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Several fine dishes of Virgalieu pears were shown, but no pre- 

 miums were offered for less than 6 varieties. Dishes of the Vir- 

 galieu, exhibited by H. G. Dickinson and James Pierce, were fine. 



SAMUEL DICKSON, M. D., Chairman. 



No. 79. AMATEUR LIST. 



Plums. ' 

 Elisha Dorr, Albany, greatest number of varieties and -best, 



Plate value §5 

 Elisha Dorr, Albany, best 6 Howard's Favorite, Schuyler's 

 Gage, Green Gage, Imperial Gage, Bleecker's Gage, and 



Coe's Golden Drop, — 3 



Elisha Dorr, Albany, best 1 Coe's Golden Drop, 2 



Quinces. 

 P. H. Hastings, Irondequoit, Monroe county, best, (Orange 



variety,) - 3 



H. G. Dickinson, Lyons, Wayne county, 2d do, 2 



Grapes. 

 Elisha Dorr, Albany, best and greatest number native varle 

 ties, (for Winne, Isabella, Delaware, and Catawba grapes,) 



Plate value 5 



E. S. & E. N. Hay^vard, Rochester, 2d best do, 1 3 



James Smith, Rodman, best 1 variety, "Isabella," 2 



Jason Clark, Plessis, Chasselas grape grown in open air, best 



1 variety, foreign grapes, - — 3 



Watermelons. 



H. H. Harrington, best specimen, — 2 



Discretionary. 

 Dr. J. Binsse, Watertown, for well grown and ripened speci- 

 mens of the Isabella and Golden Chasselas, Downing. 



James Pierce, Oswego, 5 varieties of grapes, Thomas. 



J. M. Bosworth, North Adams, Jefferson county, 2 varieties 



good grapes, _ Downing. 



T. E. Beecher, Watertown, native grape, (chicken grape,). Barry. 

 The plums exhibited by Elisha Dorr, of Albany, numennis in 

 variety and fine in quality. No nectarines exhibited, and it is 

 recommended that tlie premiums be discontinued, as but few are 

 ever exliibited, and its cultivati(^n very limited. Show of (piinces 

 was not large, but specimens good. Melons — Show limited. 



