1847. 



GENESEE FARMER. 



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THE FRUITS OF AMERICA : Containing a selection of 

 the ekoicest varieties cultivated in the United States. — 

 By C. M. HovEY. Published by Little & Brown, Bos- 

 ton, in 8 vo. numbers every alternate month, at $1 per 

 number. 



The first number of this beautiful new work made its ap- 

 pearance some time ago, and would have been noticed in 

 the August number of the Farmer, but for our absence from 

 home. We are well pleased, delighted with it. In style 

 and execution, notliing ever before attempted in this coun- 

 try can compare with it. It contains portraits of the Bemre 

 a" Areiiiberg, Gloat Murcean, and Vau Man's Leon le Clerc 

 pears, and the Baldwin apple. That of the Leon ie Clerc 

 alone is worth the cost of a number to any ardent lover of 

 tine fruit. The descriptions ars- given with great precision 

 and accuracy. The habits of the trees are well delineated 

 by engravings, and the color of the wood and form of the 

 leaf accompuiiics the fruit. Thus the fullest information 

 that can be oesired is given, respecting the merits and pe- 

 cnliarities of each variety. 



There are some slight defects observable, we think, in 

 the coloring. These are, we presume, inseperable from 

 the mode in which it is executed. They are" more appa- 

 rent in the Baldwin apple. The color of the fruit, leaves, 

 and wood, seems to us unnaturally light throughout. 



Mr. HovEY thus points out the chief difierence between 

 the Beurre d' Arembergand Glout Morceau pears, which va- 

 rieties have for years been confounded: — "The habit of 

 growth of the Beurre d' Areniberg is erect and regular; that 

 of the Glout Morceau spreading and irregular. The wood 

 of the Beurre d' Aremberg is slender, long jointed, vvith 

 short roundish buds, and of a clear yellowish brown ; that 

 of the Glout Morceau stout, short jointed, with very prom- 

 inent, pointed, diverging buds, and of a dark olive. The 

 leaves of the former are narrowly folded, with scarcely any 

 serrature ; those of the latter, broad, wavy, and deeply 

 serrated.' These, it will be seen, are prominent and im- 

 portant distinctions. 



We have hardly a doubt but that, now, when such a 

 spirit of inquiry is abroad throughout the whole country on 

 the subject of fruits, this splendid work will receive sulifi- 

 cient patronage to amply remunerate its enterprising author. 

 The price may be called high, but it is not — only 25 cents 

 for a full and accurate description and elegant colored por- 

 trait of a fine fruit — one dollar for four, and $f) for a book 

 containing 24. It is ch''ap. Nutnber two will be out in 

 August, and will, we understand, contain the " Northkrn 

 Spy." We shall be mistaken if a good many copies are not 

 sold in Western Ntw York. D. M. Dewey, No. 1 Arcade 

 Hall, Rochester, is the agent. 



The Paradise Apple Stock. 



Mr. Barry— iSjr;— In the July number of the Genesee 

 Farmer you speak of apples being grafted or budded on a 

 Paradise stock. Will you please explain more fully what a 

 Paradise stock is, and if there is more than one kind of par- 

 dise stock ? My object of inquiry is, that I may understand 

 this matter, as I desire to try some experiments ia grafting, 

 budding, &c. Yours with respect, 



LeenardsvilU, July, 1847. G. W. Hinklet, P. M. 



There is but one species of apple called the 

 Paradise. It reproduces itself from seed. The 

 fruit is small and slightly acid. It is the kind 

 chiefly used for dwarfing the apple, but there is 

 another kind called by the French Doucain, of 

 larger growth and sweet fruit, (which also repro- 

 duces itself from seed,) that is much used for 

 stocks. The trees grafted or budded on this at- 

 tain a larger size than those on the Paradise. — 

 The two species are frequently confounded by 

 cultivators, but as both answer the purjwse it is 

 of little importance. — Ed. 



To TRIM fruit trees excessively, is to consume 

 their lungs, and destroy the vitality of the whole 

 organized system. 



Ackiiowledgmeiils. 



