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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



Oct. I 



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THE KO0GH AND READY APPLE 



Chas. p. Cowles, of Syracuse^ seut us specimens 

 of this apple in 1848, with which we were mucli 

 pleased. He has also sent us a box this season, 

 which confirms our opinion of its being a very beau- 

 tiful and excellent fruit. In appearance and quality 

 it more nearly resembles the Summer Rose than any 

 other variety — smooth skinned, clear colored, fine 

 grained, and pleasant flavored. Mr. Cowles thinks 

 it is a seedling, as he has sent it to various parts of 

 the country, and has not been able to identify it with 

 any known variety. We do not approve of tlie name 

 given it. Names of fruits should, it possible, convey 

 some idea of quality, appearance, or place of origin. 

 Sucli hackneyed terms as "Rough and Ueady" seem 

 quite inappropriate ; but we have nothing to do with 

 this, Mr. C, describes it as follows : " Fruit above 

 medium size, iarge, oblong, broadest at the base, 

 gradually narrowing to the eye, distinctly ribbed. 

 Color green ; when fully ripe, of a beautiful straw 

 color, tinged with bright blush on the sunny side. 

 P'lesh tender and excellent, fine grained, somewhat 

 melting, like a pear, of yellowish color, abundant in 

 juice of an agreeable sub-acid flavor. Stalk large 

 and stout, inclining to one side, from an inch to an 

 inch and a half in length, deeply inserted in an ir- 

 regular cavity. Eye small and closed, segments 

 reflexed, distinctly plaited. An abundant bearer, 

 with the remarkable character of ripening a long 

 time, as wanted. It commences to ripen the first of 

 August and lasts into September, Tree of vigorous 

 growth, making a fine head. Wood of light brown 

 color, resembling the Porter ; of stocky growth in 

 the nursery, like the G ravcnstein. Leaves glabrous 

 above, downy beneath. Owing to its great produc- 

 tiveness, it makes but little annual growth. The 

 ends of all the twigs are very stout and blunt, of 

 nearly the same size at the end as at the joint, 



" I propose to call it 'Rovgh and Ready,' from the 

 fact of its being first tested during that campaign and 

 as the name is a familiar one through the C04jilry. 

 I have sent specimens to luunerous friends, with 

 grafts to test its qualities in different localities, with 

 this name," 



Who ever anticipated boorish rudeness, or met with 

 incivility, among the enthusiastic votaries of Flora ? 

 Was it ever known that a rural residence, tastefully 

 planned and appropriately adorned with rural beauties, 

 was not the abode of refinement end intelligence. 



A NEW PEAH. 



Mr. Editor : — Permit me, through the pages 

 of your paper, to bring to the notice of pomol- 

 ogists and all lovers of good fruit, a new seed- 

 ling pear of very high promise. 



In the spring of 1843, Dr. John Pulsifer, 

 of Hennepin, planted in his garden a pear seed, 

 (kind unl<nown,) which sprung up, grew, and 

 the present season bore a crop of fruit of great 

 merit in dificrent respects. Growth of tree 

 upright and vigorous. Shoots dark olive. 

 Buds round, full, and prominent. Leaves dark 

 green, ovate, reflexed. Size of fruit, hardly 

 medium. Shape pyriform. Stem short and 

 curved. Calyx small, open, set in a shallow 

 depression. Skin dull golden yellow, covered 

 with an open network of slight russet. Flesh 

 white, melting, juicy, sweet, and delicious — 

 much like, but superior to, the Louise Bonne 

 de Jersey. The time of ripening, the present back- 

 vfard season, was the first half of August. 



That its merits may be fully tested in different 

 circumstances, grafts will be sent the coming season 

 to pomologists in difTerent parts of the Union ; so 

 that when generally approved, it may lake its rank 

 and place under the title of the '^Pulsifcr Pear." 

 S. S.—Hennepi1^ III., Aug., 1850. 



LUSCOMBE'S NONSUCH PLDM 



This is an English variety, raised by Luscombb, 

 Princk, &. Co., nurserymen of Exeter, England. — - 

 We had it bear here for three years past, and con- 

 sider it a valuable excellent variety^ It i* largo — 

 five to six inches in circumference — r<}und, with a 

 deep suture on one side, Btalk about Iialf an inch 

 long, inserted in a small cavity. Color, greenish 

 yellow ; and when ripe, melting, juicy, and rich. 

 Adheres to the stone. Branches smooth, moderately 

 vigorous. ,\ regular and good bearer. This season 

 they began to ripen on the 1st of September, and 

 some that we ripened in the house arc in fine condi- 

 tion now, (Sejit. i6th.) In ordinary seasons it ripens 

 here the latter end of August, It was pronounced 

 "nearly first rate" at the Syracuse Pomologicol 

 Convention lost season, Mr. Sai i., of Newburgli, 

 who seemed better acquainted with it than any (Uie 

 else, considered it first rate in quality, but not si 

 profuse a bearer as some others. 



