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GENESEE FARMER. 



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and however much these may affect the indepen- 

 dence of the individual, or secure to him the en- 

 joyment of his just rights, we must in the main, 

 look to nature for the means to extend comfort 

 to the increasing masses of the human family. 

 Whether we live under a monarcliial or republi- 

 can form of government, the means of human 

 subsistence must be drawn from the soil. An 

 able reviewer has lately remarked — 



A great and wondrous attempt is making in civilized Europe 

 at the present time : neither more nor less than an attempt 

 to stave off, ad i/ijiniticm, the tremendous visitation of war ; 

 and, by removing or alleviating the positive checks to the 

 growth of population, to diminish the striiigency of the pre- 

 ventiveness, and to subsist continually increasing masses 

 on a continually increasing scale of comfort. May it be 

 successful ! But the only conditions on which it can be so 

 are, that nature he laid yearly more and more under con- 

 tribution to human wants : and that the masses themselves 

 understand and go along with the exertions making in their 

 favour in a spirit of amicable and rational conformity. To 

 no other quarter than to the progress of science can we look 

 for the least glimpse of a fulfilment of the first of these con- 

 ditions. Neither the activity of hope, nor the energy of 

 despair, acting by stationary means on unvarying elements, 

 can coerce them into a geometrically increasing productive- 

 ness. Science must wave her magic wand, and point 

 unceasingly her divining rod. Tiie task now laid on her, 

 however, is not of her own seeking. She declines alto- 

 gether so dread a responsibility, while yet declaring her 

 readiness to aid, to the utmost of her powers ; claiming 

 only the privilege, essential to their available exertion, of 

 free, undisturbed, and dispassionate thought, and calling 

 upon every class to do its duty ; the higher in aiding her 

 applications, the lower in conforming to her rules. 



This is a sound and rational view, and one 

 which commends itself to the calm considera- 

 tion of every patriot and philanthrophist. 



America has already furnished a model form 

 of government, and she has the means in her 

 varied olimate, fertile soil, and vast resources, 

 and every possible advantage of showing a mod- 

 el system of culture, both of the field and garden. 

 The spirit now awakened gives reason for bright 

 anticipations that will without doubt be ultimately 

 realized, if we all act well our part. 



The Earliest Cherries. 





BAUM.4.NNS' MAY.— Bigarrcau de Mai. 



In Western New York this is 

 the first or earliest Cherry; de- 

 \\ servedly popular as a very early 



I and productive fruit. This sea- 



\j son it commenced ripening about 



// the 5th of June, and continued in 



// use till the 15th. It usually sells 



I in market for $4 to 86 per bushel. 



II Fruit rather small, oval, iieart- 

 \\ shaped. Skin light red until ful- 



^_^ y — ^ ly ripe, when it becomes a quite 

 f \ dark reddish brown, nearly black. 



I \ Stalk long, 1 J to 1| inches, set in 



\ I a narrow, well marked cavity — 



\ / Flesh dark colored, juicy and of 



V — ^ — X good flavor. The trees are free 



growers and attain a large size. The young 



trees in the nursery are easily distinguished by 



a sort of downward curve the branches usually 

 assume. Introduced from France, a few years 

 ago, by Col. Wilder of Boston. 



THE EARLY I'URPLE GUIGNE. 

 This is a larger fruit than the Bauman's May, 

 considered to be of superior quality, and ripens 

 about the same time. Fruit about medium size. 

 Skill dark red, becoming dark blackish purple 

 when fully ripe. Flesh dark, juicy, sweet and 

 good flavored. Stalk over 2 inches long. The 

 tree is distinguished by the remarkably long pe- 

 tioles or stalks of the leaves, as well as by the 

 pendulous habit of the more slender branches. 



KNIGHT'S EARLY BLACK. 



A superb black cherry 

 — one of the very best. — 

 Ripe 20th of June, here; 

 as far south as Philadel- 

 phia, ripe about the 1st. 



Fruit large, obtuse heart 



shaped, rather irregular in 



outline. Stalk stout and 



short, II to 1^ inches, in 



a narrow deep cavity. — 



Skin nearly black, when 



at maturity. Flesh purple 



i and abounding with a rich, 



\ sweet and high flavored 



{ juice. 



/ This cherry resembles 

 the Black Eagle, but has 

 a shorter stalk, more deep- 

 ly set, and it ripens a week or more earlier. — 

 It is a hybrid between the Bigarreau or Yellow 

 Spanish and the May Duke. Originated by Mr. 

 Knight, of England, about 1810. The tree has 

 a spreading habit, like the Bigarreau, is a vigo- 

 rous grower, and the young trees are recognized 

 at once by the horizontal of the branches. 



THE EARLY WHITE-HEART. 



This is a very pretty little fruit, of fair quali- 

 ty,, coming in just as Bauman's May goes out. 

 In use this season, in Rochester, June 15. 



Skin pale yellowish white in the shade, tinged 

 with red in the sun. Flesh tender, sweet and 

 agreeable. It has been said to be a shy bearer, 

 but with us the crop is fair. 



Cultivation op the Strawberry. -^ In 

 order to show the importance of cultivating the 

 strawberry, we give the following statistics : — In 

 26 days of last summer, 1847, 4572 bushels sold 

 in New York,— 514 in one day : 80,000 baskets, 

 equal to 833 bushels, weighing 25 tons, were 

 brought in one day over the Erie railroad. — 

 Whole number of baskets sold in New York, 

 equal to 602,640, being an increase of 212,000, 

 or 24 per cent, over last year, (1846) value 

 $20,000 in a season!— Jour, of Ag. and Science. 