We are indebted to Mr. Lincoln Fay, of Portland, Chau- 

 tauque county, N. Y., for specimens of "Fay's Seedling" 

 and " Summer Bergamot'' pears, and " William's Favorite,'' 

 apple, all in eating August 10th. Mr. Fay is an extensive 

 and skillful orchardist. He is now and has been for many 

 years engaged in making a collection of the best market va- 

 rieties of the apple, pear, peach, «fec. He informs us that 

 he has succeeded in raising a nutmeg peach superior to the 

 " White Nutmeg," and full as early. 



The seedling pear is a handsome, medium sized fruit; in 

 form somewhat similar to the " English .largoiielle.'" of :i 

 pale lemon yellow, one side tinged with red. Judging from 

 the specimens belbre us. which may have been picked too 

 soon, it is in quality barely second rate, it is sweet and 

 buttery, but rather deficient in juice, and inclined to an un- 

 pleasant toughness. It is a safe rule to act upon in dealing 

 with new fruits, and one that we wish to see rigidly ad- 

 hered to, not to admit or recommend any to general culti- 

 vation, that do not possess some positive superiority to any 

 other. This seedling of Mr. Fay swedo not consider eqiuil 

 to Madelaine, Bloodgood, Osband^s Summer, or Dearborn's 

 Seedling . 



— To Benjamin Hodge, Esq., of the Buffalo Nursery, 

 for a copy of his Descriptive Cafdogiie of Fruit and Orna- 

 m ntal Trees, &c., for 1847 & 1848. It is a handsome 

 pamphlet of 60 pages, containing lists of upwards of 160 

 varieties of apple, 120 of |)ear, 50 of plum, 40of cherry, and 

 s» on, through both fruit and ornamental department — 

 showing a great vari^ety. It contains remarks on transplant- 

 ing, with brief notes on the character of fruiis and trees, 

 and is embellished with figures of the lUack Tartarian cher- 

 ry, Fastolff Raspberry, Swainstone Seedling Strawberry, 

 and Bartlett Pear. 



On our journey westward we made a hasty visit to Mr. 

 Hodge's establishment. It was just in " cJierry time," 

 and we had the pleasure of seeing and tasting a great num- 

 ber of the finest varieties. We saw also that Ids nursery 

 was in good condition. Ho has now one of thr- fin st lots 

 of steJling pears and other stocks that we ha\ese,'n this 

 season. We regretted that Mr. H. was absent. 



The Peach Season has now fairly com- 

 menced — the last two or three golden days hav- 

 ing transferred their glories to the veins of the 

 blushing and ripening fruit, which now palpitates 

 to its very heart with the richness of its existence. 

 x\t the landing, in the market, at the stands, in 

 the streets, on the table every where, there is 

 nothing but peaches, peaches ! And yet the bles- 

 sing is so welcome, so piquant, so fragrant, that 

 millions of them would not create a monotony. — 

 PhiL American, Aug, 12. 



Good Advice. — The Editor of the Tribune, 

 who has rainbled extensively through the Far 

 Western States, closes one of his interesting let- 

 ters with advice which every young farmer, who 

 has only his hands to rely on, should lose no time 

 in taking: 



" O ye who dwell in the gorges and on the slopes of ?rar.- 

 ite hills ! who are often inclined to murmur at the hardiehip 

 of your lot in being compelled to do a fortnight's hard labor 

 in wrestling twenty bushels of corn from the acre of nig- 

 gard and stony soil, while in fertile Illinois less labor pro- 

 duces a hundred bushels— you have not yet learned to thank 

 Heaven as you ought for that hard granite soil — for the glo- 

 rious woods which so readily cover it, and the blessed crys- 

 tal waters wliich gush from its flinty bosom ! If you mm a 

 farm there, keep it. and by cheerful labor, guided by pro- 

 ductive Science, render it each year more fruitful than the 

 last ; but if you have No land, and a young family forbid-s 

 the hope of earning any at the East, strike boldly for the 

 West at once, get hold of 80 or 160 acres, as well located 

 1 for health or timber as you can find, and resolve, in spite of 

 all obstacles, to make it the foundation of a competence for 

 yourself and an outSt for your childreii." 



