THE GENESEE FARMER. 



State agricultural societies. Association is one of the most efficient means of collecting 

 and concentrating the scattered and varied experience of individuals in every department 

 of labor or study or research, and no pursuit that occupies the attention of men, so much 

 needs it as that of fruit growing. _ 



The Northwestern Association is to hold its next meetmg m Chicago, ill., on the 

 first Tuesday in October, 1853. The officers for the ensuing year are — 



10HN A KENNICOTT, President. F. K. Phcenix, Corresponding Secretary. 



Robert Avert, Arthur Bryant, W. H. Loomis, Samuel Edwards, i?.corrf*«5r Secretary. 

 Vice Presidents. Arthur Bryant, Treasurer. 



We shall now proceed to give a condensed sketch of the proceedings. 



At the opening of the meeting a committee consisting of Dr. L. S. Pennington, 

 Cyrus Bryant, C. R. Overman, H. S. Finley, and A. R. Whitney, was appomted to 

 recommend a list of fruits for discussion and for cultivation in the West, and reported 

 the following : 



Early Apple. -Carolina Red June; Early Pennock; Keswick Codlin, for culinary purposes; 



'^S;/SSi^P^^ Early Harvest; Sweet Bough ; Am^n Su^.^Pe^^ 

 Autumn Apples recomrmnd^d for general cultiMation.-2.tmho ; Maiden's Blush, (market and cuh- 



'^Il^.^:^tP^r^^^ ike West Auinr^n Strawberry; Monarch; Fall Pippin, best 

 fruit but bearing variable ; Sweet Nonsuch, local name) ; Red Gi iflower. 



WINTER AppLFt r commended for general cidtivation.-Y eWov^ Bellflower ; Rawles' Janet, in fayor- 

 abkSitics Willow Twig, proUfic and profitable; Fallawater, (known as Mountain Pippin); 



''^^;!;;i:SJ;"S^c3S^o!!^ Talman sweet, - a baking apple ;Yanderver. 



>rSrS._Detroit Red; Roxbury Russet ; Ladies' Sweeting ; Baldwin; Rhode Island 

 Greening; Jonathan; Hubbardston Nonsuch; Swaar, (best truit). 



The Carolina Bed June, after being discussed, was passed as "beautiful, hardy, pro- 

 ductive, and best of its season." It was stated to be an early bearer, producmg fruit at 

 four years old in the nursery. 



^weef /2^»e.—" Very good, early, and productive." . , , , , 



Uarb/ FennocL—GenevMy pronounced inferior in quahty, but valuable on account 

 of bearing early and most abundantly. Passed as " good, productive, and recommended 

 for moderate cultivation for market." ,„ o-j . 1.1+1,^ 



^oc/ti-n<7— Very large and productive. Passed as^^'oocf." Said to resemble the 

 Eambour Franc, but later, and has darker wood, and buds closer and more prominent. 

 Xesivick Codlin.— '' Good for limited cultivation for culinary purposes. 

 Early Harvest.—'' 'Best' in quality ; poor bearer on young trees." 

 Sweet Bough.— Voor bearer. • . /. 1 ,i, 



American ^Summer Pearniain.—Yir^i rate in quality, good bearer, tree of slow growth. 

 Baldwin.— Not much known ; poor bearer so far. _ ^^ 



Rambo.— AW agreed in calling it » best and most profitable of its season. 

 Snow, (Fameuse.)-" Very good ; recommended for general cu tivation at the north. 

 Mr. Elliot, of Cleveland, said that after cultivating it seven years, he Had none but poor 

 specimens. We purchased some very fine specimens at Cleveland, in October, 185U, 

 from a boy who was selling them on the steamboat wharf 



Maiden's Blush.— Good for culinary purposes, and recommended for general cultiva- 

 tion. Stated to be excellent for drying. 



Gravenstein and Porter.— Not sufficiently known. 

 We shall go over the remainder of the list next month. 



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The annual meeting of the Genesee Valley Horticultural Society will be held in 

 Corinthian Hall, Law Library room, on the 5th of February. There will be an exhibi- 

 tion of winter fruits. 



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