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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



it as ' the greatest acquisition ever made to our 

 hardy domestic grapes,' — ' the flesh is tender, juicy 

 and melting, and entirely free from pulp.' A vine, 

 received directly from Mr. Watson, has borne fruit 

 the past season, which has been exhibited before 

 the Society. Other gentlemen have also fruited it, 

 and state their fruit to be identical with that ex- 

 hibited. There seems to be no good reason to 

 doubt that the fruit is genuine. If so, it is rightly 

 named. The woods of Massachusetts abound with 

 grapes of similar quality. ' Domestic' is an unfor- 

 tunate adjective to apply to this variety, for, in the 

 opinion of your Committee, it is far from being do- 

 mesticated. It has ALL the strongly-marked char- 

 acteristics of the Wild Fox or Bullet grape, and 

 is utterly unfit for cultivation. The quality of the 

 fruit seems to be wholly irreconcilable with the 

 description of the introducer. 



Your Committee deem the case a marked illus- 

 tration of the value of Horticultural Societies. The 

 public sliould understand tliat a new fruit which 

 slirinks from an exhibition, and has no certificate 

 of cho,racter, should be received with caution. It 

 should be a rule among nurserymen, that no fruit 

 shall be received into the trade, and disseminated', 

 until it has been exhibited before some responsible 

 Society, or indorsed by responsible horticulturists." 



"Peaks. — Some new or little known varieties 

 of pears, have been exhibited, principally at the 

 Annual Exhibition. As these had in many cases 

 been picked green, and when It was otherwise, as 

 but a slight opportunity was aflforded of testing 

 their quality, no opinion of their value should or 

 can be expressed. A mere enumeration of their 

 names, with a very general description of their 

 form, color, etc., is all that will be attempted; 

 further trials must be made before coming to any 

 decision as to the rank they should ultimately 

 occupy. Among such were the following. 



Willerinoz. Large, handsome; smooth, green 

 skin, with blotches or stripes of red in the sun; of 

 a pyriform shape, rather drawn in at the stem and 

 calyx. 



Gideon Paridant. Small, smooth; yellow skin, 

 nearly covered with russet; pyriform, with no 

 depression or basin either at the stem or calyx, — a 

 juicy, sweet, rich fruit. 



Henri Van Mons. Medium size, smooth, green 

 skin, with bright red in the sun; no depression at 

 stem ; calyx large, in a very small and shoal basin. 



Avguste Van Kraus. Yellow skin, with blotches 

 of russet; of a flattened, obovate form. 



Colmar Artoisonet. Large; green, with red in 

 the sun ; of a flattened, obovate form. 



La Inconstante. Rather small, pyriform shape. 



Alphonse Ears. Small; green skin, with some 

 russet, — pyriform. 



Joiephine Imperatrice. Small; green, with a 

 little red in the sun; flattened obovate form, and 

 long stem. 



Kossuth. Large; green, with some red in the 

 sun; pyriform, calyx open in a shoal basin. 



Beurre Chatenay. Rounded obovate; medium; 

 rather rough, green skin, with some red in the sun; 

 short, thick stern. 



La Juke. Medium size; obovate; green skin; 

 very slight depression at stem and calyx. 



Alexandre Lamlre. Rounded obovate; green; 

 calyx large, open in a shoal basin. 



FuMe Gregoire, (not FuMe Nouvelle.) Small; 

 rounded ; green, with some russet, red in sun ; calyx 

 prominent; stem little on one side. 



8t. Vincent de Paul. Of medium size, pyramidal 

 form, yellow skin, red in the sun. 



General Bosquet. Large; obovate, or elongated 

 obovate; smooth, yellow skin, nearly covered with 

 russet, and some red in the sun, — exceedingly 

 attractive in appearance. 



Teansplanting White Cedars feom the Swamp. 

 This may be done in winter. Select those most 

 exposed, so that the change to the windy upland 

 may not be so great. Cut off" the roots and sod in 

 a circle from one .to two feet from the trunk, 

 according to the size of the tree. The best time is 

 when the ground in the swamp is but little frozen. 

 The freezing of the earth about the roots after 

 removal does no harm, and tlie trees may be left on 

 the surface where they are intended to be planted 

 the next spring. 



How TO Make Extra Branches Grow on Peae 

 Trees. — A writer in the Virginia Farm Journal 

 states that he has succeeded in starting branches 

 on his pear trees wherever he wishes a limb to 

 grow. He says: "A careful examination will show 

 plenty of dormant eyes, or knurls, on the stoclc 

 To produce a shoot, a slit or gash is made over the 

 eye, and into the wood, Avith a knife or tine saw, 

 which, by checking the flow of sap, starts these 

 dormant eyes into life, and in three cases out of 

 four a branch shoots forth," 



COLOR OF HOUSES-WINTER ASPECT. 



Eds. Genesee Farmer: — In landscajie gardening, 

 the color of tiie house is an important feature. 

 White, the most cumnion, presents too strong a 

 contrast with the lawn and trees in the sunnner; 

 and in the winter, when the ground is covered 

 with snow, not enough. It gives the house a cold 

 and dreary aspect at this season, when it should be 

 wai-m and enlivening. The majority of people 

 adorn their grounds and paint tlieir houses with 

 the single view to their agreeableness in tlie summer, 

 and seem to be insensible to the fact that a land- 

 scape can be made as beautiful in winter as in the 

 season of verdure. To do this, plant evergreens 

 instead of deciduous trees, and give your house 

 and buildings some neutral tint — for instance, a 

 hght stone color, umber, straw, or a light salmon; 

 the latter of which contrasts very agreeably with 

 the snow and evergreens. 



Deciduous trees should not be neglected; but it 

 is rarely that we see a mansion accompanied with 

 too many of those of perpetual foliage. For shelter, 

 the latter should be planted on the north of the 

 dwelling — perhaps in a belt — and set singly, or 

 grouped, in other places, as taste may direct. In 

 this manner, tbe aspect will be agreeable at all 

 seasons. d. w. l. 



Weii Medford, Mass. 



