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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



Sept. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



Agricultural Kducation 201 



PrcserTHtion of Fruit 202 



kniTORiAL toHRKSPONDENCE— Letters from the World's Fair,. 202 



AViro Kcnce, 210 



The Cmise aud th*- Kemedy. 211 



Virginia Lands. &c., 211 



F.nglish Agricultural Implements 212 



S. W.'s Notes for the M mth 21ft 



Editors' Tablk— New Vork State Fair; Prepared Guano; &c. 219 

 Amnrican Reapers at the World's Fair; American Plows 

 in London; bhort-Horns; Agricultural Fairs, 220 



HORTrCULTURAL DEPARTMKNT. 



" There is no place like IJome," 210 



Doyenne d' Ete Pear 217 



Answers to Correspondents, 217 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Norwegian Harrow 212 



Croskills Patent Clod Crusher 212 



Fowler"? Patent Draining Apparatus, 213 



Patent Lever Horse Rake 214 



Patent Four-wheeled Subsoil Plow, 214 



Howard's Prize Plow, 215 



Doyenne d' Ete Pear, 217 



Fruit and Ornamental Trees, &c. 



THF, subscribers solicit the attention of Nurserymen, Orchard- 

 ists, and Ani'itenrs, to their present large and fine stock of 

 Nursery Articles : 



Standard Fruit Trer^, jor Orchards; thrifty, well grown, and 

 handsome, of all the best varieties. 



Dwarf Tries, f.ir Gardens. The largest stock in the country, 

 and the most complete. 



Dwarf Pear Trres. Our collection consists of well known lead- 

 ing Tarieties. and numbers more than 160.000 saleable trees. The 

 sueriority of these, being grown in tVie country, over imported 

 tree.s. is well known to every intelligent cultivator. Nothing, in 

 fact, in this couutiy, can equal our collection of Pear Trees. They 

 can be had from one to four years growth, some of which are now 

 covt-red with fruit. 



Dwarf Apple Trees. We cultivate in large quantities the best 

 and handsomest varieties of apples.on Doucain and Paradise stocks 

 for Dwarfs and Pyramids, and can furnish them in large quanti- 

 ties, from one to two years growth. 



Dwarf Chen y Trees. All the leading varieties are cultivated 

 on Mahaleb stocks, extensively. We can furnish by the hundred 

 and thousand, from one to two years growth. 



Cherry Currant, the largest variety known. Upwards of 1,000 

 plants on hand 



English Gooseberries, all the best sorts. 



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

 in the autumn 



Strawberrifs. all the best sorts. 



Ornamental Shade Trees, of good size, for streets, patks, &c., 

 large and well grown. 



Choice Trees and Shrubs, for lawns and pleasure grounds, in- 

 cluding all the finest, new and rare articles recently introduced. 



Hardy Evergreen Trees. Norway Spruce and Balsam Fir, of 

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

 ones, besides nearly fifly new and rare Erergrcens. including Deo- 

 dar Cedar, Cedar of Lebanon, Chili Pine, Cryptomeria or Japan 

 Cedar, Himalayan Spruce. &c., &,c. 



Roses, I'eonies, a Urge and complete collection, including the 

 finest novelties. 



Phloxes. A collection of upwards of 60 varieties, including 30 

 new varieties imported last spring. 



Dahlias. Upwards of 100 select varieties, including the finest 

 English prize flowers of 1849 and 1850. 



The following Catalngucs, giving full information as regards 

 terms, prices. 8te., will be sent gratis to all who apply by post paid 

 letters or at the office. 



1st, a General Descriptive Catalogue. 



2d, a Wholesale Catalogue. 



3d, a Catalogue of Select Green House Plants. 



4lh, a Special Catalogue of Dahlias and Bedding Plants, for 

 1851. ELLWANGf:R& BARRY, 



Mount Hope Garden and Nurseries. 



Rocbebter. July, 1851. Rochester, N. Y. 



Fritlt anil Ornamental Trees. 



THF, sub.scriber solicits the attention of nurserymen and the 

 public to his present slock of trees, &c., which is finer and 

 Urger than at any other sea.son, consisting in part of the following: 

 Stmdard Fruit trees of the best leading varieties. 

 Dwarf trees, for gardens. 

 Ornamental shade trees and shrubs. 

 Evergreen trees, larger than at any other nursery. 

