iC 1850. 



THE GENESEE FARMER. 



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HORTIOULTITRAL EXHIBITIONS. 



Thk Society of the Genesee Valley held its first ex- 

 liibition of the season on the 26th of June. Straw- 

 berries and roses ytere the great leading articles that 

 absorbed all attention. The collections of strawber- 

 ries comprised over twenty-five varieties, all well 

 ijrown and fine of the sorts. We have never seen 

 an exhibition of the Idnd to equal it. In roses the 

 I'xhibition was equally fine — over two hundred vai'i- 

 I'ties were shown, many rare and new, and including 

 about fifty varieties of the Hybrid Perpetuals. Be- 

 side the roses, there was a fair display of other flow- 

 ers of the season, boquets, fcc, making in all a 

 very pretty exhibition, highly creditable to those at 

 least who took a part in it. 



BUFFALO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY'. 



This Society held its first exhibition ef tiie season 

 at McArthur's Garden, on the 2d of July, Lewls 

 E.ATON, Esq., President. We spent an hour in the 

 room, and was delighted as well with tlie active and 

 persevering spirit of the officers and a few members 

 of the Society, as by the display of articles on the 

 tables. There was a very creditable display of straw- 

 berries and flowers, arranged in the best taste. Mr. 

 TvLEB and Mr. Westfall, florists, contributed 

 largely to the interest of the show, witli their collec- 

 tions of fine pot plants. Mr. Westi'.vll had some 

 charming spotted seedling calceolaries, the greatest 

 novelty in the room. 



The ladies had so intermingled the dishes of straw- 

 berries with the boquets, for the purpose of eft'ect, 

 that we found it difficult to make such note of them 

 as we wished. On such occasions the Iruils should 

 always be arranged by themselves, to facilitate that 

 examination and comparison which it is the object 

 of the Society to aftbrd. 



ALBA.NV .\ND RKNSSELAER HORT. SOCIETY. 



This Society has already held three exhibitions 

 this season — the first, June 18; the second, June 

 27; and the third, July 10. We have not seen a 

 report of the first, but the other two have boon kind- 

 ly sent us by B. P. Johnson, Esq. 



At the meeting of the 25th June there was a fine 

 show of strawberries ; the report says it embraced 

 " nearly every variety considered by pomologists as 

 worthy of cultivation." Luther TucKEa, Esq., 

 presented twenty-three varieties. A premium was 

 awarded to Burr's J\'ew Pine as the best and finest 

 Jiavored variety^ and to Hovey's Seedling as the 

 second best. 



At the meeting of July 10th, cherries, gooseber- 

 ries, and currants, were the main objects. Black 

 Tartarian was awarded the premium as the best 

 cherry, Sheba (^ueen the best gooseberry, Knight's 

 Sweet Red the best currant, Fastotff the best rasp- 

 berry. Of flowers there appears to have been a fine 

 display at all the meetings. At the last the follow- 

 ing gentlemen were chosen delegates to represent 

 the Society in the American Pomological Congress, 

 the next session of which is to convene in Cincinnati 

 in September next, vis: : 



From the county of Albany, Joel Rathbone, Dr. 

 Herman Wendell, B. P. Johnson, Ezra P. Prentice, 

 J.imes Wilson, SamVird Howard, and E. H. St. John. 

 From the county of Rensselaer, V. P. Douw, D. 

 Thomas Vail, B. B. Kirtlandt, S. E. Warren, Amos 

 Briggs, William Newcomb, and William Buswell. 



OSWEGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETV. 



An exhibition was given by this Society on the 

 10th of June. JVe should judge from the reports of 

 the Committees, that the display was quite creditable. 

 A large variety of Cherries were shown, as well as 

 Gooseberries Currants, and Strawberries. The pre- 

 miums are awarded to individuals without stating 

 which variety of fruit entitled the exhibitor to the 

 premium. Tliis destroys one of the benefits of hor- 

 ticultural exhibitions, and deprives us of the opinions 

 of our Oswego friends of the comparative value of 

 the different varieties. The display of flowers must 

 have been very fine. We count over forty contrib- 

 utors of flowers, mostly ladies. 



NI.\GARA COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



We note the organization of this neighboring So- 

 ciety with much pleasure. Niagara is one of the 

 finest counties in the State for horticultural purposes, 

 and this Society, if liberally sustained, can not fail 

 to be eminently useful in difl^ising knowledge and 

 taste. Its first exhibition, on the 7th of July, has 

 passed off, according to all accounts, much to its 

 credit and to tlie gratification of those who witnessed 

 it. N. B. Rogers, Esq., is the President. 



AMERICAN POMOLOGIOAL CONGRESS. 



We .solicit the attention of all Societies and individ- 

 uals interested in pomology, to the following circular, 

 issued by the officers of the Pomological Congress: 



In conformity with the Resolutions passed at the last ses- 

 sion of this National Iiistitulion, its next meeting will be 

 belli ia the city of Cincinnati, Ohio, en the Iltli, 12th. and 

 13tb days of September next. A. U. 1850. 



The Oliio State Board of Agriculture, and tlie Cincinnati 

 Horticultural Society will also hold their annual exhibitions 

 at the same time and place, and the latter have generonsly 

 offered to provide for the accommodation of the Congress. 



All Agricull.irnt, Horticultural, Pomological, and kindred 

 societies in the United States and the Canadas, are hereby 

 respectfully invited to send such number of Delegates as 

 ibey may deem expedient. 



In erder to facilitJite the objects of tbis Association, to 

 promote Pomology and the sciences on which it depends, to 

 collect and diffuse a knowledge of researches and discoveries 

 in tliis important department, delegates are requested to 

 bring with them specimens of the fruits of their respective 

 districts, with lists of the same, and also papers descriptive 

 of their art of cultivation, of diseases and insects injurious to 

 vegetation, of remedies for the same, and whatever will add 

 to the interest and utility of the Convention. 



Packages of Fruit mt nccomp-mied by their proprietors, 

 may be addressed to tbe care of Messrs. John F. Dair & 

 Co., fjower Market street, Cincinnati, Ohio. These sbould 

 be very distinctly marked, " FoK the Am£Kican Pomo- 



I.OGICAX, CoMGRESS." 



All Societies to be represented in this Congress, will 

 please forward certificates of the election of their several 

 Delegations, to J. B. Russell, Esq., Corresponding Secre- 

 tary of the Cincinnati Horticultural Society. Delegates 

 will also report themselves at the Burnet House, on the 

 morning of the 11th, where a Committee will be in attend- 

 ance to take charge of their Fruits, and whence the Con- 

 gress will proceed to the hall assigned for its meetings. 



MARSALL P. WILDER, Presidcul. 



S. B. Parsons, ) 



r. Barky, > 



Geo. W. Deacon, ) 



Juli/ 4, 1850. 



Secretaries, 



New Potatoes. — Pine ones were exibited in the 

 Horticultural Society's show-case in Rochester, on 

 the 13th of July, by John Donnbllan, of Hanford'a 

 Landing. 



