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Class 1. Most useful and best collection of fruits, by a society, grange or municipal- 

 ity, selected for dessert and family purposes, giving a succession throughout the usual 

 season, superior quality, delicacy of texture and beautiful appearance (in the order 

 named) to take precedence of profitableness and size. First prize, $16.00 ; second prize, 

 $10.00; third prize, |5.00. 



Class :^.— Most valuable and best grown collection of fruits exhibited by a society, 

 grange or municipality, selected strictly for market purposes, productiveness, suitable 

 size, handling qualities and succession throughout the usual season, being the leading 

 considerations. First prize, $12.00 ; second prize, $8.00 ; third prize, $4.00. 



Class 5.— Most useful and best grown exhibit of fruits grown by the exhibitor ; 

 requirements otherwise as in Class 1. First prize, $16.00; second prize, $10.00; third 

 prize, $5.00. 



CZass4.— Most valuable and best grown exhibit of fruits grown by the exhibitor, 

 requirements otherwise as in Class 2. First prize, $10.00 ; second prize, $8.00 ; third 



prize, $4.00. 



The committee in charge of the nomenclature of the exhibition is authorized to 

 award to the most correctly named collection in the above Classes 1 and 3. a premium 

 of $10.00 ; also the same in the above Classes 2 and 4, a premium of •'$5.00. Said com- 

 mittee may also, in its discretion, award a similar premium of $5.00 in Class 1 in each 

 of the Divisions B, C, D, E and F. 



Division B. — Special exhibits of apples, not less than five of a vai'iety. 



Class 1. — Most valuable and best grown exhibit of apples by a society, grange or 

 municipality, for general purposes, giving a succession. First prize, $10,000 ; second 

 prize, $6.00 ; third prize, $4.00. 



Class 2. — Most useful and best grown exhibit of twenty-five varieties of apples for 

 dessert and family pui'poses, grown by the exhibitor, giving a succession throughout 

 the usual season, superior quality, delicacy of texture and beautiful appearance (in the 

 order named), to take precedence of profitableness and size. First prize, $10.00 ; second 

 prize, $6.00; third prize, $4.00. 



Class 3, — Most valuable and best grown exhibit of twelve varieties of apples for 

 market, grown by the exhibitor, giving a succession daring the usual season, pro- 

 ductiveness, suitable size, handling qualities and general attractiveness, being the 

 leading considerations. First prize, $3.00; second prize, $4.00; third prize, $3.00. 



Class 4. — Most valuable and best grown exhibit of six varieties of apples for market, 

 without regard to succession, to be grown by the exhibitor. First prize, $3.00 ; second 

 prize, $2.00 ; third prize, $1.00. 



Class 5. — Most valuable and best grown single variety of apple for market purposes, 

 grown by the exhibitor. First prize, $2.00 ; second prize, $1.00 ; third prize, 50c. 



Divisions C, D, E and F have the same offerings as in Division B, except that they 

 apply respectively to peaches, pears, plums and grapes, and therefore need not be 

 reproduced. 



The society, uuder the authorization of James Vick. seedsman, of Kochester, 

 N. Y., offered the following premiums, in aldition to their regular list: — 



For the best collection of cut flowers. First premium, $20.00; seconl, $10 00; 

 third, $5.00; fourth, floral chromo. These offers were open to amateurs 

 only. 



At this fair, for the first time, division superintenden'^s were placed in 

 charge of the several exhibits, each being constituted chairman of the view- 

 ing committees in the divisions under his charge. 



