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•committee ompkin in their report, of being retarded in the perform- 

 ance of their duty, by the want of care and correctness of competitors 

 in naming the fruit exhibited, from which cause some very meritorious 

 «peciinens could not be awaule I the premium^s to which otherwise they 

 might have been entitled. On llii-< point, your comnjittee would reite- 

 rate the recommendation of the viewing committee, that fruit growers 

 should devote more attention to the accurate naniing of their fruit. 

 Experience is fast proving our county to be well adapted to the pro- 

 duction of fine fruit, and every year new orchards are planted out. 

 Under the-e circumstances it is of more than common im|)ortance to 

 attend to this matter, in order that wo may know the varieties most 

 worthy of cultivation. 



The show of vegetables was also very extensive and superior, the 

 judges in that class reporting that, amid the great number and excel- 

 lence of the specimens around them, they found extreme difficulty in 

 deciding which was best. 



Of dairy products, the quantity or quality of butter at our fairs has 

 never failed. This year it was as giX)d as usual; while in cheese there 

 was considerable improvement ovyr former exliil)itious. 



In 18.)4 there wore 38J menibur.V tickets issued; the number issued 

 in 1855 was 419. The number of entries for competition in 1854 was 

 327; in 1855, 382. 



It having been represented to this conmittee that the owner of the 

 horse to which the viewing committee adjuilged the first preauum for 

 stallions four years old or over, was not a resident of this county, but of 

 Tu?ct)li, and nothing to the contrary ap|)i'aring, they deemed it their 

 duty to refuse payment of the premium, under the provision of section 

 11 of the Constitution of the Soci ty. Also, that the horse to which 

 was adjudged the first premium for geldings four years old or over, was 

 not bona fide owned by the person in whoso name he was entered; and 

 the committee ordered the premium in ttiis cast' to be withheld until 

 they shall be satisfied upon the |) lint in (piestion. 



Witti these exceptions, the awards made by the several viewing com- 

 mittees have been confirmed thrtjughoul by the Executive Committee, 

 in accordance with the following rej)orts: 



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