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GENESEE FARMER. 



Aug. 



HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. 



CONDUCTED BY P. BARRY. 



Poraological Convention. 



We wish to remind those of the readers of 

 tke Farmer who feel interested in Fruits and 

 Fruit Culture, that on the first of September 

 next, a few days previous to the opening of the 

 State Fair, a Pomological Convention is to be 

 held in Buffalo. We consider it rather unfor- 

 tunate that a later period was not chosen, so as 

 to have brought in a more extensive and varied 

 collection of fruits. Still the occasion will be 

 one of great interest. There will undoubtedly 

 be a fine display of Peaches, Plums, early Pears, 

 Apples, &c., affording an excellent opportunity 

 for comparisons, and for an interchange of opin- 

 ions and experience among cultivators. We 

 hope that our friends in Ohio will be well repre- 

 sented. Western New York must consider her- 

 self bound to make the Exhibition interesting 

 and useful, and we believe she will, as far as 

 possible at that season. 



But there must be no holding back. Those 

 who have but one good fruit to contribute, of 

 peach, plum, pear or apple, can easily send 

 it, if they cannot go themselves. The Buffalo 

 people will extend every fa.-ility for having ar- 

 ticles forwarded. We hope to see large numbers 

 of our eastern friends on the occasion. They 

 will have an opportunity of seeing what is going 

 on in the woods. 



Hints for the Montli. 



Budding Fruit Trees may be performed 

 all this month. Plums and cherries should be 

 done first, and pears, apples, peaches, dtc, in 

 succession. Where only a few are to be done, 

 as with amateurs, a dark cool day may be chosen. 



Strawberry Plantations may be made all 

 the month, in dark cool days, and particularly 

 before and after showers. It may be advisable 

 to shade the bed after planting, with pine branch- 

 es, or something of that kind, until the plants 

 begin to root. 



We need hardly caution any one against run- 

 ning after some novelty, without any established 

 merit. On page 185 of our last number a. few 

 really good sorts are mentioned. We find that 

 we cannot speak too highly of Burfs Neio 

 Pine ; no collection should be without it. For 

 a full account of it see last number. 



Strawberry beds are often ruined by being 

 allowed to run wild with weeds, after the fruit 

 is gathered. The true and economical way is 

 keep them clean, always. A slight hoeing once 

 in a week or two will do it. 



Raspberries. — After they have done bearing, 

 the old canes should be cut away, and the new 



ones for next year's bearing tied neatly to stakes, 

 and the ground kept in good order. Such atten- 

 tion as this would prevent much of the barren- 

 ness complained of by some people, who allow the 

 raspberries to form a complete thicket of suckers. 

 The Franconia is a fine fruit and very hardy. 

 The Fastolff is also fine ; but we have yet seen 

 nothing much superior to the real Red and 

 While Antwerp. 



Description of Tliree Fine Clierries. 



BURR'S SEEDLING. 

 This is a new seedling fruit, originated by 

 Mr. Zera Burr, of Perrinton, well known in 

 Western New York as a fruit grower, and re- 

 cently as a nurseryman. 



It has now borne 

 for six years, and 

 though in no way 

 remarkable, yet 

 claims a place 

 among our best 

 cherries. It is an 

 accidental pro- 

 duction. Mr. B. 

 has been, for a 

 long time, in the 

 habit of saving 

 and planting the 

 stones of the best 

 cherries, and ofi 

 fruiting such as 

 looked any way 

 distinct or prom- 

 ising. Such is the origin of this. 



The tree is vigorous, upright, and compact in . 

 habit, forming a round head, and, as far as we 

 have observed, flattened on the top. Leaves ' 

 large, sharply acuminate, regularly and finely 

 serrated. Petioles long. Fruit above medium 

 size, heart-shaped, tapering to the point, some- 

 what like the Elton ; a slight suture on the side 

 which is flattened ; suture marked by a delicate 

 red line, extending from the stem to the point. 

 Skin light red, delicately mottled on the sunny 

 side ; white, tinged with red, in the shade. 

 Stem slender, an inch and a half long, inserted 

 pretty deeply. Flesh whitish, adhering to the 

 stone, of fine texture, juicy, tender and sweet 

 Ripe last week in June. 



ELKHORN. 



This is a magnificent cherry, ripening middle 

 of July, or 10 days to a fortnight after nearly all 

 the large and Sweet Hearts and Bigarreaus are 

 gone, and fills up the space between them and 

 the late sorts, such as Carnation, Morellos, Belle 

 Magnifique, &c. 



The tree is a vigorous grower, and an enor- 

 mous bearer, the branches literally borne down 



