A SUMMER DRIVE IN THE, LAKE COUNTRY. 911 
IL. 
Early Monday morning we were again on the jour- 
ney. The day was all that could be desired, pleasant, 
with a cool breeze fragrant with blowing over wheat 
and grass fields. Lady Bess was in high spirits, and 
measured off the miles without show of weariness. 
There are few pleasanter roads than the one from Oak- 
field to Honeoye Falls. It is almost straight, six rods 
wide, and well kept. It isa part of the old Albany and 
Buffalo turnpike, and before the railroads traversed this 
region it must have been a very prominent thoroughfare 
for all kinds of travel. The country through which it 
passes is one of the finest in the State—Genesee, Living- 
ston and Monroe counties. All kinds of crops are look- 
ing well, especially wheat, which will soon be ready for 
the harvest. In Monroe County farmers are anticipating 
a yield of twenty-five to forty bushels per acre. Large 
areas of potatoes are growing and look promising. This 
is the great potato region of the State, both in quantity 
and quality. The meadows are yielding an abundant 
crop of hay, much of it already secured. Early fruits 
are plentiful, especially cherries, which are now being 
marketed. In Mendon, this county, a provident farmer 
a few years ago planted a row of cherry trees outside 
the road fence in front of his premises, and this year 
these wayside trees have produced for market seventy- 
five bushels, and yielded abundantly to travelers, who 
have often refreshed themselves with the luscious fruit. 
