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THE CULTIVATOR, 
No& 
RENSSELAER CO. AG. SOCIETY. 
We had the pleasure of attending the exhibition of 
this society, which took place at Troy on the 23d and 
24th days of September. Considered in all respects, we 
have seldom seen the exhibition equalled by any county 
society. The animals were numerous, and in many in¬ 
stances of marked excellence. The mechanical de¬ 
partment—including farm implements, carriages of al¬ 
most every description, stoves of all patterns and for 
all purposes, cabinet ware, manufactures of leather, &c., 
was highly attractive and creditable, both for extent 
and quality. The household products, and ladies’ de¬ 
partment, presented a very rich and varied display, 
which would have done honor to any association. 
There was a good display of fruits and flowers. We 
noticed specimens of very fine pears from Elwas- 
ger & Barry, Rochester, and also several fine kinds 
from H. Wendell, Esq., Albany; also apples, pears, 
and enormous quinces, from H. Burden, Troy; beau¬ 
tiful samples of the Isabella, Catawba, Winne, and 
White Sweetwater grapes, from Messrs. Hart and others, 
of Troy. A. Walsh, Esq., Lansingburgh, presented 
pea-nuts, the growth of his garden. 
The cattle were very numerous, and among them 
were some really fine animals. From the herd of Geo. 
Vail, Esq., we noticed a lot, consisting mostly of cows 
and heifers, the greater portion of which were only 
presented for exhibition. Among them was his fine 
imported Durham cow, Lady Barrington, which re¬ 
ceived the first premium at the late State Fair. We 
observed, also, a fine Durham cow owned by Mr. Jos. 
Haswell, of Hoosick, and one which we understood to 
be owned by Mr. Willard, of Troy. These cows, we 
are informed, were bred by Judge Ball, of Hoosick. 
They would certainly do credit to any breeder. There 
was a very good Durham bull presented by Wm. Hall, 
Troy. 
Among the fat cattle we noticed two yoke of very 
heavy oxen, owned by A. Pine, Pittstown; another 
yoke owned by Augustus Lester, Troy. 
The show of swine was particularly good. We ob¬ 
served some excellent pigs of the Berkshire and Grass 
breeds, owned by Mr. Willard, of Troy; a very 
fine young boar of similar blood, owned by J. B. 
Ford, Troy; a Berkshire sow and litter of pigs, owned 
by Isaac Tallmadge, Schaghticoke; two litters of very 
superior pigs, Berkshire and Leicester breeds, owned 
by D. S. Greene, of Brunswick. 
Of sheep we noticed good specimens of the mutton 
breeds, owned by W. Younghans, Brunswick, L. 
Brownell, Pittstown, and J. Minnick, of Sand-Lake; 
and specimens of fine wooled sheep, (Merinos and Sax¬ 
ons) from Messrs. Haswell, of Hoosick, Tallmadge, of 
Schaghticoke, and Brown, of Pittstown. There was 
shown a fleece of very fine wool, said to be worth “ one 
dollar per lb.” by John Kerr & Co., Troy. 
In horses the show may be said to have been uncom¬ 
monly good. The competitors were numerous, and 
there were several fine animals which were only for 
exhibition. We noticed a yearling colt of remarkable 
size and points, got by Mr. Long’s Sir Henry; a hand¬ 
some black stallion owned by Jno. M. Fonda, Troy; 
several pair of fine matched horses, especially, a pair 
belonging to Mr. Van Arnum, of Troy, and others, 
whose owners’ names we did not learn. 
Among the horses for exhibition only, was the Gif¬ 
ford Morgan, 20 years old, owned by Frederick A. 
Wier, of Walpole, New Hampshire. He attracted the 
same marked attention here that he did at the State 
Show. 
Mr. Calvin Morse, of Lansingburgh, presented his 
horse called “ Norman, or Morse’s Grey,” (which has 
heretofore received the first premium of this society,) 
with 14 of his progeny, exclusive of several young foals. 
