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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



July 



A New Work on Fruit. 



CHARLES SCRIBNER (late Baker & Scribner) has jnst pub 

 lished 



"THE FRUIT GARDEN," 

 A Treatise intended to illustrate and explain the structure and 

 character of the different parts of fruit trees — the theory and 

 practice of the vaiious operations connected with the propagation, 

 triinspl nting. pruning and training of orchard and (garden trees 

 — tlie laying out and arrangmout of various kinds of orchards and 

 gardens, selection of Tarietii*!, treatment of diseases and insects, 

 gathering and preserving fruits, Stc., SiC. — illuslrated with upwards 

 of One Hundred and Fifty J-'igures. By P. Barry, of the Mount 

 Hope Nurseries, Rochester, N. Y. 1 vol. 12 mo. 



Sl'MMART OF CONTENTS. 



Part I. Describes the different parts of Fruit Trees— Roots, 

 Stems. Branches, Leaves. Blossoms and Fruit ; explains their dif- 

 ferent Characters, Functions, and Practical Classifications. It 

 treats, also, of Soils and Manures, of the best Modes of Propagation, 

 and the Gcuer.il Principles and Practice of Pruning. 



PAiir 11. Treats of the Projiagation and .Management of Trees in 

 the Nursery in detail, both Standards and Dwarfs, beginning with 

 the Stocks and euding with taking up the Trees. 



Part III Treats of the Laying Out and Arrangements of differ- 

 ent kinds of Orchards aud Fruit Gardens, the selection of Trees 

 and of varieties. Planting. Pruning, and Training of Standards, 

 Dwarf. Pyramids. &c., &c. 



Part IV. Contains Abridged Descriptions of all the best Fruits 

 of well-established merit, with selections for various purposes and 

 localities and lists of new and promising varieties ; also, a Chap- 

 ter < n Diseases and In.sects ; another on Gathering and Preserv- 

 ing Fruits, and one on the more important Implements used iu 

 Fruit Culture. 



NOTICES OF THE PRF.SS. 

 '• This admirably arranged volume possesses an almost incredi- 

 ble amount of condensed information, given, too, in so earnest 

 and easy a manner, that, despite of the really heavy freight the 

 mind is taking in on its way, the reader is carried on from chapter 

 to chapter, like a smoothly running car, and we suspect few could 

 put it by unfinished without regret, or renew its perusal without 

 a pleasurable certainty of entertainment or profit ; aud we would 

 especially call attention to the first chapter, for, remembering our 

 own ignorance, and the no less bucgliug efforts of our neighbors 

 and friends, in any operation of tree surgery, we feel how thankful 

 we should have been if we could have availed our.selves of Mr. 

 Barrv's kindly offered solution of the many mysteries that puz- 

 zled us then." — Home Jvurnal. 



'■ A valuable, because simple and practical, work upon fruits and 

 fruit trees in America. The book is illustrated with drawings 

 well calculated to assist the fruit grower, and it should be in the 

 bauds of all who have a patch of land, or who love good fruits. — 

 North ^imerican Miseellany.-' 



••A mass of useful information is here collected, which will give 

 the work a value even to those who possess the best works on the 

 cultivation of fruit yet published." — iVeto York Evening Post. 



" This is, in brief, the title of a neat volume of about 400 pages, 

 prepared with evident care and ability by P. Barry, of- the firm 

 of tUwanger 5t Barry, proprietors of the increasingly celebrated 

 ' Mount Hope Nurseries.' The author is not only well read on 

 the subject on which he treats, but in addition to his theoretical 

 and scientific qualifications, ho posse.^ses a practical knowledge of 

 the subject; in all its branches and beariugs. that few writers 

 have ever enjoyed. 



■ The work before us seems to be a thorough treatise upon the 

 propertie.', modes of culture and most dejirable qualities of fruits 

 in general, with selections and descriptions of the most approved 

 varieties for especial as well as general use. And the experience of 

 the writer in the selection and rearing of the vast and superior 

 v,irietie8 of fiuitin Western New York— the great fruit garden of 

 the country— as well as his familiarity with all the most approved 

 varieties of eastern and foreign fruits, invest his book with a de- 

 gree of authenticity and reliability well calculated to secure to it 

 the utmost confidence. 



• Kvery fruit grower, whether large or small, should procure a 

 copy of this excellent work." — Rochester Daily Adiertizir. 



•• Our townsman. Mr. P. Barry, has done great service to the 

 cause of fruit culture and ornamenting of court yards, in this new 

 treati.-?e of his. '1 he work, a- the title page explains, is designed to 

 illustrate the physiology of fruit trees, and the theory and practice 

 of all operations connected with the propagation, transplanting, 

 pruning and training of orchard and garden trees. It also gives 

 many and valuable ideas upon the layiug out and arranging of or- 

 chards and garden", and, in short, is a very encyclopedia of all in- 

 formation pertaining to fruit and fruit culture. It is from the 

 pen of one in the highest degree competent for the task he has un- 

 dertaken, and is illustrated by many plates and figures. It is a 

 book that should, as it will, command a ready sale wherever its 

 author is known, and among all who desire a first rate treatise 

 upon the subject, from a practical band. Mr. Baiiry wields his 

 P'U in a manner that does credit to him, and well illustrates the 

 the possible union of cultivation of the soil and cultivation of the 

 mind.'— KocAt«(er Daily Jlmtriean. 



