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THE NEW YORK STATE FAIR. 



HOBTJCOLTUBA 



r York State Agricultural Society, as 

 r renders know, beld its Annual Fair at 

 i the «b, 5th, 6th and Tth insts. The 

 is all tbal could be desired, and the 



pounds were visited by immense numbers of 



people.yieldingalarge 



Albany. 



o the Society. 

 -(■ponding amount of pleasure 

 profit to the people. A pretty full report ol 

 other departments will be given in other pngi 



lEai 



nhfi 





... adapted to the purpose that we 

 have ever seen. In the centre of the building 

 a platform or staging was erected with four ranges 

 of shelves on all sides, tbe first about the height 

 and width of tbe ordinary table, tho next a foot or 

 so higher, and so on, as shown in the little draw- 

 ing which we have made from recollection, and 

 which we presume ib not correct in its proportions. 

 Tbe dots represent a railing, about three feet from 

 the lower shelf, to keep the crowd from disarrang- 

 ing or handling the fruit. 







•f boards and scantling, tbe effect will be much 

 better. The general effect of many a good horti- 

 ral show is destroyed by rough carpenter 

 work. Rustic work should be substituted as much 



Ground PUa <// Prupoift Floral JJali. 

 as possible. l>, passage way, and as the people 

 enter through one door aDd pass out at the other. 

 crowding and confusion are in a great measurt 

 prevented. The passage way, shown in tbe plan 

 ib only six feel between the railing. In mosi 

 rj.uj tins would be too narrow. 



By this arrangement a pretty good 

 by the people of the lower shelves, I 

 above they can see nothing but a mass of fruit— 

 not a label can ho read, or one variety distin- 

 guished from another. Indeed, on the uppei 

 shelves, twelve or fifteen feet distant, it is diflicull 

 with the light afforded, to tell apph 

 and the Committeo have to climb i 

 tbe fruit, to the great danger of tl 

 their own necks. This has been the system 

 adopted for several years past, and if the object of 

 the Superintendent is to give all possible annoy- 

 ance to tbe Committees, and to prevent the people 

 from gainiog any knowlege of the fruits exhibited, 

 be certainly deserve* great credit for his inge- 

 nuity—for a nice adaptation of means to ends. The 

 only thing that rendered this plan of exhibition 

 bearable was tbe fact that exhibitors generally 

 stood within the railing, and were quite accommo- 

 dating in giving information — ever ready to climb 

 the shelves and band plates of the different varie- 

 ties that spectators might wish to examine. But, 

 at the late show, the Superintendent excluded 

 exhibitors from the space within the railing, so 

 that there was no one of whom an inquiry could be 

 made. We saw one gentleman from Erie county 

 with a paper in his baud containing a list of pears 

 which ho hail been recommended to plant, and he 

 came to the Stale Fair almost for the solo purpose 



of cxi 



toft 



i, but tbe 



ien, and he 



tables were in charge of a few 

 could not obtain a particle of information, an 

 one could tell him whether the fruit was on t 

 bilion or not. Two other gentlemen of Herki 

 were anxious to see certain varieties of apples, and 

 applied to us to assist then 

 them no aid. The people present being thus effec- 

 tually debarred from gaining information, there 

 was only one chance left, and that was through 

 the reporters for the press, who were anxious 

 take notes, to spread before the readers of t! 

 journals. This, however, was prevented, by 

 Superintendent, who excluded them from wil 

 the railing, the only place where they could 

 obtain the desired informs 

 requested to leave, and our notes arc consequently 

 very meagre. The State Society should appoint 

 new Superintendent or learn the old one that the 

 object ol" the exhibition is to afford tbe people the 

 best possible facilities for gaining knowledge. 



While we ore on this subject we will give a very 

 simple and convenient plan for the arrangement 

 of a Floral Hall, for the exhibition of FrvUt, 



/Ycw.m, and Put Plants. 



a their Cunudinn 



FHUIT RECEIVED. 



We are again indebted to various friends for 

 collections of fruit, for examination, names 4c. 

