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GENESEE FARMER. 



Oct. 



Phloxes. The best 10 varieties, EUwanger, Barry & Rowe, 

 Rochester. 3. 



Verbenas. The greatest variety and number, Kllwanger, 

 Barry & Rowe, Rochester, 3. 



Best 12 varieties. W. Webb, Florist. Buffalo. 2. 



Best seedling, Ellw.inger, Barry & Howe. Rochester, 2. 



German Asters. Best collection, EUwanger, Barry & Rowe. 

 Rochester, 3. 



Pansies. Best collection, EUwanger, Barry Si Rowe, Roch'r 3. 



Also, a discretionary premium of $2, for a beautiful collection 

 of German Ten Week Stocks, to EUwanger, Barry & Rowe. 

 Amateur List. 



Greatest variety and quantity of flowers. Miss Laura Jane 

 Whitney, Rochester, silver medal. 



Verbenas. Greatest variety. Miss Laura Jane "VVTiitney, $3. 



German Asters. Best coUection, Miss Stone, Buffalo, 3. 

 General List— Open to all Competitors. 



Best collection of green house plants, Wm. Webb, Buffalo, 

 sUver medal. 



Best floral design, Benj. Hodge, Buffalo, silver medal. 



2d. do., do., Wm. Webb, Buffalo, 3. 



Best floral ornament. Mrs. L. Eaton, do. silver medal ; 2d do., 

 Mrs. E. T. Throop Martin. WiUow Brook, Cayuga Co., 3. 



Best hand bouquet, (flat) Mrs. Coe, Buffalo. $3 ; 2d. EUwanger, 

 Barry & Rowe, Bochester, 2 ; 3d, EUwanger, Barry & Rowe, 

 Wash. Letters. 



Best hand bouquet, (round.) EUwanger. Barry & Rowe, Roch- 

 ester, 3 ; 2d, Mrs. Coe, Buffalo, 2 ; 3d, EUwanger. Barry & Rowe, 

 Rochester, Wash, letters. 



Best basket bouqua with handle, Miss Lucy Bryant, Buffalo 3. 



Discretionary premium of $2 to Miss Hodge Buffalo, for beauti- 

 tiful grass bouquet. 



The gold medal for the best floral exhibition by any Horticul- 

 tural Society, was awarded to the Buffalo Horticultural Society. 

 PREMIUMS ON FRUIT. 



Jlpples.—^esi variety of table apples, L. Fay, Chau. Co., Dip. 

 and ^10 ; 2d, EUwanger. Barry & Rowe, Rochester, 5 ; 3d, Benj. 

 Hodge. Buffalo, Trans. 



Best 12 varieties, EUwanger. Barry & Rowe, Rochester, 5 ; 2d, 

 L. Fay. Portland. Trans, and 2. 



Best six winter varieties, L. Fay, Chautauque Co., 3; 2d. A. 

 Bryant & Sons, Buffalo, Trans, and 2 ; discretionary premiums, 

 to H. Hooker, and EUwanger, Barry &Rowe, Rochester, Trans.; 

 Benj. Hodge. Buffalo, Trans. ; "P. W. Lay, Greece, Trans. 



Qumces.— Best specimen, L. Fay, Portland, Chau. Co., 3. 



Musk Melons .—hest specimen, Lewis Eaton, Beffalo, 3 ; 2d, 

 divided between W. Hamilton. Hamburgh, Erie Co , and John 

 Saunders, Cheektowaga, 2. 



Peac/ies.— Best 12 varieties, J. Af. Whitney, R-ochester, Dip, &5 ; 

 best 6. H. G. Dickinson, Lyons, 3 ; best 12 peaches, George Hoad- 

 ly, Cleveland. Ohio, 2. 



Best seedling variety, James Dougal, Amherstburgh, C, W. 3. 



Plums.— Best specimen, Dr Pratt, Buffalo, 2. 



Pears.— Best collection newly introduced, with description. Prof 

 W. R. Coppock, Buffalo, dip. and $10 



Best collection of autumn pears, do. dip and 5 ; do. winter 

 pears, Hubbard & Hastings, Michig.an, dip and 5. 



