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much resembling their parent, the White Bigarreau or Ox 

 Heart, and one of winch, too unripe to enable the committee 

 to judge of its character, premising to be of large size and 

 fine appearance 



By Eli Young: Ripe and beautiful Peach Apricots. 



By A. J. Parker : Sweet Montmorenci cherries, and four 

 varieties of Gooseberries. 



By Mrs. Weed, Washington street : very fine Gooseber- 

 ries. 



By Wm Newcorub, Pittstown : White Smith gooseberries 

 and English and Missouri Black currants. 



By James Wilson, of Albany: Forty-one varieties of 

 gooseberries, and Late Duke and Imperial Morello cherries. 



By V. P. Douw, Wolvenhook, Greenbush. Red and White 

 Antwerp Raspberries; Stoddart's Red Alpine .Strawberries ; 

 five varieties of Gooseberries, and Black Morello Cherries 



By John S. Gould, Red Alpine Strawberries, a d Green 

 Amber Gooseberries. 



By Warner Daniels: Woodward's White Smith Gooseber- 

 ries, and a seedling varietv resembling it. 



PREMIUMS. 



The following premiums were awarded on Cherries: — 



For the best and most extensive collection, to Dr. Her- 

 man Wendell, $3 00 



For the second best and most extensive collection, di- 

 vided between Henry Vail, E-q , of Mt. Ida, Troy, 

 and E. P. Prentice, Esq., of Mount Hope, Bethle- 

 hem, each 100 



For the best three varieties, to Dr. Herman Wendell, 

 for Wendell's Mottled Bigarreau, Grafii >nor Yellow 

 Spanish, and Elkhorn or Tradeseants Black, 2 00 



For the best one variety, to Dr Herman Wendell for 

 Wendell's Mottled Bigarreau, 1 00 



On Gooseberries — For the most extensive collection, 

 to James Wilson, of Albany, 3 00 



For the best collection, to Henry Vail, of Ida Farm, 



Troy, 3 00 



For the finest fl ivored variety, to Henry Vail, for Comp- 



ton's Sheba Queen 2 00 



For the second best, to Henry Vail, for Lady of the 



Manor, 1 00 



On Currants — For the best and most extensive col- 

 lection, to Jame? Wilson, 3 00 



For the best and finest flavored variety, to James Wil- 

 son, for Knight's Red 2 00 



For the second best, with same requirements, to Heury 

 Vail, for White Dutcm 1 00 



On Raspberries.— For the best and most extensive col- 

 lection, to Henry Vail, 3 CO 



For the best and finest flavored variety, to Henry Vail, 



for FastoltF. 2 00 



For the second best with same requirements, to Hen 

 ry Vail, for Franci'iiia, 1 00 



And special premiums of one doilar each, t'> E. P. 

 Prentice, for Yellow Harvest Apples; to B. B Kin- 

 land, for Citron des Carmes Pears, and to Eli 

 Young, for reach Apricots. 



Sanford Howard, Ch'n. Com- 



GREEN- HOUSE PLANTS— FLORAL DESIGNS. 



The committee report that there was exhibited by James 

 Wilson, the following varieties of plants growing in pots, to 

 which the premium of three dollars was awarded, viz : four 

 Fuchsias, Aohimenes Picta, Gloxinia speciosa and Torrenia 

 Asiatica; also, by the same, a beautifully arranged round bou- 

 quet for centre table vase, and to which the premium of two 

 dollais was awarded; a flat bouquet for mantle vase, arrang- 

 ed with good taste and composed of choice flowers; an ex- 

 quisitely arranged flat bouquet for the hand to which the pre- 

 mium of one dollar was awarded ; and a round bouquet for 

 the hand, arranged with equai taste, to which the premium 

 of one dollar was awarded 



Bv Joel Rathbone, a round bouquet for centre table vase, 

 arranged with taste and skill. 



By L)r Herman Wendell, two basket bouquets with handles, 

 one round, and one oval, and arranged with exquisite taste; 

 the premium or one dollar was awarded to the oval one 



By Wm. Newcomb, of Pittstown, a flat bouquet for mantle 

 vase, arranged with great good taste, to which the premium 

 of two dollars was awarded 



By John S Gould, a small basket bouquet, most tas'efully 

 arranged, and a large basket bouquet for centre table, with- 

 out handle, arranged with skill and taste. 



Wm. Newcomb, Ch'n- 



FLOWERS. 