 To E. Tuatki;. of Watkins, Schuyler County, 

 jis State, for a small box of White Grapes.— 

 T. rays they were "from a seedling of my 

 ivaiioD, planted four jesrs ago this fall, and 

 which produced some forty clusters last season, 

 : cold lust winter, the 

 produced but a very few scattering grapes 



Those I sendy 





fact of th 

 by man; 

 Martha v 



r being a 



n- third of all that 



There was no full develop- 

 ie case last year. From the 

 riety, as tho't 



, the i 



i of 



Now I wish 

 specimen sent will permit, to say from 

 solor, transparency, size, (though they fall 

 n that,) shape, and particularly the flavor, 

 what, or by what name they may be called if not 

 jw variety; and give your opinions through 

 Rcbal, or otherwise, whether they are en- 

 titled to the name given them or not. The grapes 

 > ripe and lit for eating about the 12th of Sept., 

 before. Clusters regular, and a trifle smaller 

 in tbe Isabella, but like them in size and shape, 



,nda Uttle i 



ularity i 





-lust 



I thill 

 t would produ< 



J hardy, and 



| and shape of snia 



'i amber. They plaii 



Tho quality is gooi 



bo a very promisin 



for the purpose. 



Tbe exhibition of fruit was large, and tbe speci 

 mens exceedingly perfect. Most of tbe applet 

 and pears were from the Western partof the Slate 

 Ellwanqeh A Barry, as usual, took the first pre 

 inium for the largest and best collection of pean 



id apples, and Smith A Hanchett, of Syracuse 

 the Beeond premium on both. These collections 

 veryfine. L. Menand, of Watorvliet, showe 

 good pears, as did also W. Feruis, of Throg' 

 Neck, and J. U. Mattison, of Jacksonville. Job 

 W. Bailet, of Plattsburg, K. S. H*ywaui>, ol Uu 

 city, S. Bpnris, of Oaks Corners, P. S. Forbes, of 

 Bath, and others, made excellent exhibitions of 

 apples. 



There was a good show of both foreign and 

 native grapes. David McLeon, of Albany, exhib- 

 ited most superb foreign varieties, and J. G. 

 White, of Albany, A. B. Mock, of Westford, and 

 II. Howard Meeritt, of Hart's Village, well 

 grown and well ripened specimens of native 

 grapes, mostly Isabella and Catawba. Seldom 

 have we seen such magnificent Isabellas, as were 

 here exhibited, and one plate, by Mr Merritt, we 

 think we never saw equaled. They were almost 

 as large as the Black Hamburghs on exlubibitiun, 



The show of flowers was not large, there being 

 but two or three collections of Dahlias, the best 

 being shown by John Wilson, of Albany, and 

 Suitu & Hanchett, of Syracuse. Suite & Han- 

 chett and L. Menand, made a fair show of roses. 

 There were a few PMozet, but nothing worthy of 

 especial notice. Verbena*, few and fair. Asters, 

 numerous and poor. Mrs. Van Nawek, and Mrs. 

 Newcoub, of Pittstown, mudetheir regular annual 

 show of (lowers, and took about all the premiums 

 offered in the amateurs' list. For years, — almost 

 as long us we can remember, — these ladies havi 

 made a good exhibition of flowers, and pocketed 

 the premiums, almost without competition 

 should hardly realize we bad been to n Stu 

 did we Dot meet their smiling faces; but v> 

 other Indies would enter this list, and not 

 them to carry off the premiums quite so eas 



about the 



Isabella. The vine is i 



follnge tbick." 



The clusters of grapi 

 the berries about tbe 

 Isabellas, green, tingec 



We should judge thif 

 variety, but another ( 

 opportunity for a more satisfactory opi 



—To S. Bocqhton, Pittsford. N. Y 

 ripened Catawba Grapes, and a black, seedling 

 grape of large size, but too strongly native in 

 character to become popular. 



To D. Ball, of Perry Center, N. Y., for appb 

 onder the name of St, Lawrence County, which 

 proved to be the Alexander. 



—To A. 8. Clack.ver, of Pittsford, for beautiful 

 specimens of the Pomegranate M>lon. 



— To H. C. Hbatc, gardener to L. A. Waro, for 

 fine specimens of the Mammoth Tomato. 



THE HORTICULTURIST - PEAK QUESTION. 



The Editor of tin 

 ded ground agai 



t dwarf pears; but n 



formation on the Bubject would be a decided ml 

 ntage. So, a few wcekssince he rlsil 

 r, and Bent to his Journat the following letter.— 

 This, we suppose, is only the first step in the right 

 direction. We might make several com 

 but prefer to give the main part of the 



Ron 



v York. 





•ending a I 



i oft 





\i :— The lovers of your pages 

 are past aud goDC, may n 

 v hasty lines from tbis, yo 



mples of horticultural pi 



gress. Consider me then shaking off the dust 

 Broadway on Board the New World, that Gn 

 Eastern of the rivers, and dining next day in 1 

 bany, knocked about first od one side and then 

 the other elbow by ladies waiting on table in ext 



ing their rights in these progressive quarters. 

