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ent varieties ; as for instance, the native Isabella with the 

 Black Hamburg, or some other desirable foreign variety. Seeds 

 thus obtained and planted, would be much more likely to pro- 

 duce the desired result. The person who shall produce such 

 a grape as is contemplated, for the society's premiums, will be 

 a public benefactor. It is hoped that experiments will con- 

 tinue to be made, till the object in view be obtained. 



JosiAH Newhall, Chairman. 



Vegetables. 



On entering upon the discharge of their duties, your com- 

 mittee found placed at their disposal a motley group of the 

 productions of the vegetable kingdom, consisting of mammoth 

 squashes ; huge beets, carrots and onions ; potatoes, cooked 

 and uncooked; tomatoes, in varieties; cabbages, corn, &c. 

 The delicious and choice fruits, as the apple, the pear, the 

 peach, the plum, the grape, — the lovely and beautiful flowers 

 of the greenhouse and the garden, of the fields, the woods, and 

 the meadows, — had been assigned to other committees. 



The display of vegetables was good, a very perceptible im- 

 provement upon that of many previous years, but yet did not 

 attain that standard of perfection which, from the character of 

 our county, we had a right to expect. 



[The committee, after enumerating the contributions re- 

 ceived, go on to award sundry small premiums, and then re- 

 mark : — ] 



Your committee regret that the amount appropriated was 

 so limited as to exclude the awarding of gratuities to others of 

 the contributors, who were deserving of sjome notice in this 

 respect. They sincerely trust that this department will receive 

 from the trustees, another season, more encouragement than 

 has heretofore been so sparingly bestowed. 



They would also respectfully suggest to the trustees, the 

 expediency of establishing certain premiums, to be awarded at 

 the annual exhibition, for the best general display of vegeta- 

 bles, also for that of particular kinds, as of beets, squashes, or 

 the like, and for the introduction of any new variety or 