'• It is. externally, a most pleasant appearing volume of nearly 

 400 pages, printed in elegant style. To all who take an amateur's 

 delight in the cultivation of fruit trees and fruit bearing vines, 

 the information embodied will b« of great use." — HochetUr Daily 

 Democrat. 



CHARLKS SCRIBNER, 

 No. 36 Park Row, and 145 Nassau St., New York. 



HUSSET'S REAPING MACHIIVE. 



WE would respectfully call the attention of farmers to the fact 

 that we have the agency and the sale of the above named 

 Reaper in all that part of the State of New York west of Oj'tario 

 county, and we are also general agents for the United States and 

 Canada. We sell the Reapers at the .Manufacturer's prices, ad- 

 ding only cost of transportation. They can be examined at our 

 Store. All who design purchasing are earnestly requested to hand 

 in their orders at once, as this will enable us to have on hand in 

 season all that may be required, and prevent any being disappoin- 

 ted, as might be the case if orders were delayed till the harvest 

 had begun. That they are the best Reapers made, and that it 

 would be greatly to the advantage of farmers to have them, there 

 is no doubt. 



Annexed are a few of the many certificates which might he 

 given : 



Macedon, Sept, 1850. 

 Messrs. Rapalje & Co. — Gents : — The Reaping Machine bought 

 of you, made by Messrs. Hussey Sc Co., at Auburn, has been thor- 

 oughly tested by me the present harvest, and I am happy to say 

 has exceeded my most sanguine expectations, I h.ave cut with it 

 125 acres of wheat, besides my own crop, making some 200 acres of 

 oats and wheat ; and I can confidently recommend it to my broth- 

 er farmers as just the machine they want.. I have cut 12 acres of 

 oats iu half a day, and 20 acres of stout wheat in one day, with 

 three horses abreast, and most of it was bad cutting. 1 think I 

 can cut 25 acres of good wheat in a day. and do it better than can 

 be done in any other way. My machine is now in perfect order, 

 and I consider it full as good as when I got it of you. 



Yours, most respectfully, Thos Rushjiore. 



Wheatland, April 20, 1850. 

 Messrs. Hussey & Co. — Gents : — I have now u.sed one of your 

 Reapiu» Machines for two years and do most cheerfully say that 

 it has given the best satisfaction. J have cut my whole harvest, 

 and a large one too, with my ordinary farm hands. I have cut 20 

 acres of stout wheat a day with ease, and I would most cheerfully 

 recommend it to my brother farm-^rs as the bett and most; eoonom- 

 ical machine that is used on a farm. In fact 1 think so much of 

 it that five hundred dollars would not iliduce me to part with it if 

 I could not get another. I have also two brothers, each of whom 

 have one of your machines, which they like very much, and could 

 not be induced to be without. I think your agents, Messrs. Rap- 

 alje & Briggs, will sell a large number of them in our county next 

 season, as many of my acquaintances have told me they intend lo 

 purchase one of your Reapers another season. Anan H armo>». 



Bergen, May 10. 1850. 

 This is to certify that I last season used one of Hussf y's Reap- 

 ing Machines, which I purchased of Me.'.srs. Rapalje 6; Co., of 

 Rochester, and that it gives perfect satisfaction. I have cut my 

 wheat, which was very badly lodged, much faster, better and 

 cheaper than it could be done any other way. I have had one of 

 .McCormick's for the last five years, and it now stands in the road 

 as a useless article, as I consider it, having tried to use it for tbres 

 years without any success. 



I consider Hussey "s Machine just the thing for our farmers, and 

 I could not now, after proving its merits, be induced to be without 

 one. Noah Wilbur. 



We might give hundreds of other references of the s.ame kindj 

 but we deem it useless, as the reputation of the Machine is so well 

 established that almost every farmer in the State know it to be the 

 bo,<t Machine for cutting grain yet in use. 



Farmers will please call on us at as early a d;iy as possible, at the 

 Genesee Seed Store and -Agricultural >. arehouse. tJ5 Buffalo .St. 

 Rochester, July. 1851. J. RAPALJK&CO. 



Hnrro'wsf. 



WE invite the attention of the farmers of Western New York 

 to our large and superior assortmenl of Harrows— the 

 best ever offered in this market. -Among others we have Geddes' 

 Harrow. Scotch Harrow. Square Harrow. Sic, tic, of various sizes, 

 and prices ranging from $10 to $\2. 



Please call at the Genesee Seed Store and Ag. Warehouse, No. 

 Co Buffalo St., Rochester, and examine for your.selves. 

 June 1851. [ J. RAPALJE & CO. 



Subsoil PIo-^vs. 



WE are now receiving our spring supply of the various sizes of 

 this justly celebrated Plow, direct from the manufactur- 

 ers. Messrs Ruggles. .Mason & Co . of Boston. We sell the Plows 

 at the Boston pric 8. without charge for transportation, at the 

 Genesee Seed Store and Agricultural Warehouse. 65 Buffalo st. 

 June 1861. J- RAPALJE &. C\). 



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