i> ) 58 THE GENESEE FAEMEE. ( ■ij, 



scold ; and not only that, he must lose a part of his bill and ever after the trade of one 

 whom h-e hoped would be a good customer. 



Turn again to cherries, and Ave find the same sources of disappointment. Mr. A. 

 wants half a dozen cherry trees — tall, handsome, well-shaped trees, of uniform size and 

 shape ; as he intends them for ornament as well as fruit. Well, he orders Black Tar- 

 tarian, Yellow Spanish, Na/poleon Bigarreau, May Duke, Belle de Choisy, and Belle 

 Magnifique — all first rate cherries; but unfortunately, when they are received, the 

 Belle de Choisy and Magnifique are mere dwarfs beside the majestic Black Tartarians 

 and Napoleons. He then regrets he ordered them, and blames the nurseiyman for not 

 knowing better than to send them. 



So with plums. No one need expect to get Green Gages and Jeffer'^ons of uniform 

 size with Imperial Gages, Smith's Orleans, or Magnum Bonuras. If tL_y do, they will 

 generally be disappointed. 



Those who regard the size and shape of their ti'ees as of the first importance, must 

 not be very tenacious about varieties ; and, on the contrary, those who place quality 

 first, must be less difiicult to please as to size and form. The reasons are obvious. 

 There are certain requisites, however, which purchasers have a right to demand from 

 the nurseryman under all circumstances. These are — 1st, That trees be sound and 

 thrifty, stout in proportion to their height, and supplied with an abundance of healthy, 

 unmutilated roots. 2d, That the' varieties be genuiue. 3d, That they be packed and 

 prepared for transportation with the greatest possible care and skill. The purchaser 

 who fixes his mind upon mere size, forgetful of these, stands in his own light ; and will, 

 if he lives long enough, find out his mistake. 



Would it not be well for nurserymen to indicate, or arrange in separate classes, slow 

 growers and those of a very irregular or crooked growth ? 



We throw out these hints for the purpose of drawing attention to a matter that, as 

 long as we can remember, has been productive of disappointment and no little unpleas- 

 ant feeling that might iust as well be avoided. 



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CULTURE OF FOREIGN GRAPES IN COLD VINERIES.* 



BY H. L. SUYDAM, GENEVA, N. Y. 



[We commend the following article to the special attention of amateurs, as the plain, 

 straight forward statement of an amateur cultivator who has been eminently success- 

 ful in this branch of culture. We know Mr. Suydam well, and can vouch for the 

 honesty and accuracy of all he has said in regard to his management or its results. 

 It will be remembered that at our State shows he has carried ofi" the highest prizes 

 even from professional growers. His grapes have always been remarkably Avell colored, 

 excelling more particularly in this than any other point of merit. The material of the 

 vine border accounts for this in a great measure. Instead of dead carcasses, offal, <fec., 

 Mr. Suydam has laid a thorough foundation of bones, charcoal, shells, cinders, and well 

 decomposed manure ; and these are the very materials to yield a healthy, firm, well 

 ripened wood, and sound, well colored, and finely flavored grapes. Wc hope his suc- 

 cess will, as he says, "induce others to try," — Ed.] 



In compliance with the wishes of very niany inquirers, I ujulertako to give to the 

 pubhc, through your columns, the plan of my vinery, and my mode of cultivating the 

 foreign grape under glass. I will enter upon my duty, then, at once, by saying that 

 I claim nothing new or original in my mode ; I have taken some from one and some 



* From tlJO Qonova Courier. 



