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GENESEE FARMER. 



Nov. 



laid out, and garden and carriage walks graded 

 and improved. Spring brings with it so m^ny 

 labors tliat many are forgotten or cannot be at- 

 tended to. 



If you wish to transplant some large speci- 

 mens of forest trees to your grounds or avenues, 

 select them now now, and dig a deep trench 

 around the ends of the roots before the earth 

 freezes, so that you can take them up in winter 

 with all the earth about the roots in a frozen state. 

 Large evergreens may be transplanted in this 

 way, that will not succeed otherwise. 



Horticultural Exhibition of Genesee Valley Society. 



We intended to give at this time somewhat of 

 a detailed account of this exhibition, but as we 

 were absent on the occasion and depended on the 

 reports of the committees, and finding little in 

 these beyond the announcement of the premiums, 

 we think they would be of little use or interest 

 to many of our readers. We extract from them 

 the following items : 



L. Wetherell, Esq., carried off the first pre- 

 mium for Native Flowers, having presented 150 

 species. The premium is " Lindley^s Vegetable 

 Kingdom," worth $8 — a treasure of a book for 

 the botanist. 



Mrs. S. G. Crane was awarded the first pre- 

 mium of $15, for the best display of Annual 

 Flowers duringthe season, having presented 139 

 species correctly named. Mrs. E. K. Blyth the 

 second premium, $10 — 53 varieties. Miss 

 Hooker presented 45 varieties. Mrs. L. C. 

 Fitch 31 species, exclusive of varieties. Miss 

 L. J. Whitney, 142 varieties, not named. Mrs. 

 J. W. Bissell, 136 varieties ; and Mrs. Geo. 

 Ellwanger 173 varieties. The two latter ladies 

 come under the class of Nurserymen, (so says 

 the report,) and consequently could not come in 

 for premiums. That was too bad. 



Dahlias. — The display was fine. We are 

 glad to see more attention paid to this magnifi- 

 cent flower. The past season has been more 

 propitious for them, here, than any previous one 

 we remember. The thoroughfares of our city 

 have been really gay with them all the autumn 

 up to the 15th of October. The report says : 



Mrs. John Williams presented thirty varieties of dahlias, 

 all of the choicest varieties, which were so arranged as to 

 call forth the admiration of all who examined them. We 

 doubt whether there was ever a finer display of this beau- 

 tiful flower in Western New York, and the collection did 

 much toward giving character to the Fair. 



Mrs. Lewis exhibited thirty varieties of dahlias, all very 

 fine, but her collection lacked a few of recent introduction, 

 which were included in Mrs. Williams' collection, but they 

 •were tastefully arranged and did honor to the donor. 



Messrs. Ellwanger & Barry presented seventy-two most 

 splendid varieties of dahlias, including all the leading va- 

 rieties, many of which surpassed in richness of color any 

 ever before exhibited at our previous meetings. They also 

 presented a large assortment of roses, all of the choicest va- 

 rieties. We were not furnished with the number, or their 

 names, which was perhaps owing to the short time allowed 

 to the committee for their examination. 



Wm. King presented thirty-three varieties of dahlias, 

 which was one of the choicest collections at the Fair. His 



collection of dahlias, and his floral ornaments, were much 

 admired. There are few of our florists who cultivate with 

 more taste than Mr. King. Mrs. King presented some fine 

 boquets and cut flowers, many of which were very beau- 

 tiful. 



Miss S. Shaw presented five boquets of cut flowers, 

 tastefully arranged. 



A discretionary premium of $15 was awarded 

 to Miss L. J. Whitney for the best display of 

 flowers without list. Very liberal, indeed — a 

 proof that our society is determined to encourage 

 floricultural taste. 



The committee on Vegetables report only the 

 names of the successful competitors — not the 

 names of the varieties to which they gave the 

 preference ; we wish they had given this in par- 

 ticular. 



The Fruit committee report the following pre- 

 miums : 



Apples. — Greatest variety and best grown, H. Hooker; 

 2d, S. Briggs ; 3d, W. Shepard. 



Best Fall Apple, the St. Lawrence, H. N. Langworthy ; 

 2d best Fall Apple, the Hawley, M. B. Seward. 



Peara. — 1st premium, L. A. Ward ; 2d, S. Briggs. Best 

 Fall Pear, the Onondaga, H. N. Langworthy. 



Peaches. — 1st premium, H. N. Langworthy ; 2d, W. 

 Shepard. 



Grapes. — Greatest number of varieties, R. C. Brown ; 

 Best dozen bunches, T. B. Hamilton ; Best single bunch 

 Mrs. Mathies ; 2d best single bunch, G. W Currier. ' 



Quinces. — Best dozen, P. Kearney. 



Watermelons. — Best, Imperial, J. Donallan ; 2d best, 

 Spanish, H. N. Langworthy. 



Muskmelons. — Best, J. Donallan. 



Nurserymen. — Best display of Apples, Pears and Peaches, 

 Ellwanger &, Barry, a Diploma. 



The Dyer Apple, presented by 3Iessrs. Ellwanger & 

 Barry, merited more attention than most of the Autumn 

 Apples, being a variety lately introduced here, certainlr 

 equal to any Autumn Apple in fine flavor and richness, and 

 superior to most of the Apples presented. 



S. MOULSON, '\ 



S. Miller, > Committee. 

 J. W. Bissell, > 



Richard's Beurre Pear. — Not long ago a 

 new pear by this name was noticed in the Hor- 

 ticulturist and Hovey^s Magazine, and the de- 

 scriptions were so glowing that pear growers all 

 over the country were writing to Western New 

 York for trees or scions of it. Now that same 

 •' Richard's Beurre'^ proves to be the old " Sum- 

 mer Bonchretien" and nothing else — one of the 

 most common and well known varieties in Amer- 

 ica! There is scarely a garden in this county 

 where it is not to be found. We saw many 

 trees the past season, through Mendon and Bloom- 

 field, with 20 or thirty bushels of fair fine fruit 

 on each. 



Early Budding. — In a former communica- 

 tion I stated that, in consequence of budding 

 early, I had succeeded better than formerly. I 

 now perceive that, although the buds appeared 

 to " take well," yet tlie growth of the trees since 

 appears to have absorbed some of them, while 

 others seem to have "grown out," so as to sit 

 upon the surface of the bark, so that it is very 

 doubtful whether they will ever start. They 

 appear not to have been sufliciently matured. 



Fairport, Sept. 1847. H. 



