1848. 



GENESEE FARMER. 



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Allen. They were unripe, but they matured 

 well in the house, and in eating two or three 

 weeks afterward, proved first rate. It is unde- 

 niably a fine fruit, and considering its hardiness 

 and productiveness, will be valuable in the 

 smallest collections. We find that it grows 



Oswego Beurre, or Reid's Sadling Pear. (Fig. 10.) 



freely on the quince stock, and have no doubt it 

 will bear well, as both its supposed parents do. 

 Size rather above medium. Form, oval obovate. 

 Skin smooth, greenish, sprinkled with russet. 

 Stalk stout, about half an inch long, occasionally 

 inserted in a flattened end, generally in a deep- 

 ened cavity, as shown in the outline. Calyx 

 small, partially closed, in a smooth shallow de- 

 pression. Flesh greenish white, buttery, n'elt- 

 ing and juicy, with a rich vinous flavor, like the 

 Brown Beurre. In use in October, and may be 

 kept in perfect eating order till the 1st of Jan- 

 uary, if proper attention be paid to retarding the 

 ripening process. 



Keport of the Fruit Committee of the State 

 Agricultural Society. 



At the annual meeting of the New York 

 State Agricultural Society, held at Albany last 

 month, the Fruit Committee — composed of Lew- 

 is F. Allen, Esq., of Erie Co., Herman Wen- 

 dell, M. D., and E. Emmons, M. D., of Albany 

 — recommended the following varieties as the 

 best for general cultivation, taking into consid- 

 eration the varied soil and climate of the State. 

 It will be remembered that last year the com- 

 mittee reported a select list of apples which was 

 published in the transactions of the Society. 



Pears. — Summer: Bloodgood, Citron des 

 Carmes or Madelaine, Dearborn's Seedling. — 



Autumn: Fondante d'Automne,Bartlett, Seckel, 

 White Doyenne, Swan's Orange or Onondaga, 

 Stevens' Genesee, liOuise Bonne de Jersey, 

 Beurre B^sc, Doyenne gris, Washington. — 

 Winter: Beurre d' Aremberg, Winter Nelis, 

 Vicar of VVinkfield. 



Plums. — Jefferson, Huling's Superb, Sche- 

 nectady, Catherine, Reine Claude, Bleecker's 

 Gage, Peach Plum, Columbia, Imperial Gage, 

 Coe's Golden Drop, Deniston's Red, Lawrence's 

 Favorite, Prune d'Agen, for prunes. 



Cherries. — May Duke, Florence, Black Tar- 

 tarian, Yellow Spanish, Holland Bigarreau, 

 Downer's late, and Elton. 



Peaches. — Early Tillotson, Crawford's Early, 

 Grosse Mignone, George IV, Red Rareripe, 

 Cooledge's Favorite, Morris' White, Malta, Yel- 

 low Rareipe, Bevoort's Morris, Royal George, 

 Red Cheek Malocoton. 



Grapes. — Isabella and Catawba. 



Strawberries. — Earley Scarlet, Hovey's 

 Seedling, Swainstone Seedling. 



The committee is to be continued and report 

 annually to be added to the lists suc.h fruits as 

 may, after sufficient trial, be considered, , by 

 them, worthy of general cultivation. 



[The committee has presented an undeniably 

 good list of fruits ; but to our taste it would be im- 

 proved by the addition of — Fears — Osband's Sum- 

 meror Summer Virgalieu, and Belle of Brussels, 

 two of the finest of all summer pears we know 

 of. Cherries — Bigarreau de Mai or Bauman's 

 May, Knight's Early Black, and Large English 

 Morello — indispensable. Peaches — Cole's Ear- 

 ly Red, Haine's Early, Large Early York, 

 Jacques' Rareripe — all productive, hardy varie- 

 ties, large and fine flavored. They are unsur- 

 passed here, and we have no doubt will succeed 

 well in every part of the State. We would also 

 add the Clinton Grape, an uncom.monly hardy, 

 prolific variety, usually ripening several weeks 

 before the Isabella or Catawba. — Ed.] 



TRANSACTIONS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



An elegant and interesting volume has been published 

 under this title, with beautiful letter press and higlily fin- 

 ished colored plates of the two seedling camellias raised by 

 Col. Wilder, President of the Society, that have attracted 

 so much atteniion both at hotne and abroad. Also plates 

 of the Van M<m's Leon le Clerc pear, WiLliam's Favorite 

 and Baldwin apples. Gen. Dearbokn, A. J. Downing, 

 and J. E. Teschemachek are among the contributors of 

 able and valuable papers. 



The committee of publication are dissatisfied with chro- 

 molithing, and will abandon it. The future plates will be 

 far superior, and the present ones are to be repro luced. 



We did not receive a copy until our paper was just going 

 to press, or we should have given a more satisfactory notice. 

 We wilt refej to it again. I). M. Dewey can supply it in 

 Rochester. 



We have received several other books, notices of whi("l» 

 we are unal)le to give in this number. 



A notice of the colored edition of Downing's " Fruits and 

 Fruit Trees of America" is given in another page of this 

 paper. 