 Tbence follow to tbe garden nurseries of the 

 wealthy city of Rochester, and into the grounds of 

 Ellwanger & Barry, the latter tbe able conductor 

 of your historical pages for so considerabl 

 tion of your lengthened history. 



A fanciful writer says; "Of some plants the 

 seeds, so far as we can perceive, are living animal 

 cules, with voluntary motioD, till they pitch thei 

 tent upon a spot tbat they think will suit them 

 they then germinate, and change from animals ti 

 algas." Now surely tbe pear seeds would seem t 

 luntary motion, and to have pitched upon 

 fact that ap 



Rochester for their borne, but fortl 

 pies and plums. have done the sam 

 pose tbat all the fruits could have 





I !■.-!. 



I of tl 



mhUd them- 

 ust belie 

 , nearly all 



IUoox.tffjtftu-.ij,, if. r.,ist 

 r. Nothing would be gaioe< 

 • tod kittling them ii 





n II,,. v 



B p)j . 



i lay all 



ape, 



usly,. 



little earth. The 

 o evil can result from a bard 

 now would not injure tbe vines, bul bo a suf- 

 cieut protection if coostaMly covered, but we 

 ften have very sever* weather without much 

 now. Gd. It is better to cover the quince stock 

 ith earth, if possible, tth. Tbia it the same 



apple we think, although we did not have an 



opportunity to examine tbe speci menu icnt us, 

 e placed them od exhibition at tbe Fruit 



Grower's Meeting, and they disappeared before 

 the Fruit Committee saw them. 



Several va 



ietiee of pears will succeed on tbe 



ilouutam As 



, and this stock is said to be well 



adapted to li 



jht. sandy soils. Our uur;ervmen 



mve only jus 



learned wbut varieties will succeed 



on the quine 



, and we cannot noy what varieties 



will grow be 



; on Mountain Ash. Work on tho 





tbe roots as convenient. Cherries 



may be growr. 



with profit near cities that afford a 



good market. 





Figures 1 and 2 may consist of either one tabic 

 wide enough for four plates, or two tables or 

 shelves*, figure 1 being raised some six inches 

 above ligure 2, and wide enough for two or three 

 pities; figure 9 made for three or four plates. 

 Tbe lower abelf in the centre of «d, (figure a,) is 

 designed for cut flowers. Shelf 4, raised six to 

 eight inches above 3, is for boquets and small 

 jiot plants. Shelf-', raised a foot or more above I 

 is designed for large and tine specimens of pot 

 plants, the largest in the centre, giving the crown- 

 ing grace to the whole. Figure 0, floral ornaments, 

 or large pot plants. Figure 7, entrance door, 

 figure 6, door for egress, a, dotted lines, the rail- 

 ing to keep spectators from crowding near the 

 ' l, handling and disarranging it. In the space 

 ie of tbis railing the exhibitors should stand, 

 •}' to answer all inquiries aud band the sped- 

 ! may wish to examine 

 ticrdly. If tho railing is made of rustic 

 les and branches from the woods, instead 



r of vegetables ws 

 Mexican pumpkin 



A few Hubbard* 



s large. Plenty of 

 vere exhibited, and 



years, unless we 

 pure squash of thi; 

 HOST E. GOODI 



seedling potatoes, has for : 

 pnuopiil attract! 

 present, (being, as 

 Judge Cuefcv 



PRICES OF FBUIT IN NEW YORK CITY. 



Tub Day Book gives the following report of 

 the Fruit Market: 



Apple*. — Receipts per steamboats are now very 

 light, and prices have o..«iri advanced. Shippers 

 have commenced for waiting by tbe canal, and 

 boat loads have already arrived, but prices 

 aue firm. We quote- 



ingenuity invoked to call theru together. Such 

 the case ; superior culture in a suitable soil aud a 

 proper climate has arrayed the trees iu a garb 

 such as I never saw before. Tbe pears assume 

 here to my vision the same unaccountable Increase 

 .llh, beauty, size, and productiveness, with 

 o large as not to be recognized or called by 

 as surprised Mr. Barry at the exhibition at 

 igton, Iowa, when he fairly admitted even 

 s at fault. Now in Rochester, the Duchess 

 ie Bartlett assume an aspect and n color— I 

 s well call it th* pear bloom, which is to me 

 a little farther south,— the greatest of sur- 

 ; and Ibis bloom, or a similar tinge, per- 

 The grape and 



II Pippin- 



:e, and we advance 

 our quotations. We have several consignments 



account. Virgalieus ripen up very badly this 

 year, becoming spotted and mildewed, so tbat 

 dealers arc afraid to buy them until they are fully 

 ripened. A few Bartlett's bare come in from 

 Maine, sold at 825tf 80'per bbl. Seckels are most- 

 ly poor, and sell at irregular prices. We quote; 





ariety will be I 

 lose large collection of 

 iany years formed tbe 

 Of Vtg.tabh Ball, was not 

 wrote, detained by sickness,) 

 exhibited 21 vaiietes of Mr. 

