 

 and even in their wild state, when the process is 

 perfectly understood, a wine may be manufactur- 

 ed from them, we have no doubt, equal to the fi- 

 nest Burgundy. 



We should feel under increased- obligations to 

 the Groveland Farmer if he would forward to us 

 for publication in the Genesee- Fanner the process 

 by which the above wine was made, as we consi- 

 der it a happy experiment. 



FLORAL CALENDAR. 



August 27th — Great American Centaurea(Cen- 

 taura americona) now in flower. Great flower- 

 ing Hibiscus and Aalthea frutex, (Hibiscus pa- 

 lustris and H. syriacus) in flower. Early red 

 rare-ripe peaches in market, selling at two dol- 

 lars and fifty cents per bushel. A pretty com- 

 ment, this, upon the horticulture of one of the fin- 

 est sections of country for peaches in the United 

 States. Bough apples sold readily the week past 

 atone dollar per bushel. With such encourage- 

 ments, we would suppose that our formers would 

 begin to attend to the selection and cultivation of 

 fine fruits. 



We have received and published in our last, 

 some articles from Prince's Poinological Manual; 

 as the pubiic are waiting anxiously for this prom- 

 ised work, we should be pleased to receive from 

 the authors information us to the time when it 

 will be ready for delivery. 



Wool. — We 6ce by the Boston papers, says 

 the N. Y. Commercial Advertiser, thut the brig 

 Tcnedos arrived there lost week, from Smyrna, 

 with 478 bales of Wool, about 5)00,000 lbs. and 

 300 Kales ccontwfcc ; antlsabrs limited and little, 

 demantl. 



FOIt THE OEXESEB FARMER. 



Our earliest apple originated on a farm twelve 

 miles West of Rochester. It was said by the pro- 

 prietor to be ripe on the 4th of the seventh montl 

 in some seasons, and accordingly we named ittht 

 Independent? apple. With us however, it has 

 not proved quite so early. 



It is an apple of scarcely medial size, smaller 

 at the blossom end, with reddish stripes. It is 

 sweet, but slightly partakes of the bitter principle, 

 which however, is hardly discovered unless its 

 peculiar flavor is rendered more sensible by tast- 

 ing other fuit. It becomes very mellow on the 

 tree. To some tastes- it is pleasant, but not to 

 mine, and we tolerate it solely on account of its 

 ea Hint is. 



When we consider the languor or listlessncss 

 that formerly pervaded the United States in re 

 gard to the cultivation of fruit, we can readily 

 believe that many desirable varieties have perish- 

 ed on the spot where they originated without be- 

 ing extended by one solitary graft. I recollect 

 one apple which in the sweetness of its juice I 

 i have never seen equalled — but it is gone. On 

 the sahie farm there was another seedling appk 

 | which we once deemed without a peer, and which 

 I have preserved by budding. It is early and a 

 pleusant fruit. 



I wish to awaken the attention of horticultui- 

 ists to fine varieties which may originate amongst 

 us; and I am satisfied that many, well \foitli 

 preserving, may be found. One of my friends 

 who resides in this neighborhood has a seedling 

 plum which produces fruit of finer flavor than anj 

 of the high priced trees which I have seen from 

 the great nurseries on our sea board. But 1 

 hope hereafter to have it figured and described. 



D. T. 



P. S. The Editor of the Genesee Farmer hen 

 ing described Tool's Indian rare ripe apple (see 

 No. 12) would greatly oblige some of his sub 

 scribers in this quarter by mentioning where sci 

 ons or young trees may bo procured. 



In reply to the inquiry of D. T., " where can 

 scions of Tool's Indian rare ripe be obtained," we 

 answer : the original tree was raised in the town 

 of Augusta, Oneida county, from which the)' 

 have been cultivated in the neighborhood of Ham- 

 ilton College, where scions may be obtained. Dr. 

 Lummis, on the west side of HigSodusbay, ha? 

 also cultivated them, from whom we obtained 

 scions last spring, from which we can sparea feu 

 and wo believe judge Hotehkiss of Lewiston ha« 

 them in his garden. 



THE ROCHESTER INSTITUTE 

 OF PRACTICAL EDUCATION 



While the citizens of this village are neglecting 

 the higher departments of learning, and are sus- 

 taining no institution for general education, a Se- 

 minary has sprung up of a novel character, but of 

 elevated aims. The splendid budding at Buffalo 

 Bridge, a most convenient college edifice, is occu- 

 pied by 40 young men, pursuing an extensive 

 r ourse of literature and science, who defray their 

 expences by employing their hours of relaxation 

 in mechanical labor. 



As many of our readers wish to learn m whs 

 respect the Institute differ; from other schools, sevr 

 eral shfft numbers on its infernal frgtihttron'i will 



