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had not the smoothness of the Cynthiana 

 and the best of Norton's ; and "\ve con- 

 fess that we can not see that excellence 

 in the wine which its originators claim 

 for it. The vine, which we liave seen 

 in their vineyards for a number of 

 years, is a strong grower ; leaf very 

 large and thick, resembling the Aesti- 

 valis ; bunch and berry small, black, 

 not very palatable as an eating grape, 

 and very healthy and productive. It 

 would certainly be premature to ex- 

 press any decided opinion about it yet, 

 and the wine, which is very fair now, 

 may much improve when made in 

 larger quanties. The committee thought 

 it worthy only of a second premium. 

 The Taylor, of which there was only 

 one sample exhibited pure, was consid- 

 ered the best white wine on exhibition 

 by the committee, a decision from 

 which we must decidedly differ, as we 

 considered the Rulander exhibited by F. 

 Kuhn much superior to it. However, 

 *' de gustibus 7ion est disputandum" It 

 was certainly a line wine, of high char- 

 acter. 



The premiums were awarded as fol- 

 lows : 



Taylor, exhibited by Poeschel and 

 Scherer, first premium. 



Taylor and Herbemont mixed, Jacob 

 Kuhn, second premium. 



Taylor and Delaware mixed, B. and 

 H. Petrus, third premium. 



DELAWARE— TWO ENTRIES. 



First premium awarded to No. 1— 

 William Poeschel. 



Second premium awarded to No. 2— 

 Poeschel and Scherer. 



RULA.NDEK— TWO ENTRIES. 



First premium to No. 2-Poeschel 

 and Scherer. 



Second premium to No. 1 — Jacob 

 Kuhn. 



Both very fine. That made by Jacob 

 Kuhn we consider the finest white 

 wine we have ever drank. No. 2 

 may be heavier, but to our taste has not 

 the delicacy and fine flavor of No. 1. 



HERBEMONT — THREE ENTRIES. 



First premium, B. and H. Petrus, Her- 

 mann, Mo. 



Second premium, Poeschel and Sche- 

 rer, Hermann, Mo. 



Third premium, Bluffton "Wine Com- 

 pany, St. Louis, Mo. 



All very fine wines. 



CATAWBA EIGHTEEN ENTRIES. 



First best. No. 16, Poeschel and 

 Scherer. 



Second best. No. 15, Poeschel and 

 Scherer. 



Third best. No. 4, Wm. Poeschel. 



Fourth best. No. 14, John Fleisch. 



Fifth best, No. 5, GotthebGrossmann. 



Sixth best. No. 1, Henry Henze. 



Seventh best, No. 7, Jacob Strassner. 



Eighth best. No. 13, John Fleisch. 



Excellent samples, all of them. 



CONCORD THIRTEEN ENTRIES. 



First best. No. 13, Dan. Strecker, 

 graded at 100. 



Second best. No. 5, Jacob Strassner, 



graded at 98. 



Third best. No. 4, Jacob Kuhn, 



graded at 95. 



Fourth best. No. G, J. J. Schmidt, 



graded at 93. 



Fifth best, No. 2, John Mueller, 



graded at 90. 



Sixth best. No. 8, Melch. Poeschel, 



graded at 90. 



Seventh best. No. 7, B. and II. 

 Petrus, graded at 90. 



The Concords showed a great im- 



