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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



Oct. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



Professor Johnston and American Agrieulture. 225 



KiiiTriFiAL loiiRKspoNDENCE— Letters from the World's Fair,. 227 



,\ ii.ilysis of the Parsnep 228 



Cutting liushes-" Old of the Moon," 228 



Kiirly and late planted peas, 228 



IS(J1IRIKS AND ANSWKRS 229 



S. W.'s Notes for the Month 231 



Peat as a Manure 231 



The Cause— Again 232 



A (triouUural Education, 232 



Winter Work. &c , 233 



A Sewerage Experiment; Gapes in Chickens, 233 



Kvi)eriments-Potato Rot 234 



Accricultural Circular from the Patent Office 234 



Plow Deep 235 



Ifneiiual Maturity of different parts of a Potato 235 



Tenth Annual Kair of the N. Y. State Ag. Society 237 



Youth's Dk.partment— Sion House, the rjsidence of the Duke 



of Northumberltind ' 243 



Answers to Enigma, See. in August number, 244 



Ladiks' Dkpartmknt — 244 



Editors' Table— New York State Kair; An Agricultural Con- 

 gress) ; Notices, &c., 245 



HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. 



Important Discovertes, 238 



AVayiie County 239 



'ihe Bradshaw Plum 240 



The Beurre Giffart Pear 240 



The Holland Pippin Apple, 241 



Strawberries 241 



Notices of New Works- 242 



Answers to Correspondents, 242 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



View of the State Fair Grounds, 236 



The BraJshaw Plum 240 



The Beurre Giffart Pear, 240 



The Holland Pippin Apple, 241 



Sion House, the residence of the Duke of Northum- 

 beiland, 243 



Fruit ancl Ornamental Trees, <&c. 



TIIR subscribers solicit the attention of Nurserymen, Orchard- 

 ists, and Amateurs, to their present large and fine stock of 

 Nursery Articles : 



fitundard Fruit Trees, Jor 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. 



Dwarf I'ear Trees. Our collection consists of well known lead- 

 in>; varieties, and numbers more than 150.000 saleable trees. The 

 su, eriority of these, being grown in the country, over imported 

 trees, is well known to every intelligent cultivator. Nothing, in 

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

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

 covered with fruit. 



Dwarf .1j>])le Trees. We cultivate in large quantities the best 

 and hjindjomest varieties of apples.on Doucainand Paradise stocks 

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

 tie.^. from one to two years growth. 



Dwarf Chen y Trees. All the leading varieties are cultivated 

 on Mahaleb stocks, extensively. We oan 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. 



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

 in the autumn. 



Slrawbetiies, all the best sort-t. 



Ornamenlal Shade Trees, of good size, for streets, parks, &c., 

 large and well grown. 



Choice Ti ees and Shrubs, for lawns and pleasure grounds, in- 

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



Hardy Evergreen Trees. .Norw.ay Spruce and Balsam Fir, of 

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

 ones, besides nearly I'lfly new and rare Evergreens. incluJiug Deo- 

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

 Cedar, Himalayan Spruce, &c , &c. 



Rases, Peonies, a large and complete collection, including the 

 fine<it novelties. 



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

 new varieties imported last spring. 



D'thliat. Upw.-irds of lOU select varieties, including the finest 

 English prize flowers of 1849 and 18.50. 



The following Catalogues, giving fuU information a« regards 

 t<Tms, prices. Stc, will be sent gratia to all who apply by post paid 

 letters or at the office. 



1st, a fjeneral Descriptive Catalogue. 



2d, a Wholesale (Catalogue. 



3d, a Catalogue of Select Green Ilonse Plants. 



4ih, a i^jpecial Catalogue of Dahlias and Bedding Pl.ints, for 

 1851. ELLWANtJER & BARRY, 



Mount Hope Garden and .Vurserics, 



RochcBter, July, 1851. Rochester, N. V. i 



To Farmers. 



