No. 1. 



Exhibiiion of Fruits and Floivers. 



89 



For the best ox or steer raised in Pennsylvania 

 and fitted for slaughter, 10 00 



For the 2d best ox or steer raised in Pennsylva- 

 nia, and fitted for slaughter 5 00 



An account of the manner and expense of feed- 

 ing to be fiirnisheil. 



For the best yoke of working oxen $10 00 



For the 2d best do. 5 00 



Note.— No animal of less than three-quarters blood 

 will be classed as Durham. 



SHEEP. 



For the best Leicester or Lincoln buck $4 00 



For the 2d best do. do 2 00 



For the best Southdown buck 4 00 



For the 2d best do 2 00 



For the four best Leicester or Lincoln ewes 5 00 



For the four 2d best do. do 3 00 



For the four best Southdown ewes 4 00 



For the four 2d best do 3 00 



For the four best Leicester or Lincoln lambs 3 00 



For the four 2d best do. do. 3 00 



For the four best Southdown lambs 5 00 



For the four 2d best do. 3 00 



HOGS. 



For the best boar $5 00 



For the 2d best boar 3 00 



For the best sow 5 00 



For the 2d best sow 3 00 



For the best brood of pigs, not less than six 5 00 



For the 2d best do. do 3 00 



AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. 



For the best plough $5 00 



For the 2d best do 3 00 



For the best drilling machine 4 00 



Porthe2d do. 2 00 



For the best grain or grass sowing machine 5 00 



For the 2d do. do. do. 3 00 



For the best mowing or reaping do. 5 00 



For the 2d best do. do. do. 3 00 



For the best display of agricultural implements. .10 00 

 For the 2d best do. do. do. ...6 00 



For the 3d best do. do. do. ...3 00 



For the best do. agricultural produce 10 00 



For the 2d best do. do. do 6 00 



For the 3d best do. do. do 3 00 



Any newly invented agricultural implements or ap- 

 paratus, will be entitled to appropriate premiums. 



The judges are authorized to withhold pre- 

 miums where none of a class is entitled in 

 their opinion to distinction. And where there 

 is but one of a kind exhibited, or no competi- 

 tion, they will award the premium of the class 

 or quality to which they think it entitled. 



No animal or article that has before obtained 

 a "first" or " best" premium, will be entitled 

 to compete in t.he same class. 



It is particularly recommended that those 

 who intend contributing to the exhibition, send 

 their stock, implements, &.c. on Monday after- 

 noon, tlie21st of October, when the Committee 

 will be in attendance to arrange and classify 



tliem. 



Kenderton Smith, 



Chairman. 

 Algernon S. Roberts, 



Sec. of Com. of Arrageraent. 

 Philad. June 23d, 1839. 



Cxliibitiou of Fruits and Flowers* 



The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society will 

 hold its Eleventh Exhibition in the Grand Saloon of 

 the Philadelphia Museum, corner of Ninth and George 

 streets, on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, the 

 Itith, 19th, and 20th, of September. The Committee 

 charged with the preparatory arrangements, solicit 

 contributions in Fruits, Flowers, or Culinary Vege- 

 tables; and specimens of either, of a quality meriting 

 distinction, will be thankfully received and publicly 

 acknowledged. When transmitted from a distance, by 

 public conveyance, the Society will cheerfully defray 

 the cost of transportation. They may bo addressed to 

 Messrs. D. Landreth & Co., at their Seed Warehouse, 

 No. 63 Chestnut street. 



Premiums for the following Fruits, &c. to be com- 

 peted for, on that occasion, will be awarded at nine 

 o'clock, A. M. on the second day, (19th) of the exhibi- 

 tion, viz: 



For the best Grapes, native, not less than six 



bunches, $5 00 



" next best do. do. do. do. 4 00 



*' next best do. do. do. do, 3 00 



" best do. foreign, raised in the open 



air, not less than four bunches, 5 00 



" next best do. do. do. 4 00 



" next best do. do. do. 3 00 



" best do. raised under glass, do. 5 00 



" next best do. do. do. 4 00 



" best peaches, not less than one peck 5 00 



" next best do. do. do. 3 00 



" best two dozen Peaches, 3 00 



" best bushel of do. 10 00 



" next best do. do. 5 00 



" best seckel Pears, not less than one peck, 5 00 



" " butter Pears do. do. 5 W 

 " " Pears of any other variety, not less 



than one peck, 5 00 

 " " Apples, not less than one peck, 3 00 

 " next best do. do. do. 2 00 

 " best bushel of Apples, 5 00 

 " next best do. do. 3 00 

 " best Quinces, not less than half a peck, 3 00 

 " Nectarines, not less than one dozen, 3 00 

 " Water Melons, not less than three, 5 00 

 " next best do. do. do. 3 00 

 " best Water Melons, raised in Pennsyl- 

 vania, not less than three 3 00 

 " " Nutmeg Melons, or variety thereof, 3 00 

 " " Potatoes, not less than half a bushel, 3 OO 

 " " Sweet Potatoes, do, do. 3 00 

 " " Onions, not less than four dozen, 3 00 

 " " Cabbage, not less than six heads, 3 00 

 •' " next best do. do. do. 2 00 

 " best Red Cabbage, do. do. 3 00 

 " " Carrots, field culture, two dozen, 3 00 

 " " Lettuce, not less than six heads, 3 00 

 " " Endive, blanched, do. do. 3 00 

 " " Salsify, not less than two dozen, 3 00 

 " " twelve varieties of Dahlias, 5 (lO 

 " next best do. do. 3 00 

 " best American Seedling, Parti-colored 



Dahlia, 3 00 



" " do. do. Self-colored do. 3 00 

 " " Pyramid, or other figure formed of 



cut flowers, 15 00 



" next best do. do. do. 10 00 



" best Boquet, 5 00 



To prevent confusion it will be necessary that all 

 contributions be presented on the Monday and Tues- 

 day previous to the Exhibition. Boquets on the morn- 

 ing of each day. 

 r JOHN B. SiMITH, 



PETER McKENZIE, 

 PETER K. GORGAS, 

 THOS. P. JAMES, 

 EGBERT KILVINGTON, 

 Committee of jlrrangement. 



