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THE NEW GENESEE FARMER, 



Vol. 2. 



confined to opples, niid always to the Inte fall nnd 

 winter apples; Buminer nnd early harvest varieties 

 almost invariably being rrgiilar bearers, for this rea- 

 son: they mature their fruit and get rid of their bur- 

 den in time to recruit strength, make shoots and form 

 buds for the next year's crop; whereas the overbur- 

 dened winter apple tree holds on to its fruit as long na 

 its foliage, and consequently requires the next year to 

 rest, to recruit its exhausted strength, nnd form buds, 

 &c. , to produce fruit. In my opinion, this is a part 

 of the subject worthy of paying more attention to than 

 is generally paid; and if people who have young or- 

 chards, or only a few trees around their door yards, 

 were to take the trouble to thin out the young apples 

 10 one or two to a bunch, on obferving their young 

 trees assuming these habits, the result would be, the 

 fruit left on would be so much larger and liner, that 

 the quantity would be increased in bulk, though not 

 in number, to as much as if vhey were all left on, and 

 the buds, divested of the young fruit, would have time 

 to form Iruii buds for the next year; and by pursuing 

 this system for a lew years, when irccs first come in- 

 to bearing, much may be done to alter the system of 

 bearing in alternate years. 



In reference to proposition No. 3, in my opinion, if 

 a stock is diseased, it will communicate it to the scion, 

 nnd consequently affect the future tree; for instance, I 

 :hink succors, or layers, or even seedlings, raised Irom 

 &uit of diseased trees, will communicate the disease 

 of the parent stock to any scion that may be worked 

 on to it This I have observed always to be the gene- 

 ral rule, though occnsionally an exception. 



Respecting proposition No. 4, lam not ready to en- 

 ter into at present. And finally, respecting your cur- 

 rant bushes. We frequently see currant bushes and 

 other trees, partly in a state of decay, whilst the other 

 part flourished luxuriantly; and in the case of the pa- 

 rent stock of your bushes, though apparently in good 

 health when slips or cuttings were taken off, may, if 

 left on, show the disease in some of those identical 

 ehoots taken off the following year; but being taken 

 off, it appears in the individual plants, and conse- 

 quently the superiority of some of your currant bush- 

 es over the others. 



ONE OF YOUa SUBSCRIBERS. 

 Oiavs' Co., 184J. 



Fur the lYeic Genesee Farmer. 

 PE.\R8. 



Who is not fond of good pears 1 To my taste there 

 is no fruit, not even that of tropical climes, equal to a 

 luscious, melting pear. Few of our farmers know 

 any thing about good pears. Most of this fruit culti- 

 vated by ihcm, is of very inferior quality, and yet con- 

 sidered good by those who know of no better. But 

 very little is cultivated. Many are discouraged from 

 undertaking to raise pears, from the idea that it takes 

 a man his life time almost, to obtain fruit by setting out 

 young trees. This idea is very erroneous in reference 

 to griifud trees. Though it takes a pcnr tree from 

 twelve to fifteen years to bear from the seed, yet the 

 graft, taken from a bearing tree, will bear as soon as 

 Bny other kind of fruit — in two or three years. 