The committee on Flowers report that there was exhibited 

 by V. P Doitw, of Wolvenhook, a large collection of annual 

 and perennial flowers, numbering over forty varieties; fit teen 

 varieties of roses, and fifteen varieties of Pelargoneums 



By James Wilson, a distinct and very beautiful seedling 

 Phlox, wnh pink ground and white stripe through the cinire 

 of the petal ; six varieties of Roses, and 22 varieties of Dah- 

 lias 



By Joel Kaihbone, a collection of over fifty varieties of 

 annual and perennial flowers; sixteen varieties of Pelargo- 

 neums; sixteen varieties ol Hybrid perpetual and Bourbon 

 ftyoses ; seventeen varieties of Verbenas, and a very fine col- 

 lection of choice Picotees and Carnations 



By Wm Newcomb, of Pittstown. a collection of over 

 eighty varieties of annual and perennial flowers, and Forty va- 

 rieties of Dahlias. 



PREMIUMS 



The premiums were awarded as follows: 



Dahlias.— For the best exhibition, i . Wm Newcomb. $3 00 



For the best twelve varieties, to Win Newcomb. foi 

 Lady St. Maur,Constantia. Fulwood Scarlet, Golden 

 fclnuvenier, Bragg ; s Antagonist, Robert Burls, Col 

 Baker, Ansell's Unique. Baron, Cleopatria, Mrs 

 Rushton, and La T>ur D'Auvergile, 2 00 



For the best six varieties, to James Wilson for Model, 

 Melanie Adam. Cheltenham Queen, Cons.aulia. Mi- 

 nerva, and Standard of Perfection 1 00 



For the best display of annual and perennial flower-, 



To Wm. Newcomb, 2 00 



Sanford Howard, Ch'n. 



VEGETABLES 



The committee on vegetables report that the exhibition of 

 vegetables was very choice ; the exhibitors having brought 

 forward several new and delicious looking varieties. 



John S. Gould, of Albany, exhibited five specimens of Kohl 

 Rabi, Long Cucumbers, Savoy Cabbage, and Early June 

 Potatoes. The potatoes were very large 



E C. Mcintosh, two beautiful Egg plants, and some fine 

 Kenyon Cucumbers The Egg plants were much admired, 

 and very large for thus early in the season. 



B. B. Kirtland, Early Canada White Corn 



Dr. Herman Wendell, Swiss '"hard or Silv r Leafed Beet. 

 The tops or stems of the leaf of this vegetable are cookod 

 and eaten as asparagus, and as far as appearance goes, they 

 are the most luscious looking vegetable we have seen this 

 season, their fresh, dewy and crisp, creamy stems, fairly 

 made the mouths of some of the committee water, in spile of 

 the epidemic; also, California acorn squashes The seeds 

 from which these squashes were produced, were forwarded 

 to the Secretary of the Society from the patent office last 

 spring, who distributed t'em They appear very fine, and 

 are nearly a month earlier than the common summer squash. 



E. P. Prentice, Mount Hope, magnificent Ox Heart cab- 

 bages, Golden Crookneck squashes, Scollop squashes, very 

 fine, and four varieties of Tomatoes 



V. P. Douw, of Wolvenhook, Early Sweet Corn, Tomatoes 

 and Early While Corn. 



Joel Rathbone, of Kenwood, Purple Cape Broccoli, very 

 fine; White Spine Cucumbers, Large Red Tomatoes, and 

 Summer squashes. 



PREMIUMS. 



The premiums were awarded as follows : 



On Corn— V. P Douw, Wolvenhook, $ 1 00 



" Cucumbers — open culture — Joel Rathbone, of 

 Kenwood 1 00 



" Egg-plants- E C. Mcintosh, of Albany, 2 00 



i( Squashes. Dr Herman Wendell, 1 00 



■' Tomatoes. Joel Rathbone, Kenwood 2 00 



The committee also recommend a special premium, of 

 $1 00 to Dr. Wendell for the Swiss Chard, and of $1 00 to 

 E. P Prentice, for his four fine varieties of Tomatoes being 

 the greatest number exhibited by one person. 



The committee are not certain that field cops come within 

 their cognizance, but tbev cannot allow the very magnificent 

 specimens of Flax, exhibited by William Newcomb, Esq . of 

 Pittstown. to pass without mention They were brought here 

 by him as specimens from forty acres, and when we state 

 that part of it measured between four to five feet high, and 

 that the average was between three and four, those who are 

 in the habit of growing this crop, will know that Mr .New- 

 comb has been very successful We believe that a statement 

 of the emp, and of his manner of growing it, will be sub- 

 mitted to the Slate Agricultural Society 



Robert F- Johnstone, Ch'u. 



