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Nor shall any tiaustVr be allowed fioiii one class to another, of an article 

 once entered uj)on the books of the Secretary. 



(i. No variety of which specimens have been entered in a class oi- 

 collection shall be repeated in any other collection or class ; but specimens 

 of that variety may be duplicated among the single dishes. 



7. All Fruits offered for Premium must lie composed of exactly the 

 number or quantity of specimens named in the Schedule, the several 

 Committees being instructed to remove all excess or exclude for deti- 

 ciency ; each variety being designated by name. 



8. All articles offered for Premiums must be correctly named. Indeti- 

 nite appellations, such as ' 'Pippin," " Sweeting," " Greening," etc., will 

 not be considered as names. 



9. No Plowers, Fruits, or Vegetables, will be entitled to a premium 

 unless they possess points of superiority ; and the Committees are strictly 

 required to withhold premiums, if, in their opinion, the articles exhibited 

 do not merit them. 



10. Competitors will be required to furnish information as to their 

 mode of cultivation, and to present specimens for trial and examination 

 if requested. 



11. All pnMuiums that are not claimed within three months after the 

 Annual Exhibition, shall be forfeited to the Society. 



12. The awards of the premiums will ))e made known as soon as the 

 premium cards can be filled out and ])laced upon the tables. 



13. Admi.ssion to the Annual Exhibition, for those who are not mem- 

 bers of the Society, 25 cent^ ; Children under IG years of age, 15 cents. 



14. On Saturday, September 20th, punctually at 10 o'clock, A. M., the 

 Fruit, Vegetables, &c., belonging to the Society, will be sold at Public 

 Auction, and all specimens which are not claimed at that time, will be 

 considered as given to the Society, and will be sold for its benefit. 



15. Contributors vill hr required to furnish a list of their articles to the 

 Secretary ! 



1^^ Downing's Fruits of America, Revised Edition, will guide the 

 Committees in their decisions. 



Si'ECTAL Notice ! By vote of the Trustees, the several Committees 

 will meet, on Wednesday, September 17th, at 10 o'clock, A. M., to make 

 their awards. 