 The Prince Albtrttitw* in 

 ndancc, and very large, many specimens being 

 a ten to twelve inches in length. No Fluke x 

 e shown, jfaaieoflt were in two collections, 

 fine, but the Peach Blows were the favorite 

 ,, and altogether tbe moat abundant. The first 

 premium was given to tbis variety, and the second 

 g by Mr. Coco- 

 as labeled Early 

 generally sold here under 

 to bo compared to the true 



that name, 1 



Early June. 



Onions W 



large, and $ 



lack I'lamoud, 



plenty and fine ; the Cabbage was 

 jome Savoy excellent, bnt most of the 

 rts showed mixture. No one should 

 claims to be a green cabbage all 

 th purple, or blushing with red, at its 



doubtful 



Farm Root Crops were scarce. A few good 

 Buta Baaa* were shown bj A. V. ThOontos, of 

 Watervleil, and large \y/ llU Turnip, by A. M. 

 lyuniiiiiLL. We also noticed half a dozen J/W 

 gold*. but a two bushel basket would have held all 

 tho roots. A good exhibition of roots we seldom 



new — Have made their appearance, and i 

 ive been sold at ?la2 per hundred, accord 



Bize and quality, aud at $Za\ per bbl. 

 p«— We quote:— Catawba, llal.'i cents pu 

 tabelln, choice, 10al2c. per lb ; do. common 



TO SAVE TREES FBOM MICE. 



about the depredations of mice upon fruit tree 



lions, I thought I would give my remedy, to wi 



when Ihe snow was some twelve to eightai 

 inches deep, I found tbe mice had commenced 

 gn wring several young trees in my orchard, and 

 on one side of my small nursery, along tide of 

 fence; some fifty rows 1J(J rods from the fee 

 were mora than half destroyed. What to do I did 

 not know, but finally concluded to try ashes— by 

 so doing save them. I look dry ashes 

 ed around those trees in the orchard, and along 

 on tbe nursery 





very maiked r. 



Then 



COOKING MEAT, PIE-PLANT PIE, 4c 



-I am glad tt 



; i.1,.,1 H 



eof t 



tropics 



of Ellwanger & Barry, and others of Rochester. 

 A soil of the quality that tbe peur would select for 

 itself, and a climate to suit it also, have made the 

 product all that has been said of it. And yet, 

 without the greatest attention in other orchards of 

 the same vicinity, while the few pf ars tbot adorn 

 the trees are larger lhan further south, there is also 

 evidence that the utmost culture is required. The 

 accounts we have had are realized in several, but 

 not in all cases; the mode of 



promulgated. 



your excellent paper Ihint there i* something to 

 be learned in regard to tbe cooking of meats, as 

 well as mukmg cake. It is a fact tbat a large 

 majority of our housekeepers are sadly deficient 

 in this branch of the culinary department; but 

 in tbis day, when so much information cun be 

 obtained through the press, we cannot have much 

 excuse for not knowing the best method of cook- 

 ing a beefsteak or a sheep's head and pluck for our 

 husband's dinner — when he is kind enough to 

 I provide 



cess there is c 

 grass allowed 



with stub 

 fine fruit 



itlUi! Why. no orange-tree in .ne ovide Ha with tte material. In a late i. 



£5^^ n .£!^_£*^.lino««a a recipe lor cooking beefsteak, which 

 would have been very good had the salt been Uft 

 bile cooling, for it injures it materially to 

 ■bile broiling or frying. A very little may 

 be sprinkled over it when taken from the fire, or 

 e of butter will often bqosod it enough for 

 people. 



ord in regard to pie-plant pie. In preparing 



talks, I do not think it economy, or even 



necessary, to peel the skiu off, for I think no per- 



tell tbe difference, when cooked, between 



thai which bas been peeled and that which has 



After it is cut in small piece?, it can easily 



ished to remove the dust, and then, with 



plenty of sugar and good crust, makes a nice pie. 



And now, permit me to endorse the sentiments 



late correspondent utters about the canine race. 



be women arc tbe greatest sufferers from these 



lischievous brutes, for where one saves them a 



step iu driving a chicken from the door, tbey have 





ven a spear of 



the vicinity of either 

 n of the root, mulching 

 11, good trimming, and 



se track did I t 

 t my trees ever i 



They arc not the same, aud quite distinct, but 

 both European sorts. The THompk«d« Oandis 

 the most promising and popular of any foreign 

 variety, ond we have confidence that it will bo 

 profitable, both for the amateurand market grower. 



