EDITOR'S TABLE. 



One word about the vegetable productions of Illinois. The svreet potato grows very large 

 and of tolerable good quality, and some of them were enormous. Vegetable eggs and turnips, 

 as well as cabbages and the common potatoes, do well J. 11. Watts. — Rochester, N. Y. 



The Fall Exhibition of the Monroe Agricultural Society and Genesee Valley Horticultural 

 Society combined, was held in Rochester on the first of October. The show of fruits was 

 large and fine — one of the best we have ever seen here. Superb collections of apples were 

 shown by Messrs. G. H. CnEERT & Co., of Irondequoit ; C. J. Ryan & Co., Ciiakles Powis, 

 and -John Donellax, of Greece; and Messrs. N. & E. S. Hayward, of Brighton. Mr. 

 McNab, gardener to John Greig, Esq., of Canandaigua, made a fine show of foreign 

 grapes, both from the open ground and the vinery. H. P. Noetok, Esq., contributed a 

 small but beautiful collection of pears — some Glout Morceaus surpassed any thing of the 

 kind we have seen. Beurre Diet, Gray Doyenne^ Henry IV., and Duchesse cV Aiigotdeme 

 were all remarkably large and fine. ArsTix Pinney, Esq , of Brockport, exhibited eight 

 varieties of beautiful pears; II. G. "Warner, Esq., of Rochester, a fine small collection. 

 Levi A. "Ward, Esq., a dish of extraordinary Sheldon pears, most of them, we should 

 think, full three inches in diameter. James Vice, Jr., very large and beautifully colored 

 Louise Bonne de Jersey, White Doyenne, Duchesse d'' Angouleme, from trees but one year 

 planted. Superb quinces were shown by C. F. Crosman, Charles Powis, Samuel Haight, 

 and others. Ellw anger & Barry exhibited one hundred and eighteen select varieties of 

 pears, and a collection of foreign and native grapes. A few dishes of peaches were shown, 

 but it was too late except for such as Craipford''s Late. We observed several dishes of 

 these, bat they were generally small. 



It was too late for a fine display of flowers. Messrs. Frost & Co., exhibited a collection 

 of pot plants ; Wm. King a nice collection of Dahlias and Roses ; Messi's. Ryan & Co. a 

 collection of Dahlias and fine hand boquets ; Ellwanger & Barry a small collection of 

 new Dahlias, and a collection of Roses, Phloxes, and Verbenas. Boquets and floral orna- 

 ments were contributed by Hon. A. Worden, of Canandaigua, Mrs. H. P. Norton, of 

 Brockport ; Robert W. Handy, of Rochester ; and Mrs. Fitch, of Riga. James Vick, Jr., 

 presented some fine Asters, Balsams, and Ten-Week Stocks in pots. 



Good collections of vegetables were shown by John Donellan, Gideon Lane, Theo. 

 Backus, and 0. F. Orosman. Among them we observed fine sweet potatoes, ^gg plants, 

 Lima beans, monstrous squashes, excellent corn, cabbages, &c. Mr. Vick showed a few 

 nice heads of Paris cauliflower, and fine Mexican potatoes, and other varieties. 



The show, on the whole, was good, and attracted a very large number of visitors ; but 

 there was a very evident and annoying lack of order and arrangement that was a serious 

 drawback. Our exhibitions are all becoming intolerable in this respect. A very inter- 

 esting and instructive address was delivered by John Delafield, Esq., President of the 

 new Agricultural College at Geneva. The following are the awards of horticultural 

 premiums : 



Gr.mn and Vegetables. — Best barrel of wheat, J. P. Ross, Ogden, Sil. Med. Discretionary 

 premium on one basket, name not given, Vol. Trans. Best barrel corn, N. & E. S. Hayward, 

 Rochester, Sil. Med.; second best, G. W. Goodhue, AVheatland, Rural .>few Yorker, 1854; third 

 best, premium on two baskets corn, A. R. Olney, Henrietta, Vol. Trans. Best and greatest variety 

 of vegetables, raised by exhibitor, C. F. Crosman, Rochester, Colored Horticulturist ; second best, 

 N. <fe E. S. Hayward, Rochester, Plain Horticulturist. Best vegetable eggs, James Caudle, Greece, 

 Genesee Farmer. Best half peck Lima beans, Gideon Lane, Mt. Hor, Plain Horticulturist Best 



