626 ANNUAL REPORT OF NEW-YORK 



No. 75. GENERAL LIST. 



Pot Plants 

 Mrs. J. T. Van Namee, Pittsto^vn, Rensselaer county, best 

 collection house plants, 20 different specimens^ Cup, value |10 



Floral design or Ornament. 



Mr. J. C. Sterling, Watertown, best, 5 



Mrs. 0. V. Brainard, Watertown, 2d do, 3 



Boicqicets. 



John Wilson, Albany, best pair hand, 5 



EUwanger & Barry, Rochester, 2d do, _ 3 



Mrs. J. T. Van Namee, Pittstown, Reus., co., best do, parlor, 9 



John Wilson, Albany, 2d best do, 4 



No. 76. PROFESSIONAL LIST. 



Apples. 

 EUwanger & Barry, Rochester, best 20 varieties,. Plate, value ^10 



Pears. 

 EUwanger & Barry, Rochester, greatest number of good varie- 

 ties, 150 varieties, , S. Cup, value 15 



H. E. Hooker & Co., Rochester, 2d do, 50 varieties, S. Cup, val. 10 



EUwanger & Barry, Rochester, best 20 varieties, S. Plate, value 10 



do do best 12 do do 8 



do do best 6 do do 5 



J. \,ciCiies . 



J. S. Odell, Fair Haven, Wayne county, best 6 varieties, 4 



do do do best 1 variety, 12 



specimens, 2 



John C. Hastings, Clinton, Oneida county, metalic label for 



trees, _ ._ Dip. 



The first article on the list of the committee on professional 

 competition for premiums on apples, pears and peaches, although 

 not enumerated in the printed list subject to their award, was per- 

 haps properly entered on their book, as being a matter of more 

 interest to nurserymen, orchadists, and those more or less engaged 

 in the cultivation and sale of fruit trees. We refer to the metalic 

 labels for trees. Both the materials of which they are com- 

 posed — iron and tin — and the mode and material for securing an 

 indelible inscription, will commend the invention to the notice of 

 the classes above mentioned, as supplying a cheap and durable 

 label for designating the name of the plant and the date and 



