THE GENESEE FARMER. 



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tVhat are the best six varieties of cherry for family use, and also 

 for market purposes 1 



Mr. Downing was called upon for his opinion, 

 when he remarked that Coe's Transparent was an 

 excellent Cherry for family use. Belle de Choisy 

 was better, but a poor bearer. May Duke was one 

 of tlie best for market, lie would also recommend 

 Great Bigarreau and Kirtland's Mary, and would 

 gpeak well of Gov. "Wood, but it is so liable to rot. 

 Early Richmond is a very useful cheriy. Early 

 prolific is a good early Cherry, and a great bearer. 

 Ripens with Belle d' Orleans. 



Prof. CoppocK recommended for market Black 

 Tartarian, Yellow Spanish, Elton, May Duke, Coe's 

 Transparent, and Black Eagle. 



C. P. BissELL, of Rochester, thought well of the 

 Early purple Guigue, Coe's Transparent, and Belle 

 de Choisy. 



Mr. ilooDY had only one Early Purple Guigue 

 tree. Had kept an account of the fruit sold from 

 it the last three years, and it amounted to $11. 

 TJie birds eat all of the Bauman's May, but do not 

 trouble Early purple much. Black Tartarian does 

 lirst rate, but Coe's Transparent is of much better 

 quality. Belle de Choisy is the best of the Cher- 

 •ies. His children never picked anything else 

 when it was ripe. Knight's Early Black is a good 

 sort. 



C. L. HoAG wished to call attention to an old 

 and neglected variety, the American Black Heart. 

 It was always fair and perfect — never wormy, and 

 was selected by visitors, and purchased, in prefer- 

 ence to any other Black Cherry he cultivated. It 

 bears remarkably well every season. Had a tree 

 40 years old now giving large crops. An inferior 

 sort liad been sold under this name. 



Mr. Fkost, of Rochester, remarked that Coe's 

 Transparent, at the Genesee Valley Horticultural 

 Society, took the first premium for the best quart. 

 Mr. F. thought that Belle de Choisy was one of 

 our best desert cherries, and when the tree obtains 

 age it bears well ; but as for cultivation, Mr. Fkost 

 spoke very strongly in favoi' of trees on the Maha- 

 leb stock. Dwarfed in this way they are far 

 hardier than as standards, and are particularly 

 desirable in the vicissitudes of our climate at the 

 west. The tree is more bushy and in form much 

 preferable, while tlie fruit can be much easier 

 gathered, and is actually much larger and finer 

 than on standards. Besides this the trees bear fruit 

 earlier, and for small gardens the Duke and 

 Morello varieties are particularly desirable on Ma- 

 haleb stock. 



Mr. TowNSEND would mention one variety not 

 generally known, but much esteemed in the neigh- 

 borhood of Lockport — the Townsend Cherry, a 

 seedling raised by tlie speaker. It is very early — 

 had picked it the 7th of June. Always produces 

 a crop. Liked the Black Tartarian, Elton, May 

 Duke, Brockport Bigarreau, Downer's Late. Pur- 

 ple Guigue was always destroyed by birds, and 

 Belle de Choisy never ])roduces a crop. 



Mr. Glen recommended Belle de Orleans, Gov. 

 "Wood, Coe's Transparent, May Duke, Early Rich- 

 mond, Downer's Late. To this six he would add 

 one or two others, to fill up the season. 



Mr. Downing thought well of Tail's August 

 Duke, one of the most promising of the new 



Cherries. Something like May Duke, but sevenil 

 weeks earlier. A seedling of Mr. Vail, of Troy. 

 * Mr. Beadle lived in a cold country, (Canada,) 

 where the Heart and Bigareau Cherries did not suc- 

 ceed, but where the Dukes and Morellos fiourislied 

 very well. Could grow May Duke. E. Richmond' 

 and Reine Hortense, and a few others. '^Vould 

 like a list of Dukes and Morellos that it is best 

 to plant. 



Mr. Downing recommended, in addition to those 

 mentioned by Mr. B., Late Duke, Royal Duke, 

 Plumstone Morello, and Vail's August Duke. 



Mr. HoAG recommended as tlie best six, Early 

 Purple, Gov. Wood, Townsend's Seedling, Black 

 Tartarian, Rockport Bigarreau, Old American 

 Black Heart. 



Mr. Townsend said cherries should be grown ou 

 land of only moderate fertility, and it is not best to 

 cultivate too highly. Trees grown on Mahaleb 

 stocks ai'e hardier than on Mazzard, aiid much less 

 likely to be injured in winter. They commence 

 bearing at three years old. The size and quality 

 of the fruit was much better on Mahaleb stock. 



Mr. Downing thought the Mahaleb one of the 

 best stocks tliat could be used. 



RASPBERRIES. 



What are the best Tarietiea for market, and which the best for 

 family use, — hardiness and productiveness considered 1 



Cha.s. Downing recommended Brinckle's Orange 

 for family use ; for market, the Hudson River 

 Antwerp. 



Mr. Townsend considered Brinckle's Orange too 

 tender. 



Mr. Downing considered it quite hardy, but all 

 Raspberris should be laid down in tlie winter. 

 This is the practice with all growers for market 

 around New York. 



Mr. ViCK said he had received letters from the 

 West stating that the Orange was the hardiest of 

 all the cultivated Raspberries. 



Mr. Fish said all the varieties he cultivated killed 

 back, except the Black Raspberry, which was the 

 only one he considered worthy of cultivation. 



Mr. Glen wished to add the Fastolf to those 

 recommended by Mr. Downing. 



Mr. Downing said it was good, but would not 

 bear carriage, being too soft and tender. 



Mr. HoAG had a good number of varieties, and 

 they were all killed back, the Orange with the rest, 

 but if it receives the slightest protection from the 

 winds, even by the trees, it is safe. 



The Black Cap w\a3 spoken well of by several 

 members and recommended. 



Mr. Fp.ost had grown several of the Ever-bearing 

 varieties, but had not given them much attention ; 

 perhaps, not as much as they deserved. The Cataw- 

 issa, he thought, the best. It gave a good crop in the 

 summer, and a crop again in the fall, continuing 

 until October. 



Mr. Downing inquired if the berries were perfect; 

 with him they were very imperfect. 



Mr. Frost said some imperfect berries were pro- 

 duced, but it gives a good crop of perfect fruit. To 

 get a good crop, the ol^l canes must be cut out, and 

 the fruit obtained from the present year's shoots. 



n. T. Brooks knew nothing of the erer-bearing 

 sorts, but he had a never-heurm^ variety. 



Mr. Glenn thought well of the Doolittle Black 

 Raspberry. Cultivated between two and tbree 



