No. 4. Premiums of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. 



135 



Premiums awarded by the Pennsylvania 

 Ilorticuitural Society. 



FOR NATIVE GRAPES. 



For tlie best Isabella Edwin Middleton $ 3 



" " next best (io William Johns .. . 2 



" " best Bland or Powell . . . BonJ. E. Valentine 3 



" " best Catawba General Patterson 3 



" " next best do Michael Coyle. .. . 2 



" " best Native Grapes of 



another variety Peter Raabe 3 



FOR FOREIGN GRAPES RAISED IN THE OPEN AIR. 



For the best Black or Red Ham- 

 burgh Israel Janney .... 5 



" " best Hansteretto James Laws 5 



" " best Chasselas C. S. Langstreth. . 5 



" " best White Malaga, or 



White Portugal James Laws 5 



" " best Foreign Grapes of 



another variety Tovvnsend Hilliard 5 



" " best For'n Grapes raised 

 under glass without ar- 

 tificial heat Nicholas Biddle . • 5 



" " next best do. do John Smith 3 



FRUITS. 



For the best peaches, ] peck Philip Reybold, Jr. 5 



" " next best do Enoch R. Allen. .. 3 



" " best peaches, 1 bushel . . George Thomas.. . 10 



" " next best do contrib. unknown. 5 



" " best seckel Pears Joseph Jones 3 



" •' best Pears of any other 



variety Rob"t Hilvington.. 3 



" " best Apples, 1 peck .... Horace Binney ... 3 



" " next best do David Comfort . .. 2 



" " best Apples, 1 bushel.. . Benj. E. Shuster.. 5 



" " best Quinces Edward Smith. .. . 3 



" " best VVater Melons .Joseph C. Zane. .. 5 



" " next best do Jacob Anson 3 



" " best Nutmeg Melons . . . Charles Chauncey. 3 



VEGETABLES. 



For the best Potatoes William Parry ... 3 



" " best Sweet Potatoes William Whittall. 3 



" " bestOnions Andrew Patten. . . 2 



" " best Cabbage Samuel Cooper .. . 3 



" " next best do Albinus L. Felton 2 



" " best Red Cabbage G. B. Roessler 3 



" " heslCarrots Albinus L. Felton 2 



" " best Ijettuce George Esher 2 



" " best Endive, blanched. . .-Mhifius L. Felton 2 



" " best Salsify Albinus L. Felton 2 



FLOWERS. 



For the best 20 varieties of Dah- 



next best do. do. . . . 



best display of Dahlias.. 



next best do. do 



best American Seedling 

 Particoloured Dahlia.. 



best do. Self-coloured.. 



best 10 varieties of Dah- 

 lias, (Amateurs) 



next best do. do 



best Dahlia, (Amateurs) 



best Pyramid, or other 

 desiffn, of cut flowers. . 



next best do. do 



next best do. do 



best pair of Wreaths 

 for Festoons 



next best do. do 



best Bouquet 



next best do 



Henry A. Dreer . . 10 



Gerhard Schniitz. . 

 Henry A. Dreer . . 

 Lenfosty & Lentz. 



Gerhard Schmitz. . 3 

 MissScheets 5 



William Sinton . . 5 

 Robert S. Eufrlish. 3 

 Miss Alexander . . 3 



Samuel Maupay. . 20 



Joseph Conk 15 



Andrew Dryburgh 10 



Wm. Chalmers ... 10 

 John Sherwood ... 5 

 Samuel Maupay. . 5 

 Miss Smith 3 



HONORARY PREMIUMS, 



VEGETABLES. 



Forthebost display of vegetables A. L. Felton 5 



" " next best do. do Jacob Ensleman. . 3 



For a fine display of vegetables. John C. Engleman 3 



" " do. do. do Joseph Cook 2 



" Valparaiso Squashes David Comfort ... 2 



" Honey — Jeremiah Comfort. 2 



FROITS. 



For fine Peaches James McGill 2 



" " do Wm. M. Alberger. 2 



" " Quinces Isaac Wilkins. .. . 1 



" " do MissGratz X 



FLOWERS. 



For a beautiful vase of flowers.. Peter Fleming. ... 15 

 For a handsome octagon flower- 

 stand Alex'r Cair 10 



For a design of Peace & Plenty. Peter Mackenzie.. 8 



For a Pyramid of Dahlias George Milroy 6 



For Basket Bouquets Robert Kilvington. 5 



Agricultural Society of Newcastle 

 County, Del. 



The annual meeting of this Society was held at the 

 City Hall, Wilmington, October 19th, 1841, and the fol- 

 lowing gentlemen were unanimously elected ofiicers 

 for the ensuing year, viz : 



President. 



JAMES W. THOMSON, M.D. 



Vice-Presidents. 



Edward Tatnall, James Canby, 



Philip Reybold, 



J. A. Lockwood, M. D. 

 Benjamin Webb, 

 John Higgins, 

 J.S. Naudain, M.D. 



Samuel Canby, 

 Wm. J. Hurlock, 

 John Richardson. 



Cor. Secr'y—J. A. Lockwood, M. D. 



Rec. Secr'y dj- Trcas'r. — S. WoUaston. 



Counsellor. — James A. Bayard, Esq. 



Directors. 



George Z. Tybout, 



Wm. Chandler, 

 John Jones, 

 J. J. Brindley, 

 Wm. Tatnall, 

 James T. Bird, 

 Brian Jackson, 

 Philip Reybold, Jr. 

 Capt. Geo. Maxwell, 

 John C. Clark, 



Anthony Bidderman, 

 Henry Du Pont, 

 D. W. Genimill. 

 Joseph Lloyd, 

 Jesse Gregg, 

 Thomas Garrett, 

 John Latimer, 

 John Exton. 



The Society having appointed the President, Edward 

 Tatnall, B. Webb, Samuel Canby, and John A. Lock- 

 wood, a Special Committee to report a premium list 

 and other business for the action of the Society — ad- 

 journed to meet at the City Hall, Wilmington, on Wed- 

 nesday, October 27th, inst., to adopt such premium list 

 and other measures as shall greatly enhance and en- 

 large the agricultural, horticultural and home industry 

 products of this county at the fall exhibitions of 1842. 



At the annual cattle-show it was, on motion of B. 

 Webb, Esq. 



Resolved, That this Society highly approve of the 

 proposition to establish a National Society of Agricul- 

 ture, with the object of " Elevating the character and 

 standing of the cultivators of American soil," and we 

 apjirove of the steps that have been taken to organize 

 sucli a National Institution. 



Resolved, That it is important for the credit of this 

 Society, that it be properly represented at the Farmers' 

 Convention, to be held in Washington, in December 

 next, to organize such a National Society, and for that 

 pnrjiose we will appoint a committee of ten to repre- 

 sent this Society, and at the same time we recommend 

 a general attendance of the friends of agricultural im- 

 provement. 



Resolved, That the President fill the number with 

 names of such as will in his judgment best represent 

 the Society, and that the President himself constitute 

 one of the Delecation. 



In conformity with the above resolutions, the Presi- 

 iletit announced the following members of the Agricul- 

 tural Society of Newcastle County, the delegates to 

 attend the Farmers' Convention to assemble in Wash- 

 ington in December ne.\t. 



Philip Reybold, Henry Latimer, 



Wm. J. Hurlock, J. J. Brindley, 



Wm. Chandler, C. I. Du Pont, 



Benjamin Webb, Samuel Canby, 



J. A. Lockwood, M. D. D. W. Gemmill. 



SAMUEL WOLLASTON. 

 Secr'y of Jig. Soc'y of J^ewcastle Co. 



