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GENESEE FARMER. 



Sept. 



bloom. Mr. Downing very justly remarks that 

 ''the smallest collection of apples should com- 

 prise this and the Early Harvest. The tree 

 bears early and abundantly and is the most orna- 

 mental in its form and foliage of any we know. 

 Fruit large ; the figure above is from an aver- 

 age sized specimen. We have measured seve- 

 ral this season 2 J inches in diameter. Form, 

 roundish, tapering a little to the eye. Skin 

 smooth and fair, of a beautiful rich crimson, cov- 

 ered with a very delicate white bloom as a plum; 

 russety round the stem, with a few spots of green- 

 ish yellow. Stalk variable, sometimes an inch, 

 and more frequently one-half to three-fourtlis of 

 an inch, pretty stout and deeply inserted in a 

 narrow cavity. Calyx closed, set in an irregular 

 furrowed basin. Flesh white and juicy, with an 

 agreeable acid — milder tlwm the Early Harvest. 



Strawberries. 



Mk. Barrv ; — Will you give, through your department 

 of the Genesee Farmer, the amount of strawberries general- 

 ly raised on an acre ?— the price in Rochester, the present 

 and past season, and what way they are carried to market ? 

 —how far they may be carried by rail roaii, and what length 

 of time it will do to have them picked before they are pre- 

 sented in market ! Have you ever tried barn-yard manure 

 and lime, mixed and applied it to the ground ? If so, what 

 has been the effect ? I. M. 



Penu Ymi, July 26, 1847. 



We cannot speak with much precision as to 

 the quantity, but suppose from 1,000 to 5,000 

 quarts may be produced, according to the fruit- 

 fulness of the sort, and the soil and culture. We 

 believe it has been stated by Mr. Hovey that 

 his seedling, mixed with staminates, has yielded 

 2,000 quarts to the acre. N. Longworth, of 

 Cincinnati, says that Mr. S. S. Jackson, near 

 that city, has produced at the rate of 5,000 to the 

 acre oi' the Hudson variety grown there so much. 

 Mr. Burr, of Columbus, has produced on one 

 of his new seedlings 35 quarts on a bed of 6 'feet 

 by 20, and Mr. Hovey says that his seedling has 

 yielded equal to 48 quarts on the same space. — 

 These are all larger yields than may be general- 

 ly expected on a large scale. They are usually 

 carried to market in small pint or quart baskets. 

 Good market sorts might be picked 6 to 12 hours 

 before being presented in market, and might be 

 carried over 130 miles of railroad. 



We have not used lime mixed with manure, 

 but ])resume it would be well enougli on land de- 

 ficient in calcarious material. 



Cincinnati is ahead of all other places in the 

 world as to the culture of strawberries. Over 

 100 acres in one neighborhood alone is under 

 strawbersy culture. Their system is extremely 

 simple. They will take a piece of new land, 

 plow it up, and [)nt out the plants in rows four 

 feet apart, and tvv® feet or so apart in the row. 

 They cultivate pistillate^ or female pUuits, with 

 stmninate, ©r male, in every 5th or 6th place. — 

 Plants put out thus, in the spring, kept clean 



with a cultivator or' plow and hoe, at small ex- 

 pense, being allowed to spread as much as they 

 choose, have by the fall made out of each row a 

 bed of bearing plants for the following season, 

 with a space of 18 inches or so kept between them 

 for a walk. Ne v plantations are made every 

 three or four years, or when the staminates be- 

 come too numerous. The same system might be 

 pursued equally well here, but the plantations 

 would require to be protected with a covering of 

 straw or leaves, put on in the fall and raked off in 

 the spring. 



Horticultural Sofieties and Exhibitions. 



A NEW Horticultural Society has been organized at Al- 

 bany, called the " Albaky ano Kknsselaer Horticultu- 

 ral SociKTY." .ToEL Ratkbone, of Albany, is the Presi- 

 dent. From the Horticulturist we learn that its first exhi- 

 bition was held in tlie Geological Rooms, Albany, on the 3d 

 of July. Mr. Jas. Wilson received the premiums for Roses 

 and Strawberries, (Swainstone Seedling,) and Doct. H. 

 Wendell for Clierries. * 



The Ulica Hortkultiiral Society \\e\d its exhibition on the 

 29th of June. According to the report in the Horticulturist 

 there were some fine collections of Strawberries and Roses 

 exhibited. 



The Long Island Hnrtiadtura) Society, wo learn from the 

 Flushing .lournal, held its exhibition on the 24th and 25th 

 of June. The Journal says : — "' The number of contribu- 

 tors was small, not half as many as came forward last sea- 

 son. One establishment only among the public Gardens 

 came out strongly ; but for this, the Exhibition would have 

 been spiritless and morlifying ; with it, it was gratifying 

 and resj eatable. We hope that in September or October 

 next, the contributors will be very liberal from all quarters. 

 The display of fruit was very limited. Strawberries, and 

 a few Cherries and Gooseberries constituted the whole, the 

 size and quality of the former being first rate." 



The " one establishment" referred to above was Messrs. 

 Winter & Co., who made a magnificent turn out, filling 

 an entire room 30 by 45 feet, and carrying off twelve of the 

 Society's premiums. We wonder what Messrs. Prince, 

 Parsons, King, and the other large establishments were 

 about. 



The Horticultural Society of Montreal. — A friend in 

 Montreal has obligingly sent us a copy of a j)amphlet con- 

 taining the Constitution txnd proceeditig.s connected with 

 the formation of this new Society. The Hon. Judge Day 

 is President, and at the meeting for organization delivered 

 a brief address, which in style and sentiment is surpassing- 

 ly beautiful A more eloquent argument could scarcely be 

 penned in favor of the influence of Horticulture in refining 

 the taste and promoting moral and intellectual improvement. 

 The Rev. Mr. Villeneuve deliovered an excellent brief 

 address in French, designed, in his own words, " to repre- 

 sent, as in a tableau, the principal moli\e'i that should in- 

 duce those wlio heard him to employ tlieir greatest zeal in 

 supporting and extending a .Society so agreeable, and at the 

 same time .so useful." We wish we had .•<pnce to spare for 

 a few extract* from both of tiiese. It gives us great pleas- 

 ure to hear of the organization of tliis Sc^ciety. Of its suc- 

 cess and efficiency there can not be a doubt. It cannot be 

 otherwise in a city so large, and numbering so many wealthy 

 and refined inhaliitants, ami zealous amateurs and garJen- 

 ers. An exhibition is to be held in September. 



The Fatr of the Amerirmi Institute is to open at Castle 

 Garden, !V. Y., on the 5th of October. Monday, October4 

 will be appropriated for the arrnngement of the contribti- 

 tiuns. Vegetables. Fruits, and Flowers, for the Horticultu- 

 ral Room, should be brought this day, before 12 o'clock. 



HoRii ultural Exhifition.— Our Hoi ticultural Society 

 is to unite with the Monroe Co. Agricultural Society in an 

 exhibition of Fruits. Vegetables. &c., on the 23d of this 

 month — the second day of the County Ag. Fair. The Ex- 

 hibition will be held iii Minerva Hall, corner of Main and 

 St. Paul streets, Rochester. We trust there will be a large 

 mmiber of contributors and competitors from each Society. 



