Show staines seedling seed ling strawberry relative e to wa fine strawberry we ive have been favored with the following descriptive notice from the pen of mr air E edw dw sayers by the he politeness of mr IV C staines stables I 1 had the he pleasure of seeing a new seedling strawberry at the garden of mr air W woodruff wh which ich far surpasses any auy strawberry I 1 have seen in the valley this strawberry was evas raised from seed by mr hin furnished arwood ruff with the tha first plants which were set out last august the bed is now in full bearing the strawberry belongs to the stock of the old od english Eng edg ilir lili pine which it very much resemble the fruit is large and handsome of an oval form and when app of efa era a dark red color and a fine rich flavor I 1 am really glad that mr rin staines has las been successful in producing pro ducin so good a strawberry which will compare in point of flavor and bearing with the best of strawberries str wb erries of the present time the plant Is dwarf and compact and well ad adapted apte d t to 0 this locality and will doubtless become a universal favorite indeed it is 13 doubtful whether i it will ever be surpassed as a good standard strawberry adapted to the valley tae tho genesee farmer tor for may cime by last eastern mail about one hundred dollars la 13 offered in tash taah premiums varying from one to twenty five dollars to ba be awarded to those per twenty ons sons who obtain the largest number of subscribe ers rs the next largest the third largest and so OB on to the twelfth for the half volume commencie commencing 6 with july the farmer Is also offered during the list s x months of the present volume july to 0 september inclusive to single subscribers for 25 cents five copies for 1 eight copies for 1 sixteen copies for 3 and a copy of rural annual and horticultural directory to the person getting 0 up the club we notice that C W lit H oliphant G S L city utah gained the seventh arze 14 for forwarding previous pi evious to april 15 sixty give fiva subscribers horses legs when it is 13 necessary to wash them says sir george georgo stephens do it in the morning ile he thinks it is unnatural and absurd to 0 o wash a horses legs 1 when he enters eaters the yard immediately after beins heated with exercise they should ba be rubbed down with straw and a dry brush and next morning washed clean with soap and water to pick and wash wasll the soles of a horses feet in the evening is beneficial fannery and others ol tiera in any of the eo tie settlements clements tle ments who wish to obtain the american agriculturist can do so by forwarding one dollar to the publisher in new york city or it if they prefer they may remit their names and tha the amount to this office and we will forward them the apple crop has been seriously injured in ill this vicinity by the strong easterly gales of last month we were informed byar P ff young that his bis trees would not yield more than a quarter crop the crop in the he warm gravelly uplands bids fair for a good yield while that in other localities particularly in and around this city is reported as not so promising as that of last year apricot trees are generally very full of fruit we noticed several fine fina trees a tew few days since in the gardens gardels gar deus dens of mr air W C staines Sl alnas ainas that were overloaded with this excellent excell nt fruit grown io lh ht garden in the open air have been on ex governor youngs tables we have been informed for some soma two weeks |