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GENESEE FARMER. 



April, 



cember. — Seckel, White Doyenne, Gray [or 

 Red] Doyenne, Countess de Lunay, Louise 

 Bonne de Jersey, Paquency, Ananas, Beurre 

 Diel, Duchess d'Angouleme, Oswego Beurre, 

 [Reed's Seedling,] Swan's Orange, [Onondaga,] 

 Beurre Bosc. 



Winter Pears — from December till April. — 

 Chaumontel, Winter Nelis, Glout Merceau, 

 Beurre d'Arremberg, Vicar of Winkfield, (for 

 cooking.) 



We have tested all the above pears on quince 

 stocks, and find them to succeed well, being more 

 prolific, fruit lai'ger, fairer and finer than on 

 the pear. We must except the Dearborn's Seed- 

 ling, Bloodgood, Seckel, and Oswego Beurre, all 

 of which grow very well on the quince, but 

 have not borne with us. 



Plums. — Royal Hative, Green Gage, Impe- 

 rial Gage, Washington, Jefferson, Lawrence's 

 Favorite, Columbia, Ruling's Superb, Duane's 

 Purple, Coe's Golden Drop, Common late Dam- 

 son, (for preserves.) 



Peaches — giving a succession from 1st of 

 August till October. — Early Tillotson, Early 

 York, Maine's Early Red, Cooledge's Favorite, 

 Yellow Alberge, Crawford's Early Malacoton, 

 Jacques' Rareripe, White Imperial, Lemon 

 Cling, Large White Cling. 



Cherries — giving a succession from June till 

 August. — May Biggarreau, or Beauman's May, 

 Knight's Early Black, May Duke, Black Tar- 

 tarian, Elton, Napoleon Bigarreau, Belle de 

 Choisy, Sparhawk's Honey Biggarreau or Yel- 

 low Spanish, Black Eagle, Downer's Late, Car- 

 nation, Belle Magnifique, Large English Mo- 

 rello. The three last are fine late tart cherries, 

 for cooking, and with the May Duke and Belle 

 de Choisy are of slower growth, and form small 

 sized trees ; the others are all rapid growers, 

 and form handsome pyramidal shaped trees. 



Apricots. — Breda and Moorpark. 



Nectarines. — Early Violet, Elruge, Boston. 



Hedges and Hedge Plants. 



The subject of ornamental hedges and living 

 fences begins to attract very general attention 

 throughout a large portion of the country. The 

 inquiries are, " What is the best plant for an 

 ornamental hedge t" — " What is best for a strong 

 impassable hedge ?"— and, "What is the best for 

 an evergreen hedge ?" 



For live hedges, on a large scale, for the farm- 

 er, perhaps our native varieties of thorn are the 

 best and most economical that can be recom- 

 mended for the Northern States. The plants are 

 raised from seeds, which are easily obtained in 

 every part of the country, or they may be pur- 

 chased at a low price from the nurseries. The 

 plants may be set out either at one or two years 

 old, in a well prepared soil, and by regular and 

 careful annual pruning or clipping, form in a 



few years a close, strong, and beautiful hedge. 



For extensive hedging in open exposed tracts 

 of country, and particularly on the prairies of 

 the west, the Honey Locust, (Gleditschia triacan- 

 thos,) offers many advantages. Its growth is 

 very rapid, much more so than the thorn ; it is 

 armed with powerful thorns that render it fearful 

 to men or animals, and its foliage is delicate and 

 beautiful, like all the acacia tribe. It bears cut- 

 ting well and is perfectly hardy. It is easily 

 raised from seed, or the plants may be purchased 

 cheap at the nurseries. Plants a foot high, one 

 year from the seed, planted a foot apart, cut half 

 back when planted and regularly cut every year, 

 will in three years, or four at most, make a dense, 

 impassable, and beautiful hedge. The common 

 yellow locust, {Robinia prendacacia,) may be 

 used for the same purpose, but is not so good, as 

 it is attacked by a borer. 



For ornamental hedges around gardens or 

 pleasure grounds, the Italian privet, a sub-ever- 

 green but deciduous in a northern climate, though 

 it retains its foliage through November, is an 

 excellent plant, propagated easily from cuttings, 

 and easily cut and kept in any desirable size and 

 form. It is of rapid growth, has elegant foliage 

 with spikes of pure white blossoms which appear 

 profusely in June, and afterwards bears clusters 

 of black fruit, like small grapes. The plants 

 may be set a foot apart, well cut back at plant- 

 ing ; and, sheared once or twice during each 

 succeeding season, makes in three years a very 

 pretty hedge. The Buck Thorn, (Rhammis 

 catharticus,) which is raised from seed and man- 

 aged in the same way, makes a beautiful hedge. 

 Fine specimens of this are to be seen around 

 Boston. The plants are set out at one or two 

 years old, 8 or 10 inches apart, cut half back at 

 planting, and each succeeding season cut back 

 half of the season's growth, thus producing close- 

 ness until it attains the desired height. All live 

 hedges should be kept in a pyramidal form, 

 broader at the base and narrowing to the top — 

 thus giving the bottom as well as the top the full 

 benefit of air and light. 



For ornamental evergreen hedges or screens, 

 where strength is not requisite, the American 

 Arbor Vitse {Thuya occidentalis,) is very eligi- 

 ble, forming, in a short time, a dense, elegant 

 wall of green, both in summer and winter. They 

 may be taken 3 or 4 feet high, and set a foot or 

 more apart, and may be kept in any desired form 

 and height by shearing. The Red cedar is an- 

 other evergreen that answers this purpose well, 

 and is coming into general use. 



But for a strong, and at the same time a beau- 

 tiful evergreen hedge, none of these we have 

 mentioned are equal to the Norway Spruce. Its 

 strong, rapid growth, great hardiness, and ele- 

 gant green at all seasons, combine to place it at 

 the head of this class of plants, and it cannot fail 

 to be, in time, extensively used as a protectioa 