Foreign Fruits — EUiott & Co., Cleveland, Ohio, for a fine dis 

 play of assorted fruits. Downing and Trans. 



E, C. CampbeU, Niagara, C. W., variety of peaches, Thomas' 

 Eruit Culturist. 



Montreal Horticultural Society, for 100 varieties of apples. 

 Trans, for 3 years. 



Cleveland do do various articles. Trans, for 3 years. 



Mr. Mcintosh. Cleveland. Ohio, fine coUection of assorted fruits. 

 Downing and Trans. 



John M Wolsey, Cleveland, Ohie, similar collection. Trans. 



George Hoadley, do, do, Thomas' Fruit Culturist and Trans. 



Wm. West, EucUd, Ohio. Ohio. do. do. Trans. 



H. H. Coit, do. do, various fruits. Trans. 



John M. Woolsey, Cleveland, Ohio, various fruits. Trans. 



Frederick Whittlesey, do. Trans. 



Wm. Case, various paintings of seedling cherries. Downing & 

 Transactions. 



M. H. Hicox, Cleveland, Ohio, specimens of fruit. Trans ; Wm 

 Smith, do. Thomas' Fruit Culturist : T P. Handy, do. Trans ; 

 J. Jillett, do. Trans ; M. Lindley, do. Trans | Morse & Houghton, 

 Downing and Trans. 



James Dougall. Amherstburgh, C. W., for best collection of 

 fruits. Downing, Fruit Culturist and Trans. 



E. Morse, of Cleveland. Ohio, presented from Prof. Kirtland, 

 of that city . specimens of a seedUng pear, which originated from 

 the Seckel. All who have tasted it pronounce it a desirable fruit. 

 It is much larger than the Seckel, and a more thrifty tree. Being 

 a russet it will pmbiihly be exempt from the smut as well as the 

 parent. It is earlier than the Seckel, being ripe at this time. 

 The original tree stands on Prof Kirtland's farm, at Poland, Ma- 

 honing county, Ohio. DAVID THOMAS, 

 Of the Committee on Foreign Fruits. 

 Buffaio, 9th month, 1848. 



A case of beautiful grapes, nectarines, peaches, &c., from the 

 conservatory of Col. Thomas H Perkins, of Boston, was presented 

 by that gentleman, for which he wiU please accept the thanks of 

 the Society. 



VEGETABLES. 

 12 best stalks celery, George Cooper, Irondequoit, $3. 

 12 best White table turnips, C F Crosman, Rochester, 3. 



12 best carrots, John Saunders, Cheektowaga, Erie Co, 3. 



12 best parsnips, John Saunders, do, do, 3. 



12 best onions, James Keel. Buffalo, 3. 



3 best heads cabbage do. do, 3. 



12 best tomatoes, S J MiUs. Black Rock, 3, 



2 best purple egg plants. Wm T Miller, Black Rock, 3. 

 Half peck best Lima beans, J P Fogg. Rochester. 3. 



do Windsor beans, Wm Webb, Darien, (for T C Peters,) 3. 

 6 best bunches double parsley, H W Rogers, Black Rock, 3. 



3 best squashes, James Keel. Buffalo 3. 

 3 best bunches parsley, do, do, 3. 



12 best ears seed com, Orlando AUen, Buffalo, (of the Dutton 

 variety, ripened near Buffalo, and is now ready for the mill) 3. 



Half peck best table potatoes, H Culver. Arcadia, Wayne co, 3. 



2d best, H Culver, do, do, 2. 



Best seedling potato, N S Smith. Buffalo, 3. 



A superior collection of field root crops, consisting of onions, 

 sugar beet, mangel wurtzel, white carrots, parsnips, and samples 

 of brown and rice corn, were presented by John Townsend, of 

 Grand Island, dip and 2. 



GRAIN, FLOUR, &c. 



Best sample winter wheat. Timothy Judson, Portland. $5. 

 2d do, O H Arnold. Hamburgh. Erie co, 3. 



