Premiums for Grapes. 



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by the Longworth Wine-house, for the best varieties of grapes both for 

 wine and table-use. These prizes are open to competition to all the 

 growers of the United States. The exhibition is to be held at Cincinnati, 

 O., die twenty-third day of September next. We annex a copy of the 

 circular issued by the Longworth Wine-house : — 



To the Wine-growers of the United States, through the American Wine- 

 growers' Association of Ohio, — Feeling deeply interested in the improve- 

 ment of our native grapes and wines, we offer the following premiums : A 

 silver pitcher, two goblets, and waiter, to cost not less than three hundred 



and fifty dollars, as the first premium ; a silver cup, to cost not less than 

 a hundred dollars, as a second premium ; and a silver cup, to cost not less 

 than fifty dollars, as the third premium. 



The first premium to be given to the best general wine-grape of our 

 whole countr)^ The second premium to be given to the best variety of 

 grapes for wine-purposes in the State of Ohio, provided it is not awarded 

 to the grape that receives the first premium ; in which case, it will be given 

 to the second best wine-grape in the country. The third premium to be 

 given to the best table-grape, for general purposes, in the country. 



Our requirements are, that the plants, when generally cultivated, shall be 

 perfectly healthy, hardy, and productive ; and the fruit shall produce a 



