THE CULTIVATOR. 
May, 
150 
so to this day. I have planted, in the course of ray 
life, five orchards. If I had now to plant another, of 
apples, I would plant forty trees out of every hundred, 
of Genitings. 
The impression left on my mind is, that Mr. Light- 
foot procured the Genitings from Virginia. Smith’s and 
Munday’s came from Lightfoot. From the year 1794, 
to 1822, I lived in Lexington, Ky. When I removed 
to where I now live, (then Gallatin county,) in 1823, 
I planted an orchard of twelve acres; procuring my 
fruit from Isaac Bledsoe and John Jas. Dufour. The 
latter was the founder of the Swiss colony, Vevay, la., 
The Genitings were the same that I had been accus¬ 
tomed to see about Lexington, and the same of which 
I send you a small bundle of grafts by this day’s mail. 
It seems that Geniting is a misnomer; but having 
used it for fifty years, I am not inclined to change it— 
certainly it has no quality of early maturity. It may 
remain on the trees in this climate, without material in¬ 
jury, till the first of December. 
Mr. Byram speaks of Yellow or Striped Jannet. I 
am not acquainted with it. Lewis Sanders. Grass 
Hills, Ky., March, 1849. 
Color of Apples. 
The following remarks of F. R. Elliott, at the 
Ohio Fruit Convention, on the difference in the pre¬ 
vailing color of apples in the northern and in the southern 
part of Ohio, will be interesting to pomologists : 
U A visitor to this convention will be struck at once, 
with the very marked difference between those from 
the north and south parts of the State. In those from 
the north, yellow or green is the prevailing color, 
while red prevails among those from the south. The 
apple of red exterior, is generally more fair and 
perfect, when grown at the south, than the yellow or 
green fruit. At the north, most of our yellow or 
green apples, have a handsome blush red cheek, this, 
when the same variety is grown at the south, disap¬ 
pears ; and if the trees are upon bottom land or alluvial 
soil, is supplied by a dark mould or blotch, which 
presents any thing but an attractive appearance.” 
Setting Young Trees. 
Eds. Cultivator —I have suggested, to those who 
are setting out young orchards, to dig the holes large, 
and at least two spades deep, as advised by Downing, 
J. J. Thomas, and others. I had supposed, however, 
that it would be of but little benefit on our prairie 
lands; but A. R. Whitney had occasion to remove two 
nursery rows of apple trees, that had been set two 
years, which crossed a spot where there had been a pit 
for burying potatoes. The trees on the old pit had 
made three times the wood of those on each side of it, 
that were similar in every respect when set, and the 
roots were in proportion. 
I would like to know whether crowding the growth 
of young orchards would not be likely to affect the lon¬ 
gevity of the trees. Nathan Whitney. Franklin 
Grove, Lee Co., III. 
Large Quince Tree. 
Eds. Cultivator —There is a quince tree growing 
on the lands of D. Dutton, in the town of Seneca, 
which has been carefully measured by myself, in the 
presence of others, and the result was as follows—girth 
around the trunk, 6 feet 4-| inches—heighth of tree, 18 
feet, and width across top, 27 ft. 8 in. It bore the 
past season 10| bushels of marketable quinces. The 
fruit is of tolerable quality, something of the pear- 
quince variety, but seems to be well adapted to grow 
the pear upon, as some stocks of the kind, which I bud¬ 
ded with the Bartlett, made a growth of over 6 feet 
the first season, and it increases in size with the pear. 
The soil which the original tree has grown from, is 
loam resting upon limestone gravel, which retains a 
great degree of moisture, and has been manured by 
wash from the kitchen, and an accumulation of chip 
dirt to the depth cf several inches. I. Hildreth. 
Big Stream Point, March 12, 1849. 
Notices of fJublkations. 
Transactions of the Agricultural Societies 
of Massachusetts, for the year 1848. Collected 
from the original returns, by William B. Calhoun, 
Secretary of the Commonwealth.—The returns of all 
the agricultural societies in Massachusetts, are annually 
published in an abridged form, under the direction of 
of the Secretary of State, who has employed Hon. A. 
W. Dodge, an intelligent farmer of Essex County, to 
compile the work. This volume furnishes in a conveni¬ 
ent form, the substance of the valuable information 
which is yearly accumulated. 
Elements of Agriculture, for the use of Prima¬ 
ry and Secondary Schools. By L. Bentz, of France, 
Director of the Normal Primary School of the Meurthe,, 
and A. J. Chretien De Roviville, Professor of 
Rural Economy in the same school; approved and 
recommended by the Governmental Council of the De¬ 
partment of the Meurthe. Translated and adapted to 
the use of the Rural Primary Schools of the United 
States, by F. G. Skinner. Carey & Hart, Philadel¬ 
phia.—This is a little manual, which is calculated to 
be useful to persons beginning the study of the princi¬ 
ples of agriculture. It is entirely elementary, and 
written in a style of great simplicity, so that the mat¬ 
ter is brought within the comprehension of children of 
12 years of age. We recommend it to public attention. 
The Cottage Garden; containing Practical Direc¬ 
tions for the Culture of Flowers, Fruits 8c Vegeta¬ 
bles, the Natures and Improvement of Soils, Ma¬ 
nures, and their Application, 8cc. By Walter El¬ 
der. Moss 8c Brother, Philadelphia.—Thisisabook 
of over 200 pages, duodecimo, written as the title pur¬ 
ports, by “an experienced practical Gardener.” The au¬ 
thor entertains the idea that previous writers on horti¬ 
culture and gardening, have addressed themselves too 
exclusively to “ the inhabitants of the mansion ;” he 
has concluded, therefore, to take “untrodden ground w 
by addresssing himself “ entirely to the intelligent cot¬ 
tagers of America.” 
“ The Farmer’s Every-Day Book,” is the title of 
a new book for farmers, now nearly ready for the press, 
by Rev. John L. Blake, D. D., of New-Jersey. It is 
to be a large octavo, of over 500 pages, to embrace—- 
1st. The Social Relations of Rural Life; 2d. Theoretic 
and Practical Agriculture; 3d. Dictionary of Terms, 
with 500 Receipts relating to Rural and Domesti® 
Economy. 
A Practical Treatise on the Management of 
Fruit Trees; with Descriptive Lists of the most valua¬ 
ble Fruits for General Cultivation; adapted to the In¬ 
terior of New England. By George Jaques. Eras- 
tus N. Tucker, Worcester Mass.—Mr. Jaques has 
been considerably known for several years, from his in¬ 
teresting contributions to various agricultural and hor¬ 
ticultural periodicals, and through the reports of the 
Worcester County Horticultural Society, of which he 
is Secretary. He is a judicious practical cultivator of 
fruits, and has had, besides, extensive opportunies for 
the acquirement of information on the subject of horti¬ 
culture. His book appears to have been designed rather 
