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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



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of September, and the fourth on the first Wednesday 

 of February, 1852. 

 HOUT. SOCIETY OF THE VALLEY OF THE GENESEE. 



The following ofllccrs for 1851 were elected at the 

 annual meeting held on the 3d of February, 1851 : 



Pies'ulent — Lkvi A. Ward, Rochester. 



Vice Presnleitts — JIathew G. Warner, Rochester ; Henry 

 P. Norton, Brockport ; J. J. Thomas, Macedon ; Asa Howe, 

 Sweden ; S. Donollan, Greece. 



^o''-'"!i>nndhig jSecre/ary— Delon M. Dewey. 



Recording ISecretary — J. A. Eastman. 



Treasurer— James II. Watts. 



BETJHRE DE WATERLOO PEAR. 



Among some 50 varieties of new and rare pears 

 which fruited here the past season, (1850,) the 

 Beurre de Waterloo was considered as one of the 

 best, if not the best ; and therefore we consider it 

 worthy of notice as promising to be of great excel- 

 lency. 



Size medium. Form obovate, slightly pyriform, 

 tapering almost to a point at the stem, which is 

 about an inch long, moderately stout, and inserted 

 rather obliquely, without any depression. Calyx 

 open, segments long, basin shallow. Skin grecni.sh 

 yellow, sprinkled with rough brown dot.", and occa- 

 sionally with a blush on the .«ide exposed to the sun. 

 Fle.«h fine grained, buttery, melting, juicy, very 

 sweet, with an airrecable perfume. Ripe with us 

 from the 20th to 25th of October. 



Tree erect, moderately stout, with light olive col- 

 ored shoots, thickly sprinkled with brown dots. — 

 Grows well both on pear and quince, and bears early. 

 We do not recommend this yet for small collections, 

 but as boin? worthy the nttention of tho.~c forming 

 large collections, and who may desire to obtain new 

 and promising sorts. 



THE WESTERN HORTICULTURAL REVIEW. Jno. 



A. Wardkr, M. I)., Editor. Cincinnati, O. 

 The first number of this journal appeared in October 

 last. A notice of it was then prepared, but accident- 

 ally omitted, and to this time has been overlooked. 

 We are glad to be able to say that, so far, it has been 

 conducted with great ability, and given very general 

 satisfaction. Each number contains 48 pages of 

 large quarto size, printed on good paper, with fair lype, 

 and tastefully illustrated. A journal of this kind was 

 greatly needed in the west, where orchardinjr, gar- 

 dening, and the vineyard, are becoming sucli great 

 interests ; and Cincinnati, surrounded as she is with 

 gardens and vineyards, possessing an excellent Horti- 

 cultural Society, enterprising amateurs and skilful 

 gardeners and nurserymen, is the very place for such a 

 journal as the Review, to become useful and popular. 

 We commend it to our readers, and wish it success. 



Californian Seeds. — We are indebted to Messrs. 

 J. M. Thorburn &. Co., 15 John street New York, 

 the well known seedsmen, whose advertisements will 

 be found in this paper, for a catalogue of between 

 forty and fifty species of Californian seeds, compris- 

 ing annuals, perennial shrubs, bulbs, and trees, 

 which they ofler for sale in packages at $2.50 each. 

 Most of them appear to be quite new, and will prob- 

 ably prove to be valuable acquisitions. They ara at 

 least worthy the attention of botanists, nurserymen, 

 and those who are curious in the matter of rare plants 

 and trees. 



TuE CuRcuLio. — Mr. Harvey Green, of Jeflferson 

 Valley, Westchester Co., N. Y., informs us that he 

 has repelled this insect in the following manner : 

 " I tie up straw in bundles about as large as a man's 

 arm, run a long handle into them, set them on fire, 

 and pass them quickly round the trees ; the insects fly 

 into the blaze and perish." 



He gives this experiment for what it is worth. 

 If at ; 11 avilable, it should be commenced as soon as 

 the insect appears. 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



(N. S.. Claridon, Ohio.) There are no two varieties of 

 good, long keeping apples, on wliich you may depend for 

 such large crops, as tlic English and Roxbury Russets. The 

 Ivhode Island Greening is as prolitable as any, but does not 

 keep so long as the Russets mentioned. For feeding stock, 

 or for sweet cider, the Jersey Sweeting is probably one of 

 the best. Lyman's Pumpkin Sweet and Pumpkin Russet 

 are large and very productive sorts, valuable fl)r stock. 



Peaches. — Crawford's Early Ulclocolon and the old Red 

 Cheek Melocaton arc two of the hardifst, mist productive, 

 and profitable varieties we can recommend for general pur- 

 poses, and will probably give you the greatest number of 

 bushels to the acre of any you can plant. 



((iKORGK A. .If.NKiNs. ) The rose cannot be successfully 

 praftrd on the locust. In relation to gnifting, the natural- 

 law. that art cannot change, is that tiie scion and the stock 

 must bo of the same or a closehj al/ieJ .fpecie.t. 



{.1. Fkasto. Kempfield, Pa.) Many of the kinds of fruit 

 yoii want can be procured here at the nuseries. You had 

 bet'.er order the cat.alogue.''. See advertisements. 



( V Nkw Sur<ciheh.) Bury your thorn apples in a heap 

 till next fill ; then povv them in light soil in drills, covering 

 one to two inches deep. 



(R. R. Cc)Li,iNs.) Corn and all other grain crops are iii- 

 jirious to young orchards. Crop with roots and fiive your 

 trees a drcs>ing of a.shps or lime, half a peck to a tree, and 

 see that your soil is \\ell drained. Much moisture in a soil 

 retards the hearing of fruit trees. 



(A Fakmkii.) 'I'o givf even the outlines of a profitable 

 system of market gardening would require more time and 

 ^p:lCo than we can at present nfibrd. We should also want 

 10 know something of your poil, markets, A:c. 



