THE aENESEE FARMER. 



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KING APPLE (TOMPKINS COUNTY). 



[We cheerfully give space for an outline of the 

 King apple, gi-own in Tompkins county, in this State, 

 and the _ tollowing communication in recrard to this 

 fruit, which, we are confident, may be relied upon in 

 every particular. At difierent times the past two 

 seasons we have received barrels of this fruit, and 

 know it to be of the highest excellence, and well de- 

 Berving of extensive plautmg. The hardiness, habits, 

 and annual productiveness of the tree, combmed mth 

 the large size, fine appeai-ance, and superior quality 

 of the fruit, commend it to the attention of all inter- 

 ested in the cultivation of apples:] 



Mr. Frost— Dear Sir: — Upon the urgent solici- 

 tation of a number of friends, I give you some remarks 

 upon the King apple, for insertion in your valuable 

 journal 



Mr. Jacob Wycoff, now deceased, brought into 

 this county about fifty years ago a number of apple 

 scions from New Jersey, which were cut from a very 

 old and neariy dead tree, having no name, which he 

 supposed was a seedling, as the art of grafting was 

 unknown at the time in that section. The scions 

 were grafted here most probably by some inexpe- 

 rienced person, as only one lived, the tree from which 

 is now one of the largest in this neighborhood. The 

 tree grows very rapidly, and is extremely hardy; but 

 in the nursery it does not grow quite as upright as 

 some sorts, though when the top is once formed there 

 is no variety with which I am acquainted ^ makes 

 so fine a head. The branches grow quite horizontal, 

 thus leaving the top quite open, on account of which 

 it requires but little prumng. Its bearing habits are 

 temarkable, producing fruit every season, while others 



do not. The fruit is of the very largest size. Its 

 color is dark purpUsh-red, which is in broad stripes, 

 between which bright red, and particulariy upon the 

 shaded side a little yellow, seems to predominate. Its 

 flesh is tender, juicy and delicious, combined with a 

 veiy sprightly and an agreeably perfumed flavor. It 

 is in eating at once from November till April, thono-h 

 it gradually begins to lose its flavor in March. "" 



This apple is so very popular wherever it is known, 

 that almost every barrel that can be bought is carried 

 out of this neighborhood, at prices from two to three 

 shillings per bushel more than can be got for Rhode 

 Island Greenings, Baldivins, Spitzenburghs, or any 

 other variety cultivated here. Jas. M. Mattison.— 

 Jacksonville, Tompkins county, JV. Y. 



WINDOW GARDENING. 



There are many who have not the convenience 

 of a green-house, who ai-e, nevertheless, fond of 

 flowers — who spend considerable sums yearly in pur- 

 chasing plants, and bestow a great deal of pains in 

 attending to them. It is not to be denied, too, that 

 after all their endeavors their plants frequently look 

 sickly, and finally die. The blame is often laid at the 

 door of the florist who supplied them, for not giving 

 healthy plants, when in almost every instance the fault 

 hes with the buyers. The plants, it is true, which 

 come into market have generally been under a high 

 state of cultivation. They have been regularly wa- 

 tered, potted in soil according to their dillerent 

 habits, and grown in pots according to then- size. 

 The heat, air and fight have all been arranged and 

 regulated as the utmost skill and experience could 

 suggest The transition from all this regularity to 



