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GENESEE FARMER. 



Mar. 



HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. 



CONDUCTED BY P. BARRY. 



Hints for the Season. 



" Do EVERY THING IN SEASON," and you wil 

 be successful, but let the season get ahead of 

 you, so that all your work will be done Out of 

 Season, and in vain will you hope for success. 

 Spring — the opening of the ground — brings 

 along a multitude of labors, and whatever can be 

 done before that period, ought to be done with- 

 out fail. The following are a few items that 

 can receive immediate attention, if not already 

 done, viz : 



Prune fruit and all other trees and shrubs, 

 grape vines, roses, «Sz;c., that require it, either 

 for improving the shape or promoting fruit- 

 fulness. See illustrations in last volume. 



Cut Scions for grafting, of all the fruits that 

 may be wanted, but only from first rate sorts and 

 healthy trees, and be well satisfied of the genu- 

 ineness of varieties. Label carefully, and put 

 them away in a cold dry cellar, among sand or 

 earth, or in a pit in the open ground among saw 

 dust. 



Prepare Cuttings of grapes, currants, goose- 

 berries, and of such trees, flowering shrubs, 

 roses, &c., as are propagated in that way. Tie 

 in bunches, label, and put away with scions for 

 grafting. 



Hotbeds for forwarding cabbage, cauliflower, 

 brocoli, celery, tomato, and other culinary plants 

 for the garden, should now be put in operation. 

 Some hints will be found in last volume, page 48. 



Beds of strawberries, raspberries, bulbous 

 roots, half-hardy trees, shrubs and plants, pro- 

 tected during the winter, should be uncovered 

 as soon as the weather becomes mild. 



Trellises, Poles, Sticks, ^c, for climbing 

 plants should be made ready for use. 



Roses, Carnations and other plants in cold 

 frames should be aired on fine days, frequently. 



Transplanting ought to be commenced as 

 soon as the ground is thawed and fit for working. 



Root Grafting should be finished before the 

 ground opens. 



There are many other things such as turning 

 compost heaps, &c., that will suggest themselves 

 to those who have a careful eye to their premises. 



Bufialo Hort. Society. — State Fair. 



The annual report and proceedings of this ex- 

 cellent Society, for the past yeir, affords an apt 

 'llustration of the benefits conferred on commu- 

 nity by such institutions, when well managed. 



The progress of Horticulture in Buffalo is on- 

 ward. The late President Lewis F. Allen, 

 Esq., may be well satisfied with the result of his 

 labors. W. R. Coppock, Esq., a gentleman 

 well known as one of the most zealous, skilful, 

 and tasteful amateurs in the country, has been 

 elected President, and is already in the field 

 urging extensive and timely arrangements for 

 the State Fair, to be held in Buffalo next fall. 

 Not only in an agricultural, but in a horticultu- 

 ral point of view, we expect that exhibition to be 

 the best yet made by the Society. Buffalo, her- 

 self, in her fine gardens and green houses, has 

 great resources. Rochester and all Western 

 New York must turn out their finest productions 

 in great quantities; so must Cleveland, Erie, 

 and all other places within a reasonable distance. 

 Our Toronto friends must also contribute ; many 

 of them have already promised to do so. We 

 are confident that nothing will be left undone by 

 the people of Buffalo, to insure ample accomo- 

 dations, and hospitable and corteous treatment, 

 to all who may assemble there on that great and 

 interesting occasion. 



The Paquency Pear. — We described this 

 fruit a year or so ago, in the Horticulturist, and 

 Mr. Hovey describes it in his Magazine for 

 February last, under the name of '■'■ Payency" — 

 " Paquency" being, he says, " undoubtedly erro- 

 neous, as it answers to the description of Payen- 

 cy in the New Duhamel, quoted in Prince's 

 Manuel." We were aware of this at the time 

 that we described this fruit, and also that a pear 

 under the name of " Payenchy" was noticed in 

 d'Alberts work on Fruit Trees, 4th edition, pub- 

 lished at Paris, in 1842 ; still we had no direct 

 evidence that the two were identical. The 

 President of the Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety, and ourselves, received this pear from 

 France as Paquency — and it is found in the cat- 

 alogue of one of the most extensive and correct 

 establishments on the continent under this name, 

 from year to year, and in no other catalogue, we 

 know of, under any other name. Still, Mr. 

 Hovey may be right ; but we desire more satis- 

 factory evidence than he has given. A mere 

 similarity in name and description is not enough ; 

 if the fruit had been received under the two 

 names, and then proved identical, the question 

 would have been settled. We shall, in the 

 course of the coming season, have the matter in- 

 vestigated, through our French correspondents. 



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