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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



April 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



CI 



Improrvltag lands in Virginia, ° 



Potnto CuHure-the Malady, "^ 



Potatoi-s; Small Potatoes . . . . • • • • • • • • • 



premium List of N. Y. State Ag. Society, for 1851, »& 



Parkinson's Improved Gate; A good Native Cow, bO 



Stewart's Patent Stump Machine °' 



Wheat raising and Wool growing o^ 



Wire- Worms, • g,j 



Nac'^" - l'No"ANs;v;R,-MarlVPl^t«;"l'Vat;' i^proVedVtocV, 90 



Disease in Horses «J 



CoL'NTnv UKsiDKNLF.5-Plan for tarm House, W 



bur Little Cottage, ' 



Plan for Karm Cottage, 



The Dorking Fowl 



LADir.s' DKFARTMhNT.-Annual Flowers . . »» 



Yoi:ths' Dkpautmknt.-A walk in the Oarden.. . -i^ 



Editors' Table— Agricultural Journals; Notices, &o. 10" 



HORTICCLTl'HAL DKPAnTMKNT. 



Horticultural Schools, J^^ 



Notes by the Way ;? 



Horticultural Societies, • •' 



Beurrc de Waterloo Pear, f^. 



The We>:tern Horticultural Review, ■ • • -o 



Californian Seeds; The Curculio aj^ 



Answers to Correspondents, J^ 



The High-bush lllackberry. «' 



ILLUSTKATIONS. 



Parkinson's Improved Gate, 8^ 



Stewarts Patent Stump Machine, ^7 



Fat Galloway Ox, 89 



Galloway Cow, 89 



Plan for Farm House 90 



Plan of Our Litlle Cottage." 91 



PiT3|jectivc view of a Farm Cottage, 9- 



Ground Plan of Farm Cottage, 92 



White Dorking Coct, 93 



White Dorking Hen 9> 



Bi-urre de Waterloo Pear, 96 



llisli-bush Blackberry 97 ^ 



China Aster, 98 



Peach Tree ' " 



A New Work on Friiit. 



CHARLKS SCRIBNER (late Baker & Scribner) has in press, 

 and will pub'ish early in April, 



'• T n K FRUIT GARDEN ,» 

 A Treatise intended to illustrate and explain the 'i neory and 

 Practice of all operalions connected with the Propa?:ation. Tr.in?- 

 pl ntint:. Pruoinij and Training of Orchard and (iardeu Trees, as 

 Standards, Dwarfs. Pyramils, Esp.iliers. 8tc., the Laying out and 

 arranging different kinds of Orchards and Gardi-ns, the Selection 

 of Suitable Varieties fir diffiTeiit purposes and localilie.s. Gather- 

 ing and Crfseriing Fruits, Treatment of Diseases. Destruc-liou of 

 lu'iicts. Description and Uses of Implements. &.C., llusfraled wi A 

 upwards o/ One. Hundred and Fijiy J-'i^ res, representing the Dif- 

 ferent Parts of Trees. I'raotical Opera.iong nod 8 'f 1 raining, De- 

 signs for I'Jantations, Implements, (Sic. »5y I' Bakiiv, of the Mount 

 Hope iVurseries. Rochester, N. V. 1 vol. 12 mo. 



9U,«MART OF COtTKNFS. 



Part I. Describes the different parts of Frnit Trees-Roots, 

 Stems, Branches, L,eaTe.«, Blo.ssoms and Fruit ; explains their dif- 

 fi-reut Characters, Fuuctious. and Practical Clas.-ifieations. U 

 treat s, aiKO nf Suils and \1 an ures. c,f ihe be.^t .M odes of Propagation. 

 and the General Principles and Practice of Pruning, 



Thi^ Part is a new feature in Treatises of this kind, and is in- 

 tended to be the ground-woik of all the operations of culture. 



Part M. Treat.* of the I'rojiag.itiou and .Management of Trees in 

 theNur-tery in detail, both Standards and Dwari.-<. beginning with 

 the Stocks and ending with taking up Ibo Trees, The various 

 kinds of Slocks, thiir particular Uses, &c., arc all correctly de- 

 scribed. 



Part HI Treats of the Laying Out and Arrangements of diBi.r- 

 ent kinds of Orchards and Kiuit Gardens, the s- lection of Trees 

 Bn« of varieties. I'lantiiig. Pruning, and 1 raining of Standard^. 

 Dwarf, fyramids. and various other forms, in a manner calculated 

 to furnirh i'.iiput-tant inforuialioi much sought for at thij time. 



p.' . . t; .ntain. Abridged Descriptions of all the best Fruits 

 r- »rii-estahli»h«d merit, with KeUetions fur various purposes and 

 localiti.-s and lists of new and pronii.iing varieties ; also, a Chip- 

 tcr . n Diseases and Insects ; anothi r on Gathering and I'lc.MTr- 

 ing Frui'.s. and one on the more ioiportant linpl-mints u.sed in 

 Vt\iit Cnlture. CH.AKLKS SCKlB.VH.R, 



No. 36 Park Row. and 14o Nassau St., New Vork. 