In the spring of 1837 the writer received scions of 

 several choice varieties of pears from Messrs. Kenrick, 

 D. Thomas, .J. A. Lazelle, nnd others, which wore 

 then engrafted, mostly on small trees set out that 

 spring. In 1839 several of them bore n few, nnd last 

 year some of them bore plentifully. Among these 

 were the Julienne or Bloodgood, Madeline, Bartleit, 

 Henry Fourth, PaBse Colinar, licurre UicI, Lemon 

 Pear of Scotland, ISezi de La Motte, C'n|iiamont, (so 

 called, but not the true Capisinonl,) Hcnthcot, Win- 

 ter Nelis, and Prince's Virgnlieu. Most of these 

 prjT* to be ejtctUgiil, The Julienne, ripening the 



latter part of July, is good, but hardly equal to the 

 Madeline, which is larger and ripens about the same 

 time. The Darlletl, which Kenrick thinks is the 

 same as the Williams' Bon chretien, is a moat capital 

 pear, ripe in Sept., large, buttery, and of a high mus- 

 ky flavor, sound at the core. Henry Fourth, one of 

 the new Belgian pears raised by Dr. \'an Mons is tru- 

 ly excellent; ripening in October, of moderate size, 

 luittery, resembling very much in flavor the Seckel, 

 though not so sweet, and like this, growing in clus- 

 ters. It muat be eaten as soon ae it becomes mellow. 

 It is, in eating, a liido before the Virgalieu. Passe 

 Colmar is described as one of the very best pears 

 originated by Van Mons. It sustains its character, 

 though to some tastes it would be considered too sweet. 

 It resembles, in flavor, a rich citron or pine apple mel- 

 on. It IS a winter pear, of medium size, growing in 

 cluftcrs, and a great bearer. Beiirre Diet is another 

 of the New Belgian pears, and a noble one it is; large 

 buttery, nnd fine flavored. Though described as a 

 winter penr, it cnn hardly be called such, ae it was in 

 eating in November. Lemon year of Scotland is a 

 good sized, handsome fruit, ripening in October and 

 November; yellow at maturity; buttery, with an a- 

 greenble acid; not high flavored, but a good pear. 

 Bczi de La Nolte is an old but good variety; ripe in 

 November, it is of good size; buttery, and of a pecu- 

 liar flavor. It is worthy of cultivation. Capiamont. 

 The pear I received by this name, is a late fall pear, 

 of moderate size, of a russet color, tapering to the 

 stock, moderately acid, of pretty good flavor; but it 

 answers not all the description of the true kind, which 

 ripens in September, and is said to be a "large and a 

 most delicious and beautiful fruit." A scion of the 

 true kind was recently obtained from Mr. J. A. Lazelle 

 of Columbus, Ohio, who says of it, " I have had the 

 true Capiamont fruit this Beason— first rate. The 

 Capiamont that was in the country previous to the 

 receipt of bcions direct from Dr. Van Mons, by Mes- 

 srs. Kenrick and Manning, is said to have been errone- 

 ous." Hcnthcot. The scions of this were obtained 

 from Mr. Kenrick, who describes it as "a native 

 pear, a capital variety, which deserves to be ranked 

 with the Seckel and Bartleti." There must have 

 been some error about it, as Mr. Kenrick says it ripens 

 " in September;" whereas, the fruit from the scions 

 he sent, did not ripen till January. It could not have 

 been the true kind — probably a mistake. It was how- 

 ever, a good winter fruit, of moderate size, green, 

 juicy, and of a pleasant flavor. Winter Nelis is a 

 small ruBscl-colorcd fruit, buttery, but of very little 

 flavor; hardly worth cultivating when there are so 

 many others that are better. Prince's Virgalieu is 

 another I would reject from my list of good pears. 

 It is a winter pear, of /«(> size and appearance; green, 

 coarse, and of little flavor. It may be good for ba- 

 king, but is hardly eatable as a table fruit. I have 

 cut the grafts off to give place to kinds more wortlnj. 

 Of the above kinds, the Madeline, the Barllett, the 

 Henry Fourth, the Beurre Diel, and Passe Colmar, 

 particularly, I would strongly recommend for cultiva- 

 tion to the lovers of this fruit, in addition to other 

 kinds of known and proved excellence, as the Virga- 

 lieu, Seckel, &c. I would mention as highly worthy 

 of cultivation also, the Flemish Beauty, Foster, Dix 

 and Dearborn Seedling. Ol the first two, Mr. J. A. 

 Lazelle says, " The Flemish Beauty, I had fruit this 

 season. It is large and delicious; ripened in Septem- 

 ber. It needs to be taken ofl' n little bclore it is ripe, 

 and ripened in the house. The Foster is a delicious 

 fruit, to my taste superior to the far famed Seckel." 

