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GENESEE FARMER. 



Sept. 



Mildew on Peaches. 



Friend Barry -.—Sir — I want to know the Cause and 

 the Cure for a kimJ of mildew that appears on the top and 

 iwigs of our I'oarh trees, f set out one j-ear ago hi.st 

 Spring about tliiriy peach trees, all young, of one year's 

 previous growl h ; and about four weeks ago this Mil- 

 dew appeared on the tops of some eight of ihe trees, and 

 it seems to scoreh or wither up all the leaves that are on 

 the part that is affected or struck by this mildew. I think 

 it bids ftir to overrun every tree I have planted. I have 

 examined the root, and find nothing to injure. I have 

 placed around my trees lime, salt and ashes, but to no pur- 

 jjose as yet. Your remedy will be thankfully received. 

 Enoch Evekingham. 



Lafayette, N. ¥., July, IC'iO. 



We do not profess to be able to stats either 

 Cause or Cvre. Some varieties of the peach, 

 such as Tillotson, Early Ann, &c., are scarcely 

 ever free from mildew, more or less ; other 

 varieties are attacked by it in moist soils and 

 seasons. It is less troublesome on dry elevated 

 soils, well cultivated. You have done right in 

 using ashes and lime as manure. You will 

 probably not be troubled with it next season, 

 unless your varieties be of that class peculiarly 

 susceptible to it. — Ed. 



mildew, and ean now show a stock of that va- 

 riety 8 feet in height, which is yearly bending 

 with its large crop of perfect fruit. 



Yours, &c., David ]\Iillhr, Jr. 



Carlisle, Pa., July, 1848. 



This is quite new to us ; we must give it a 

 trial, and we would advise others to do the 

 same. — Ed. 



Great National Coiivciitioii of Fruit Growers. 



f Fruit 

 during 



Gathering and Planting Apple Seeds. 



Sir: — I would inquire of you through the Genesee 

 Farmer the time and mode of gathering Apple tweeds — liow 

 to be kept till planted — when they should be planted— and 

 how to be treated after they are up, &c. 



I would also ask if there is no book published that would 

 give the information at large. I should like to know if 

 there is such a book, where it can lie had — the price — and 

 iiow to got it to this remote corner of the globe, &c. 



Yours, &0.. An iNliUIRER. 



Wondtwiry, R--ni., July, 13-lS. 



Go to the cider mill in the autumn (October,) 

 and get the pomace as it comes from the press, 

 and sow immediately in drills a foot wide, and 

 cover two inches deep. If you cannot sow the 

 seed when it comes from the mill, wash it out 

 clean and you can keep it among sand or earth 

 in the cellar till spring, and then sow it. Keep 

 the ground loose and clean around them, and 

 in one or two years they will be fit to graft or 

 hud on. Your nearest bookseller can get you 

 Downing's Fruit and Fruit Trees, price •'ftl,.50, 

 or Thomas' Fruit Culturist, 50 cts. The latter 

 can be sent you from this place, by mail. 



Grafting thk Gooseberry on thk Yel- 

 low Flowering Currant. — Mr. Editor : I 

 shall here give you my mode of training the 

 Gooseberry, to avoid the eflects of the mildew, 

 about which there is so much written. My 

 mode is to graft them on the Yellow Flowering 

 Currant, which is so plenty in some gardens, 

 and might be put to very profitable use in the 

 line of cultivating this fine fruit, by which 

 means I raise them as perfect as fruit can be, 

 and even in very unfavorable situations. To 

 convince myself of the good etrects of this mode 

 of culture, I tried a variety that was altogether 

 abandoned in this section, on account of the 



It is proposed to hold a Central Convent! 

 firowers and I'omologists in the city of iN'ew ^ 

 the great Fair of the American Institute. 



The Institute having kindly offered to aid in carrying 

 out said views, the Convention will hold its session at 

 Judson's Hotel, No. Gl Broadway, New York, commencing 

 Tuesday, the Kith day of October, at 10 o'clock. A. M. 



Among the objects to be proposed at this Convention are 

 the following : 



'I'd compare fruits from various sources and localities, 

 with a view of arriving at correct conclusions as to their 

 merits, and to settle doubtful points respecting them. 



To assist in determining the synonymes, by which the 

 same fruit is known in different parts of the country. 



To compare opinions respecting the value of the numer- 

 ous varieties already in cultivation, and to endeavor to 

 abridge by general consent the long catalogue of indifTerent 

 or worthless sorts at the ))rcscnt time propagated by nur- 

 serymen and fruit growers. 



To elicit and disseminate pomological information and to 

 maintain a cordial spirit of intercourse among horticulturists. 



In order to increase as much as possible the interest of 

 the Convention, the I>elecates are requested fo bring with 

 them (carefully jacked and labelled, so as to iiresciu them 

 in good order,) specimens of all fruits grown m their vi- 

 cinity that may be worthy of notice, together with a small 

 branch and leaves of each variety if possible. 



In localities where any well known old varieties flourish 

 particularly well, specimens are desired, accompanied with 

 memoranda respecting the soil upon vshich they grew and 

 their culture. 



Every contiibutor is respectfully requested to make a 

 li.--t of his specimens and f resent the same with his Fruits, 

 in order that a report of all the varieties entered maybe 

 submitted to the Convention as soon as possible after its 

 organization. 



The undersiiined. in behalf of the Societies they repre- 

 sent, respectfully solicit delegations from all Iforlicultural 

 anil .Agricultm-ai Societies of our country, and of such 

 number of persons as each society may deem expedient to 

 send. 



Societies will please transmit at an early day a list of the 

 delegates they have appointed, to the Corrcsponc'ing Sec- 

 retary of the .\ineiican Institute, T. B. \Vaki:man, Esq.. 

 New York. 



Marshall P. Wilder 

 Samukl Walker, 

 F.BENF.ZER Wight, 

 Thomas Hancock, 

 Dr. Wm. D. JJkinckle 

 Dr. Thomas M. Ewk.n 

 Philip Schuyler, 

 Dr. K. T. Undekhill, 

 Chas. Henry Hall, 



Committfe of the Massa- 



c/iusttl.i Iliirlicnl- 



turnl iSaricty. 



Committee of the Penn- 



sylcania Hort'unl- 



fiet'/. 



turai So 



y Committee of (he Board 

 [■ of A grin. It ar^ of the 

 } Americnu InxtUute. 



Inquiry — Burr's Stravvberkies. — I notice in the " Hor- 

 ticulturist" that W.Ti R. Prince advertises and names nine 

 varieties of " Burr's Ohio Seedling Strawberries " for sale. 

 Now I should like to know how he obtained them all, as 

 some of the kinds named were not disposed of by me till 

 last spring, (and tlien not to him or any of his neighbors.) 

 I'erliaps he can explain this, so as lo make it satisfactory to 

 the public. Yours, J. 1?urk. 



Colamhus, An<r7ist 14, 1C43. 



A remarkable rose, called the 'Maiden Blush,' isgrovvin:i 

 in St. Louis. Through the centre of each rose upon ih- 

 tree, a stalk or stem has emanated producing otiier roses. 



