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their parent, the White Bigarreau, and one of which, — too unripe to enable 

 the comnaittee to judge of its character, — promising to be of large size and 

 fine appearance. By Ely Young, ripe and beautiful Peach Apricots. By 

 Mrs. Weed, of Washington Street, very fine Woodward Whitesmith goose- 

 berries. By James Wilson, of Albany, forty-one varieties of gooseberries ; 

 eleven varieties of currants, viz., Knight's Sweet Red, White Grape, Red 

 Grape, Cherry Currant, Red Dutch, Longbranch, Victoria, Knight's Late, 

 White Dutch, and Naples Black ; also Imperial Morello, and Late Duke 

 cherries. By \ . P. Douw, of Wolvenhook, Red and White Antwerp 

 Raspberries, Stoddart's Red Alpine strawberries ; five varieties of gooseber- 

 ries ; and also Black Morello cherries. By William Newcomb, of Pitts- 

 town, Whitesmith gooseberries, very fine; also, English and Missouri 

 Black Currants. By John S. Gould, Red Alpine strawberries, and Green 

 Amber gooseberries. By Warner Daniels, Woodward's Whitesmith 

 gooseberries, and a seedling variety resembling it. 



Premiums. — The following premiums were awarded : — 

 Cherries. — For the best and most extensive collection, to Dr. Herman 

 Wendell, $3. 

 For the second best, and second most extensive collection, divided be- 

 tween Henry Vail, Troy, and E. P. Prentice, Bethlehem, each $ 1. 

 For the best three varieties, to Dr. H. Wendell, for Elkhorn, Yellow 



Spanish or Graffion and Wendell's Mottled Bigarreau, $2. 

 For the best one variety, to Dr. H. Wendell, for Wendell's Mottled 

 Bigarreau, $ 1. 

 Gooseberries. — For the most extensive collection, to James Wilson, of 

 Albany, $3. 

 For the best collection, to Henry Vail, Troy, $3. 

 For the best and finest flavored variety, to Henry Vail, for Compton's 



Sheba Queen, S2. 

 For the second best variety, to Henry Vail, for Lady of the Manor, $ 1. 

 Currants. — For the best and most extensive collection, to James Wil- 

 son, of Albany, $3. 

 For the best and finest flavored variety, to James Wilson, for Knight's 



Sweet Red, $2. 

 For the second best variety, to Henry Vail, for White Dutch, $ 1. 

 Raspberries. —For the best and most extensive collection, to Henry 

 Vail, of Troy, $3. 

 For the best and finest flavored variety, to Henry Vail, for Fastolflf", $ 2. 

 For the second best variety, to Henry Vail, for Franconia, $ 1. 

 And special premiums of one dollar each, to Ely Young for Peach Apri- 

 cots, to B. B. Kirtland for Citron des Carmes pears, and to Ezra P. Pren- 

 tice, for Yellow Harvest apples. — Sanford Howard, Chairman. 



Greenhouse Plants and Floral Designs. — The committee report that 

 there was exhibited, by J. Wilson, the following varieties of plants grow- 

 ing in pots, to which the premium of three dollars was awarded, viz., 

 Tor^nia asiatica, Gloxinia speci6sa, Achimenes picta ; and Fuchsias, Zeno- 

 bia, Conspicua, Lady Millbank, and Arborea. Also, by Mr. Wilson, a 