Second .sample oats, E C Bliss, Westfleld, Chau, co, 3, 



Best sample barley. E C Bliss, 5. 

 do flax seed, E C Bliss, 3. 



2d do do, S Brownell. Hanover, Chau. co, 2. 



Best sample timothy seed, J S Ross, Pontiac. Mich, 3. 



L A Spaulding, of Lockport, Niagara co, exhibited half barrel 

 samples unbranned wheat, with the bran. This wheat and bran 

 is the first ever done by machinery so arranged as to make it an 

 object to miUers. The machine is perfectly simple and durable, 

 being made of cast iron, and wUl unbran one hundred bushels 

 per hour. The machinery can be furnished ready to attach to 

 any running power, for $100. Diploma. 



For the best barrel of superfine flour to A & E Harmon, South 

 Chili. Monroe co, N. Y.. Dip 



2d do Beaumont & HoUingsworth, ZanesviUe, Ohio. Dip. 



3d do C J HUl, Rochester, Trans. 



Best apparatus for kiln drying corn, J H Tower, Kirkland, 

 Oneida co. Dip. 



Best Burr miU stones and fixtures, from the manufactory of 

 Messrs, Hayward & Noye, Buffalo, dip, 



FOREIGN STOCK. 



CATTLE. 



Best bull over three years (short horn,) Samuel Cloon, Cincin- 

 nati, Ohio, dip and $5. 

 Best buU calf, short horn, Samuel Cloon, dip and 5. 

 do heifer calf, S. Cloon, dip and 5. 

 do buU one year old, do, N Davis, Toronto, dip and 10. 

 do do two years old, (Ayrshire.) James Dougall, Amherst- 

 burgh, C W. dip and 15. 



do heifer, do, do, do, do, dip and 15. 

 do buU calf, do, do, do, do. dip and 5. 



do cow over three years old, Ayrshire, J B Ewart, Dundee, 

 C W.. dip and 25. 

 2d do, do, do. do, do, do, dip and 15. 

 Best biUl one year old, do, do, do, dip and 10. 

 Discretionary Premiums.— 'Sesi pair working oxen, R Dorman, 

 Belchertown, Mass, dip and 5. 



HORSES, 



Best staUion over three years, '• Clyde." Jane Ward. Toronto. 



C W, dip and $25. 2d, '■ Young Clyde," C Harrison, Toronto, C 



W, 15 ; 3d, •• Mercer," John CJibson. St. Catharines, C W ; |4th, 



■•Alfred," N Davis, Toronto, C W, Youatt. 



Best brood mare, "Chesnut Morgan," C H Blodgett, Chelsea, 

 Vt,15. 



Five Shetland ponies exhibited by James Dougall. Amherst- 

 burgh, C W, dip. 

 One .Mexican pony, saddle and bridle, from ilexico, dip. 

 One pair mules, dip. One single miUe. dip. 



MERiyO SHKEP. 



Best merino buck, three years old, John CampbeU, Middlebury, 

 Vt. dip and 10 ; do, one year old, Charles Button, Portage co, 

 Ohio. dip. 



Five merino ewes, T. Humphreys, Elmwood, lU., dip and 10. 



PREMIUMS OPEN TO ALL — CATTLE. 



Best bull, over three years old, '■ Maurius," short horn, T BeU, 

 Morrisiaua, Westchester co. dip. 



Ir two and one year old class, only one animal exhibited in 

 each, and no premium is awarded without competition. 



Best buU calf, "Rough and Ready," short horn, J M Sherwood. 

 Auburn, dip. 



Do cow over three years, '• PhiUippina," short horn, J M 

 Sherwood, Auburn, dip. 



Do heifer, two years old, (Hereford) S W Holmes, Chautauque 

 CO, dfp. 



Do (Jo oalf, short horn, Samuel Cloon, Cincinnat,i dip. 

 SHEEP — MIDDLE WOOLED. 



Best buck, '• Diamond," Z B Wakeman, Herkimer co, dip ; do, 

 6 ewes, do, dip ; do yearling buck, do, dip. 



Best six fat sheep, Samuel Peters, London, C W, dip. 