AVERY convenient and labor saving article on a farm, is a sot 

 of handy tackles for weighing hay. killing hog.^, &c. Any 

 quantity all ready for use. for sale at No. 12 Buffalo sc, 2d floor. 

 Directly over the store of Geo. A. Avery & Co. 



E. C. WILLIAMS, Agent, 

 Remember No. 12 Buffalo st . 2d floo r, Rochester. 



Wayne County Agrlcultmal Warehouse <S( Seed Store. 



T7> C. WILDER & CO., Dealers in Haidware, Iron, Steves. Hy- 

 XL/. draulic Rams. Lead Pi| e. Horse Powers and Separators, 

 Reaping .Machines of latest improvement. Eagle Plows. Cast-iron 

 beam do. Vegetable Cutters, Hay Cutters for hand or horse power, 

 and Agricultural Implements of ev«ry variety. Paints. Oil, &c! 

 Palmyra, May. 1851 . [5-8t] 



\Val>vorUi Nursery. 



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

 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 yeart. 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\\orth. Sept., 1851, [9-2t] T. G. YEOMANS. 



A Nursery for Sale. 



S YEOMANS. to close up his business, is offering his entire 

 • stock of choice fruit trees, from one to four years old— 20.000 

 or more fit for market this season. Retailers could be supplied by 

 the quantity. 40,000 or more yearling trees suitable to remove to 

 start the business with. Any part ot the trees will be sold sepa- 

 rately, if wanted. A large stock of Apple seedlings with the Nur- 

 sery. If the above stock is not sold, a partner would be accepted 

 to continue the business. Residence, 53 North street, Rochester, 

 N. Y. [10-lt*] 



. Hutchinson's Patent Maclilne for Cutting Staves, 



HEADING AND SHINGLES, and for jointing, chamfering, 

 and croziug Staves, and for turning heads for Hog.sheads, 

 Barrels and other casks. This Machinery reduces the expense 

 of manufacturing at least fifty per cent. '1 he Staves are cut from 

 blocks, bolts, or planks, with a spiral, drawing stroke of theknil'e, 

 which overcomes all the difficulties incidental to every other Ma- 

 chine heretofore invented. 



For Machines, or Town, County, or St.ate rights, aildress C. B 

 HUTCHINSON & CO., Waterloo, Seneca Co , N. Y'., where the 

 Machines m.iy be seen in operation, as also in various other parts 

 of the States and Canada. [10-lt*j 



Wanted. 



WITHIN one. two, three, or four months at farthest, an hon- 

 est, industrious young man, acquainted with the dairy bu- 

 siness—that ij, with the management of milch cows and selling 

 milk in market. For such a one, I will give JISO.OO a year, paya- 

 ble monthly, and will board the same at my own house free of ex- 

 pense. I will also give the same to a good gardener— one that is 

 acquainted with raising vegetables for market. No one need be 

 afraid of sickness in coming to Memphis. I have 25 in family, and 

 have not had any sickness in five years. I do not believe there is 

 a healthier place in the Ifnited States. B. R, THOMAS 



Memphis, Tenu,, Aug. 3. 1851. [9-3t*] 



•STEPHENS' BOOK OF THE FARM." 

 CO:»IPl.KTE GUIDE TO THE FAKMEU. 



With a Portrait of the late J. S, Skinner. 



STEPHENS' GREAT WORK ON THE FAR.M.— A new and 

 complete edition, revised and adapted to the use of t'armers 

 in the United States, by J. S. Skinner. This book contains about 

 1200 pages, and embraces every subject of importance connected 

 with ^'Igriculture in all its branches, with five hundred illustra- 

 tions on wood and steel, making it one of the most attractive and 

 USEFUL books yet offered to the Farmers of the country. It is 

 bound in two volumes octavo, in cloth, only $4 ; bound in leather, 

 $4 50. C. M. SAXTON, 



[8-2t] Agricultural Book Publisher, 152 Fulton St., N. Y. 



THE GENESEE FARMER, 



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VOLUME Xn, FOR 185L 



Fifty Cents a Year, in Advance. 



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