We gave a cut of this horse in our No. for May last. There 
is no doubt that his stock make valuable horses. It 
would be difficult to find the same number from any one 
horse of equal merit with the fourteen we have men¬ 
tioned. They appear to be hardy, good tempered, 
strong constitutioned animals, well calculated for he 
road, and many of them showing extraordinary travel¬ 
ing powers. We noticed particularly (among the lot 
of fourteen) a very superior young gelding, owned by 
H. H. Steenburg, of Troy, which received the first 
premium, and which as as a traveller it would be “ hard 
to beat.” 
C. T. Botts, Esq., of Richmond, Va., editor of the 
Southern Planter, saw Mr. Morse’s horse last spring, 
and afterwards made some remarks in reference to him, 
from which we make the following extracts. Mr. B. 
rode several miles in a buggy drawn by this hcrse. 
« His action, (and as Demosthenes said of the orator, 
action is everything,) is superb. What an acquisi¬ 
tion this horse would be to the stock of Virginia! We 
have a great many thin, slab-sided, thorough-bred 
mares; what there is of them is good, and what they 
can do they will do all the time, but they want strength 
and filling up in the flank and loin, and we have never 
seen a horse better adapted to cross upon them than this 
dapple grey of Mr. Morse’s.” He pronounced him be¬ 
sides, ‘‘the finest and safest sulky or buggy horse it 
was ever his fortune to sit behind.” 
TEN VARIETIES OF STRAWBERRIES. 
DESCRIBED BY WM. R. PRINCE, 0E FLUSHING. 
Crimson Cone is an exceedingly vigorous variety, 
with very tall petioles and large foliage; flowers stami- 
nate; fruit in profuse trusses on long peduncles, the 
berries brilliant dark scarlet, highly fragrant, remarka¬ 
bly beautiful, and striking beyond any of the usual va¬ 
rieties; the seeds very deeply imbedded, ripens with 
the later varieties, at the same period as the Hovey, 
Hudson, and Methven. At market this variety com¬ 
mands the very highest price. Indeed, the fruit is so 
beautiful and showy, and the crops so abundant, that it 
may be deemed one of the most desirable of the whole 
family. 
Primordian is a new very early variety, of vigorous 
habit, the flowers pistillate, the berries crimson, larger 
than the large early scarlet, of conical form, ripening 
about the same period as that variety. It is exceeding¬ 
ly productive, the fruit in profuse clusters, of a fine 
color, and very showy. It may be deemed the most pro- 
lific and estimable of all the early varieties for the mar¬ 
kets, or for small gardens. 
Crimson Pine is a new variety with large vigorous 
foliage, flowers staminate, berries large dark red, but 
not of the deepest color, conical pointed form, but some 
are obtuse or rounded at the extremity, of fine flavor, 
and rather early; it assimilates in growth and appear¬ 
ance to the Hudson's Bay. 
Unique, a vigorous new seedling variety, originated 
by ourselves, in 1845; the flowers staminate; the fruit 
scarlet, of most peculiar form, being purse-shaped, with 
a short neck, sweet and delicate; it is very prolific, and 
much esteemed by those who have tasted the fruit. 
Bishop's Seedling, of the London Hort. Society, is a 
very healthy rapid growing plant; the petioles are 
long, but not as strong, nor the foliage as large as some 
of the most robust varieties; the flowers are pistillate; 
the fruit of medium size; roundish ovate form, a beau¬ 
tiful orange scarlet color, firm, and of a rich acid fla¬ 
vor; it is borne on long peduncles in very profuse clus- 
ters| and when the foliage is pressed aside, the bed 
seems literally covered with fruit; it is one of the la¬ 
test at maturity, and a very hardy variety. 
Montevideo Pine is a vigorous plant, and the largest in 
its dimensions of all the varieties that I have seen; the 
petioles strong and downy, leaves broad, peduncles 
large, and the flowers the size of a dollar, and stami¬ 
nate; the fruit is the largest average size of all the va¬ 
rieties, of perfect regular conical form, rich scarlet, re¬ 
markably showy and splendid. The berries continue 
ripening in succession for 3 to 4 weeks, from the mid¬ 
dle of June to the middle of July, it being one of the 
latest of either the Pine or Scarlet classes. 
