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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



Oct. 



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Thf.rk hap been a great cry of cheap peaches in the 

 eastern markets ; but we have it from the best au- 

 thority, that really fine peaches have been selling, 

 even when the supply was at high water, for $2 to 

 $3 per basket in New York. The trash that has 

 been sent into the interior for sale, never ought to 

 have been picked up, being the produce of unhealthy 

 trees, prematurely ripened, and every way inferior. 

 Notwithstanding tho quantities brought in here and 

 offered at 75 cts. to $1 per basket, our growers have 

 found no difficulty in obtaining $2 to $3 per basket 

 for Crau'/orcTs Early and other good kinds. Our 

 friends here who visited the State Fair at Albany, 

 informed us that they did not find a good eatable 

 specimen in the best hotels at Albany, or for sale in 

 the streets. The crop here, although a comparative 

 failure, has been much better than we anticipated. 

 Crawford's Earlu in most cases has borne a full 

 crop. We visited a large orchard on the 14th inst., 

 and found every tree of this variety loaded, while no 

 other variety had the tentli part of an ordinary crop. 

 We are perfectly satisfied that this is one of the most 

 profitable varieties for our climate. The Early Yorh 

 has also borne pretty well. 



TRANSPLANTING. 



The transplanting season commences here usually 

 about the 10th of October, or from that to the 15th. 

 We have no hesitation in recommending fall planting 

 for all hardy deciduous trees and shrubs. The ground 

 should be dry and well prepared, and a few inches of 

 manure or litter be placed around every tree or shrub 

 before winter sets in. Bulbous flower roots, such as 

 tulips, hyacinths, lilies, Sic, fcc, should be planted 

 early in the month, and the beds covered with two 

 or three inches of rough manure, that may be raked 

 off in spring as soon as the ground thaws- — leaves 

 or straw will answer. Hardy herbaceous perennial 

 plants should all be planted early in the fall, to ensure 

 a good bloom next season. For details concerning 

 pruning and planting, we must refer to back numbers 

 of the Farmer. 



Horticultural Show at the State Fair. — 

 Sickness prevented us from attending this exhibition, 

 but all who were present, that we have conversed 

 with, concur in pronouncing the display of fruits and 

 flowers quite inferior to what was expected, and 

 hardly equal to that of previous years. The earli- 

 ness of tho season alone is sufflcient to account for 

 this. Summer fruits were gone, and autumn and 

 winter fruits not mature enough to make any attrac- 

 tive display. It will be seen by the notice of the 

 agricultural editor, who was present, that the only 

 noticeable contributions were Foreign Grayes, and 

 Floral Ornaments, both of which were unusually 

 fine. The Horticultural part of the State Fair can 

 never amount to anything, if held any time before the 

 middle of September. We might add that the great- 

 est display of fruits was from Rochester. 



The Ohio State Fair and Pomological Congress 

 will be held at Cincinnati, on the the 1st, 2d and 3d 

 of October. The original time designated, was the 

 llth, r2lh and 13th of September, but a postpone- 

 ment was deemed necessary on account of the exis- 

 tence of cholera in the West. 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



The conductor of the Horticultural department will 

 cheerfully answer the questions of correspondents, a? 

 far as he is able, through the Farmer, but cannot 

 spare time to answer by mail, except in particular 

 cases. 



Plums. — (Judge Pomeroy, Plymouth, lud.) The 

 specimen sent came quite safely to hand. It is 

 identical with a variety we cultivate as " Large Black 

 Imperial." We procured it from Kenrick ten years 

 ago. The same variety is also known as the Brad- 

 shaw, about Boston. It is a superb a.rA excellent 

 variety. 



Pear Trees. — (A subscriber.) By referring to 

 the back numbers of the Farmer, you will find more 

 satisfactsry answers to your enquiries than we can 

 give at present. An orchard of pear trees on quince 

 stocks (varieties that succeed well,) will no doubt be 

 profitable. They will pay for themselves, and the 

 ground too, before standards begin to bear. A very 

 good way is to plant standards, say twenty feet apart, 

 and a dwarf between. 



Apples. — (P. Fredric Bill, Seneca.) No. 2, as 

 near as we can judge from a single specimen, is 

 Pomme Royal or Dyer ; No. 4, pmbably JVilliatris 

 Favorite ; No. 5, Fall Pippin ; Nos. ] and 3, we 

 don't know. Pears. — No. 1, Biirlletl ; No. 2, 

 White Doyenne ; Nos. 3 and 4, Smnmcr Bonchretien ; 

 No. 6, GanscCs Bergamot. 



(S. Stroger, Penfield.) Siroger's Favorite — seed- 

 ling raised by S. Stroger, of Penfitdd. A very pretty 

 fruit, but quite inferior to the American Summer 

 Pearmain or Pommc Royal, of the same season. 



(W. Andrews, Webster.) The brunch of a tree 

 left at our office, is of the Large Spintd Gleditschia, 

 a variety of tho Honey Locust. 



We are indebted to our friend W. Tl . Prince, Esq. . 

 of Flushing, now in California, for a Sacramento pa- 

 per contsining an interesting account of a visit made 

 by him, in company with other gentlemen, to the 

 residence of the celebrated Capt. Sutter. The Bo- 

 tanical and Horticultural |)art of the notes is much 

 less interesting than we should have expected, and 

 convey rather an unfavorable idea of either the nat- 

 ural or cultivated vegetable productions of that por- 

 tion of this golden land. We hope s,)oa to hear of 

 our friend Prince's return with gold enough, and 

 rare trees and plants, to create a sensation in the hor- 

 ticultural world. 



Wk call attention, of all who are interested, to the 

 auction sale of the entire nursery stock of Messrs. 

 Elliot &. Co., of Cleveland, Ohio. It was post- 

 poned on account of tho postponement of the as- 

 semblage at Cincinnati. 



Dahlias. — As soon a.-; the frost has completely 

 killed the tops, the roots may be taken up, thoroughly 

 dried in the sun and air, labelled, and put away on 

 shelves in a dry cellar or room where they will not 

 freeze. 



Mk. Cvrkv —Dear iSiV— Vou will nml Stiv\ra Ulm[f,illa 

 clii-saed ns a hnrdy herbareons plnnt in Puxton's not'Uiic;ii 

 Dirtionary, oompiicd by Joseph Paxton anil Dr. Lin'olkv, 

 and their associates — a work of known nccur.icv — diilod 

 June, 181(1. ('. J. Ry,vn. 



The above should have appeared in our la-;l u uu- 

 ber, but was accidentally mislaid. 