7 fie plums are a perfect sighl; the curculio is 

 shaken oil into sheets regularly every morning by 



but little time to do this, aud the result is magniri- 

 cent, Tbe Green Gage, Pood's Seedling, Bow- 

 man's Magnum Uonuoi, Peter's Yellow Gage, Da- 

 mascus Red, and thePiuin plums, here hanging 

 like ropes of onions, are examples of what care 

 and attention will do. 



Of the pear, the largest number budded is th( 

 Bartlett. Tbe best bearers, where all seemed tt 

 be loaded, were piobably the Duchess D'Angou- 

 leme, Bartlett, Flemish Beauty, Yicar, Bcurrc 

 Clairgenu, and Hardy, Belle Lucrative and Virga- 

 lieu; and we notid as very line, Beurre de Water- 

 loo, Goubalt, Calabasse monstreuse, Crnmoisie, in 

 beauty number one, though iu quality second; 

 I'ra'.t, Livingston, \'nnalieu, the Dowuing, named 

 by Leroyj Wharton, new; Buffam, St, Ghislio, 

 Coneelller Romwe/., very large; Beurrc Nontais, 

 Darou de Mello, lleurre Supertin, very good; Ty- 

 sou, ISeurrc D'Amaulis, large aud good ; Sheldon; 

 and the Church, known and esteemed for twenty 

 years as one of tbe best. 



'Jh, appUs here tire quite as successful i 

 pears; the trees are breaking down with the 

 weight, and the dwarfs are especially beautiful. 

 We noted as standards, Euilv .I-"-, Strawberry, ond 

 Jersey Sweeting, as highly ornamental ; U3 fruit- 

 ful, the Keswick Codling, Mother, Broadwell, Red 

 Astracban, Baldwin, Gravensteiu, Genesee Chief, 

 Uousselet de Stuttgard, and Rctue de Rcioette.— 

 The dwarf apple-trees were also borne dowi 

 fruit, and of extreme beauty, tho best for 

 mental purposes being, perhaps, the Doucain. but 

 all were handsome and nearly all fruitful. 



purl lolly or wholly 



roloetlonV 4tb. Trie apple 

 , of Alabama, I*, I tbould 

 aame as, the Clum Apple, 

 e atljulnlng town of Shelby. 





I hart 



are shut against their 



like for a nice dog, but lor my life I cannot see 



the benefit of keeping one, unless it be to keep up 



price of inuttoo, or rob tbe chickens and pigs 



of what justly belongs to 



ih Shonango, Penn., 1 





rollo 



seed.— A Reader, Aubu, 



lb nutmeg or 



, X J", 1S50. 





I>yriruEs. Plain- Cookies.— Having seen in a 

 lute number of the Rural New-Yorker, some 

 recipes fur dyeing, I would like to learn through 

 its columns, how to color woollen goods drab, or 

 sloDe color, that will not jade. Also, whether aoy 

 of your readers can give directions for preparing 

 citron to use in cake and pies; aud whether our 

 corn mun citron, melon is suitable for that purpose. 



I send a recipe for Plain Cookies, which is very 

 good, thinking some of your housekeeping readers 

 might like to try it. Four eggs; 2 cups sugar; 

 ! : eup of butter; 1 teaspoouful of ealerntus in 

 milk enough to dissolv 



Figorator < 



as some of the Rural- 



u remedy for weak eyes V— also, to re- 

 in from tbe eye I What is the best hair 

 wbat will Keep the 

 hairfrom falling off? What is the best kind of 

 varnish to use on oil paintings, and how should 

 it be put on to preserve the picture from cracking V 

 As good artists are bard to he found in tho coun- 

 try, we poor "farmers' girls" have to get some 

 knowledge tbe best way we MM, QT I 

 With half-way affairs. We find by experience, 

 that much of tbe boarding-school wisdom is all a 

 " >lmm," even in tbe boasted " ornamentul de 

 puimeni."—Qt.,fraUtbvrgh t Jf, ] ' 



Tl.M 



3 Win: 



-As i 





tbe Rue 



I send the fullowing recipe, which I have alivays 



found good. To one quart of juice 



of water, and 3 pounds of sugar, (not brown,) let 



it ferment four days then hung Dp, and let stand 



two weeks before osinc;. Make !"■■••' 



toes.— Maux F. W. P., ii 



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