 The Foster, Dix, and Dearborn's Seedling, are Amer- 

 ican fruits, of great excellence. Others might be ad- 

 ded to this list, but my paper adinonishea nic I must 

 clo^e this coimnuitication. B* 



UrhavM, Icb, IHl. 



Sowing Locust Seed. 



A corrcspdhdent in Vaies Co. complains that he 

 has found great difficulty ii^ causing locust feed to veg- 

 etate, nnd inquires whot preporation is neceesary to 

 ensure scccess. 



The difficulty is a very common one, but the reme- 

 dy is well known to most readers o( agriculiurel pa- 

 pers. If the seed is perfect, all that it necessary is to 

 scald and soak it tliOrovgUly before sowing. By thia 

 we do not mean soaking in hot irater merely ; but pour 

 on two or three quarts of boiling icafer, and let it soak 

 twenty-four hours, when the whole or a part of tha 

 seeds will be swollen to three or,four times their for- 

 mer size. If only a part are swollen, they should be 

 separated, nnd the remninder scnided again. When 

 thus prepared and swollen, they will Tegetate almost 

 as frtely tis corn; but without this process, disappoint- 

 ment will almost invariable be the result. 



ICr It is still a good time to gather locust seed from 

 the trees; and if any of our young renders will collect 

 a quantity and take it to the Rochester Seed Store, 

 they will obtain a grod price for it. 



liaising Fruit Trees from Cuttings. 



Wc have received eeveral Communications making 

 inquiries respecting the nianer of raising fruit tree* 

 from cuttings; and we nnswer them all in one short 

 sentence. tUf" TVe do not beliere it can be done sue* 

 cessfully. This popular error was pretty fully explo- 

 ded in our vol. 1, p. 210, and therefore we deem it un- 

 necessary to occupy more space with it at present. 



New subscribers are reminded that they can obtain 

 vol. 1. at the subscription price. 



" A Subscriber" is also referred to vol. ]. for infor- 

 mation respecting the worm in fruit trees. 



Raising Che.stnut Trees for Timber. 



Messks. Editors — I have 5 acres of new land- 

 soil clayey, but good, surface rolling, beach timber 

 predominating, which I intend to clear and plant with 

 chestnuts. I propose to prepare the ground for corn, 

 and plant chestnuts in each alternate hill of every se- 

 cond row, with the corn. I would repeat the planting. 

 of corn for two or three years, and dress the youngi 

 trees with the corn till they had attained sufficient size; 

 then sow the land with grasa-sced, and let the treet" 

 grow for fence timber. 



Now, if you or your correspondents, will commu- 

 nicate through the medium of "our own paper" some 

 better plan, or throw some light on this subject, 1 

 will esteem it a favor, nnd will promise to inform yoiO' 

 of the results of my experiment. 



W. DARGITT. 



Iberia, Ohio, fei., 1841. 



Remarks — The plan proposed would probably sue 

 ceed very well, if the soil is suitable for the chestnut 

 but of this we hove some doubts. This tree delight 

 in deep sandy or gravelly soil, and is seldom fount 

 on clayey soil, or where beech timber predominates 

 It is worse than useless to attempt to raise loiest treei 

 on soil that is uncongenial to their giowth; and, ifwt 

 arc not mistaken, Mr. D. had better abandon bis pro 

 ject, or select some other kind of tree. The subjec 

 is an important one however, and we will cndeavort 

 give more particular information respecting it nei 

 month, — Eds. 



Ornamental Plants. 



It is our intention in this article to depart from on 

 usual course, nnd speak only of jilnnts ichich ice huP 

 not seen, on the nulhority of others. 



In Buist's Flower Garden Directory, printed il 

 1839, Clematis cttrvlca is noticed as an "entire! 

 new climber," introduced from Japan to Europe b 

 Dr. Van Siebold. It ie nrrangtd among htrdy plonli 