 Roses. Paeonles. <tc . with a variety of other articles generally 

 raised in nurseries, ail of which are oiCfercd at low prices. 



Wholesale dealers would particularly find it to their advantage 

 to purchase here. CH.\RLES POWIS, 



Monroe Nursery, Ridge Plank Road, near Rochester. 

 Greece. Sept., 1851. 



Strawberry Plants. f 



EVERY family who have a rod of land, should have a bed of i 

 Strawberries. They are the greati-st luxuries of the season, J 

 both for sick and well. The cultivation is simple, and the plants J' 

 can be obl.aiued at very little expense. If they are planted the [ 

 first week in August, they will bear a goodly crop of fruit next e! 

 year T 



The foUowiT g include the very best under cultivation : J 



Burr's New line— of the highest f 



and most delicious flavor, uni- J 



formly, and productive 37>ic. per doz. $1.50 per 100 J 



Boston Pine— hardy, and exceed- ' 



ingly productive 37>ic. " 1 50 " f 



Hovey's Seedling— a well known J 



magnificent berry 37>ic. * 1.50 " } 



Rival Hudson— valuable for mar- ' 



keting and preserving, hardy and 



productive 25o. " 1.00 " 



Bi.shop's Orange— productive and 



fine flavored 25c " 1.00 " 



Large Early Scarlet— an excellent 

 standard sort ; one of the earli- 

 est 25c. " 100 " 



Alpine Red and White .Monthly.. 25c. " 1.00 " 



Alpine Red and White Bush 60c. " 3.00 •' 



British Queen 37|^c. " 2.00 " 



Columbus 25c. " 1.00 '• 



Black Prince 25c. " 1.00 '' 



Jenny's Seedling 25c. " 1.00 " 



Prolific Hautboy 25c. '•' I.Oq '• 



Also the following fine new varieties, our own seedlings • 

 Climax Scarlet— light scarlet, rath- 

 er acid, bears great crops 60c. per doz. 3.00 per 100 



Gene.see— the finest looking of all 

 the strawberries ; good size and 



flavor $1.00 " 4.00 " 



Monroe .Scarlet -very productive.. 50c. * 3 00 " 

 Orange Prolific— late.large and pro- 

 ductive 50c. " 3.00 " 



EUwanger & Barry's No. 1— the 

 highest flavored strawberry un- 

 der cultivation $1 00 " 4 00 " 



For more minute particulars, please refer to our Catalogue, 

 which will be forwarded on receipt of post paid applications. 

 -AH post paid orders will receive prompt attention. 



ELLWANGER & BARRY, 

 July. 1851. ^It. Hope Nurseries. Rochester. N. Y. 



"WalwortJi Nursery. fl 



I HAVE on hand an extensive assortment of apple, pear, cherry, S, 

 and peach trees of large size, and of the most desirable varie- ^\ 

 ties for orchard culture Also, a few thousand two and three 

 years old dwarf pears. All of which will be sold at the lowest 

 market prices, and at a great discount in large quantities. 

 Also, some apple trees of extra large size, and 

 40.000 apple seedlings, two years old. for sale. 

 Wal^^o^th. Sept.. 1S51. [9-2t] T. G. YEOMA NS. 



MEW YORK ST.ATE FAIR, at Rochester, September 15th. 16th, 

 ■'■' 17th 18th. and lyth.— The subscriber has been appointed local 

 Secretary of the New Vork St.ate -Agricultural Society, at Roch- 

 ester. Any inquiries respecting matters connected with the ar- f 

 rangements of the show grounds for the Fair, may be addressed \ 

 to me. Persons having articles for exhibiton, who cannot accom- \ 

 pany them to Rochester, can consign them to me, and i will see h 

 that tht'y are taken proper care of, and the necessary entries 

 made at the business office, J.V.VIES P. FOGG, 



Rochester. July, 1851. [8-2t] Local Secretary. 



T/te Practical and Scientific Farmer's Own Paper. 

 THE GENESEE FARMER, 



A MONTHLY JOURNAL OF 



AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE, 



ILLUSTRATKD WITH NL'-MKROUS ENC.RAVINGS OF 



Fann Buildings, Domestic Animals, Implements, Fruits, Sec. 

 VOLUME Xn, FOR 185L 



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p. BARRY, Conductor of Horticultural Department. 



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December, 1850. Rochester, ffeio Vork 



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