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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



ty-seven and a half cents to fifty cents per bushel. 

 One gentleman who has a farm in Greece has gather- 

 ed seventy bushels of apples from three trees ; being 

 early fruit, he received nearly forty dollars as the 

 avails of the products of those three trees. There 

 is no fear of glutting the market. The use increases 

 with the supply, and live-fold more fruit might be 

 consumed by our families on the score of health and 

 economy than is at present — we are speaking of good 

 fruit only; lor it will not pay to bring a poor article 

 to market. It takes as nuich time, labor and ex- 

 pense to bring a tree growing poor fruit into bear- 

 ing as it does its opposite ; but there is a great dif- 

 ference in the ultimate prodt — see to it then that you 

 cultivate only the best. 



PEACH ORCHARDS— RIPENING OF THE 

 FRUIT. 



The followino", taken from the Louisville Journal, 

 will W' '^Kj.iiiA useful to our Western and Southern 

 subscribers who intend to plant peach orchards. It 

 will be seen that the varieties named give a period of 

 nearly three mouths, during which they may enjoy that 

 delicious fruit : 



"A select list of peaches for the latitude of Louis- 

 ville, Ky., carefully compiled from notes on the week- 

 ly exhibitions of the Kentucky Horticultural Society 

 during the years IS.iO, 1851, and 18.53, showing the 

 leading standard fruits ripe in each week of the sea- 

 son, beginning with the \Vhite Nutmeg peach; show- 

 ing also the principal fruits cultivated near Louisville 

 not in the catalogues, and their time of ripening. — 

 [The best varieties in each week are in Roman let- 

 ters ; inferior ones ripening with them in italicsJ\ 



Date as in j'ear 1850. 



"July 13 — 1st week — White Nutmeg. 



"July 20 — 2d week — Yellow Nutmeg, as yet no 

 good fruits. 



"July 27 — 3d week — Early York, Early Anne. 



" Aug. 3 — 4th week— Early Crawford, Early Tillot- 

 eon, President, Walters Early, Grosse Mignonne. 



"Aug. 10 — 5th week — Pope's Cling, Vanzant's 

 Su]5erb, Yellow Alberge, Coles Red, Haines' Early 

 Red, Washington Red, Davis' Early. 



" Aug. 17 — Gth week — Hill's, Rodman's Cling, 

 Malta, Hill's Jersey, Royal George, (or Teton de 

 Venus of some), Davis' Cling, Jacques' Rare Ripe, 

 Late JYewington, Spanish Cling, Williamsons Cling. 



" Aug. 24— 7th week — Leopold, Catharine, Craw- 

 ford's Late Orange, Free Red, Pine Apple (or Grosse 

 Mignonne of some). Lemon Cling, Grosse Admira- 

 ble Jaune, Large Melacoton, Green Catharine, Le- 

 mon Free, Old Mixon Cling, Breckinridge Cling, 

 and many others (glut of peach season). 



" Aug. 3 1 — 8lh week — Red Rare Ripe (not large, 

 but one of the best fruits for cream or the dessert). 

 Red Cheek Melacoton, Pavie Pomponne, Youngs 

 Seedling, Hikes' Seedling. 



" Sept. 3 — 9th week — At this period there is a de- 

 fect in the present list of succession and peaches are 

 scarce for some two weeks. 



'• Sept. 10— 10th week — Grand Admirable, Colum- 

 bia, White Head's, Red Heath, and Smock's Late 

 Free." 



"Sept, 17 — 11th week — The weather is now cool- 



er and the same varieties last several weelis, ripening 

 slowly. 



"Spt. 24 — 12th week — Columbia, Lagrange, Large 

 Heath, Freestone Heath. 



"Oct. 1 — 13th week — Ford's Late Yellow, White's 

 Favorite. These are the latest well-tiavored peach- 

 es of the season. 



" N. B. The author of this list is aware that 

 Trothe's, Early Druid Hill, ' Stump of the World,' 

 and a few other new varieties, have not been fruited 

 here, and are not therefore classified ; with this ex- 

 ception, the list is believed to be reliable." 



PEARS ON QUINCE STOCKS. 



The following varieties of pears were unanimous- 

 ly recommended by the American Pomological So- 

 ciety recently held at JJoston, as succeeding well 

 upon quince in the different parts of the country. 

 This was deemed necessary from the fact that many 

 persons who are wholly ignorant upon the subject of 

 dwarf trees, have contributed articles which have 

 been published throughout the countrv, and are like- 

 ly to produce the most mischievous results. All of 

 these varieties do finely on quince, and may be relied • 

 upon to plant in the different localities throughout 

 the United States. Other varieties will be added as 

 soon as they have been sufficiently tested in the dif- 

 ferent localities. 



Rostiezer, Beurre d'Anjou, Beurre Diel, Duchess 

 d'Angouleme, White Doyenne, Louise Bonne de Jer- 

 sey, Figue d' Alencon, Urbaniste, Easter 



Reurre, Glout Morceau, Pound, Castillac, Yi- 



car of Winkfield, Napoleon Beurre d'Anialia, Beurre 

 d'Aremberg. Soldat Laboreur, Beurre Laugeleir, Long 

 Green of Cox, Noveau Poiteau and St. Michael Ar- 

 change. 



THE LILIUM THOMPSONIANUM. 



[Dr. Thompson's Lily.] 



We find a colored drawing and a description of 

 this Lily in the Flore des Serres. It was discovered 

 more than thirty years ago, by the celebrated Dr. 

 Wallich, or by collectors in his service, in the moun- 

 tains of Gossaiu-Than, and Kamaon, and re-discovered 

 a long time afterwards by Dr. Royle, at Mussoree. 

 It bloomed for the first time in Europe in the green- 

 houses of Messrs. LonnioES, in London, in 1844, and 

 the specimen from which this drawing was made, in 

 the Kew Gardens, in April, 1853. It was produced 

 from seeds collected at Almora, 8000 feet above tlie 

 sea level, by Messrs. Thompson & Setrachey. Dr. 

 RoYLE placed it among the Fritillaria, but Planciion 

 asserts that it is neither more nor less than a Lily. It 

 appears to have been found under two forms, one of 

 which has rose-colored and the other violet-colored 

 flowers; but Dr. Wallich's notes on the two fornjs 

 in a living state leave no doubt as to their specifle 

 identity. The culture is described as in a cold franje, 

 or in pots in a cold green-house or orangery during 

 winter. There is a strong probability of its resisting 

 the climate of a great part of this country in the 

 open air. Its distinct color and graceful habit ,claiia 

 attention. — Horticulturist. 