 April. 18.il. 



Clover and Timothy Seed. 



QnCi BUSHELS Clover; 2,'.0 bushes Timothy, warranted free 

 OUU from f.jul see la. t or sale at the Rocl.ualer Seed btore. 

 No .9 Bullalo street, by 

 April, )801. J. P. FOOO & BROTHER. 



Fruit and Ornamental Trees, die. 



THi^ subscribers solicit the attention of Nurserymen, Orchard- 

 Ists, and Amateurs, to their present large and fine Stock of 

 Nursery articles. 



Standard Fruit .Trees, for Orchards, thrifty, well grown, and 

 handsome, of all the best varieties. 



Dwarf Trees, for Gardens, the largest Stock in the country and 

 the most complete. Many thousand i^ear Trees, of bearing age, 

 can be furnished. 



Cherry Currant— ihe largest variety known. Upward^ of 1000 

 plantJ on hand. 



English Gooseberries— 2000 strong plants of the best sorts. 



Large Fruiltd Monthly Raspberry, that gives a crop of fine fruit 

 in the Autumn. 



Strawberriis—M the best sorts. 



Orninnental Shade Trees, ot good size for Streets, Parks, &c,— 

 large and w«U grown. 



Choice Trees and Shrubs (or lawns and pleasure grounds, inclu- 

 din<< all the finest, new, and rare articles recently introduced. 



JIardy F.vergreen Trees— Normiy Spruce and Balsam Fir of 

 small size in large quantities, and a moderate supply of large ones ; 

 besides nearly Fifly New and Rare Evergreens, including Deo- 

 dars. Cedar of Lebanon, Chili Pine, Crypto.u.ria or Japan Cedar, 

 Himalayan Spruce. &c , &c. 



Roses. Pa:o).ies. Phloxes, ^-c— a large and comp tte collection, 

 including the finest novelties. . , ,. ..,. ^ i. 



i)rtA/ia J— upwards of 100 select varieties, including the finest 

 English prize flowers of 1849 and 1850. 



Border P/ant*.for bedding oul. such as Phloxes, Verbenas, He- 

 liotropes, Salvias, Cupheas, Scarlet Geraniums, Plumbagos or Te- 

 comas. &c., &c , can be supplied in quantities at very low prices. 



The following Catalogues, giving full information as regards 

 terms, prices, &c., will be sent gratis to all who apply by post-paid 

 letters, or at the office 



1st. A general descriptive Catalogue _ 



•.id. A wholesale Catalogue, for those who purohaee extensively. 



3d. A Catalogue of select Green House Plants. 



4th. A special Catalogue of Dahli.as and Bedding Plants, for 

 1851 ^ ELLWANGER & BARRY, 



Mount Hope Garden and Nurseries. 



Rochester. N. Y . .April, 1801. ^ 



ROCHESTER 



SEED STORE 



A.ND 



Agi'iciUtiiral 



WARE-HOUSE 



1 EMOVED 



Fr.O>l FRONT STREEl' TO 



Ko. '.iH Buffalo Street, 



OPPOSITE THE 



ARCADE. 



A L.VhGE VARIKTY OF 



SEEDS. 



FARMING TOOLS 



OF F.VFRT 



DESCRIPTION 

 J. P. FOGG & BUOTHER, 



April, 18 >1. 



CaliforiiKt Flow er. Shrub and Tree Seed«. 



rpHE su'ijcribers lave just received from the hands of the col- 

 L bctor marly ijn varieiirs of the above, all fre<h and in good 

 c >n(lition. No o'thr country in the world, with a temperate cli- 

 mitc. presents such sii army of floral beauties as do the western 

 .sbipcs of the Nevada Hills, where the present collection was made, 

 and it is believed, that as regards uoveltj and beauty, no previous 

 e cctioa has <"xceedcd the one now offered. 



The Seeds are put up in neat small packages of 4i varieties, 

 I rice *2 SO each, with descriptive catalogues, and can he sent to 

 ny part of the United States or Europe, by mail if desired. 

 ' '^ J M. THORBURN &C0. 



Apr;i 1851. 15 John Street. New York. 



THE GENESEE FARMER, 



VOLUME Xn, FOR 1851. 



Finy Cents a Year, la Advance. 



Five Copies (or $-i ; KigUi Coiics for $:), and any larger 

 iiiiinlicr nt iho .same r.ilc. 



O" All siihscriptions to rommrncc witli Die year, and 

 the eniire vjlutnc supplieJ lo till ,sub!?(^rihprs. 



(SI- P»5T-\i*9TKR«, AoKNis. aud all friends of improvement, aro 

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 paid or free.) at the risk of the Publisher. Address to 



DANIEL LEE, 



December, 1850^ Rochesltr. New Vork 



iri.REOTTrKD BT J. W. BROWW, BOCHF.STEB, It. T. 



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