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beets, t^ye]ve sugar beets, twelve large turnip beets, twelve Silesia 

 beets, twelve turnip cabbages, three large pumpkins. As the above 

 constituted the largest and best assortment of vegetables for cattle, a 

 silver medal was awarded for them; for the best twelve turnip-rooted 

 beets, Transactions of the American Institute; for twelve fine roots 

 of white solid celery. Transactions of the American Institute; for the 

 best twelve parsnips for the table. Transactions of the American In- 

 stitute; for a peck of excellent table potatoes, Bridgeman's Garden- 

 er's Assistant; for the best peck of potatoes for cattle, Gardner's 

 Farmer's Dictionary; for the best twelve roots of salsify. Transac- 

 tions of the American Institute. 



Bernard Kelly, gardener to E. W. Fisk, Brooklyn, for the best 

 twelve long blood beets, Transactions of the New-York State Agri- 

 cultural Society; for the best twelve heads of d'-umhead cabbage, 

 Transactions of the New-York State Agricultural Society; for the 

 best peck of red onions, American Agriculturist; for the best peck of 

 white onions, Bridgeman's Gardener's Assistant; for the best peck of 

 yellow onions, New-York Farmer and Mechanic; for several varieties 

 of choice vegetables. Brown's Trees of A.merica. 



James F. O'Rourke, Garden Vale, N. J., for the best twelve sugar 

 beets, New-York Farmer and Mechanic; for the best twelve mangel 

 Avurtzel beets, American Agrirulturist; for the best six egg plants, 

 Gardner's Farmer's Dictionary; for the best twelve parsnips for cat- 

 tle,Transactions of the New-York State Agricultural Society; for the 

 best three squashes, American Agriculturist; for the best peck of 

 Russia turnips, a volume of the Cultivator. 



John Brill, Harsimus, N. J., for the best twelve carrots for the 

 table, New-York Farmer and Mechanic; for the best twelve roots of 

 white solid celery, Transactions of the New-York State Agricultural 

 Society ; for eight varieties of seedling potatoes, the Farmer's 

 Library. 



Peter WyckofF, Bushwick, L. I., for the best three cheese pump- 

 kins. New-York Farmer and Mechanic. 



M. R. McGarrity, Hoboken, N. J., for the best three cattle pump- 

 kins, averaging 200 lbs. each. American Agriculturist. 



G. C. Schanck, Pompton Plains, N. J., for the best and largest 

 pumpkin, weight 210 lbs. Bridgeman's Gardener's Assistant. 



Walter F. Williams, Bull's Ferry, N. J., for one large Valparaiso 

 squash, a volume of the Cultivator. 



J. W. Wood, Bloomingdale, for the best half peck of tomatoes. 

 New- York Farmer and Mechanic. 



James Angus, gardener to James McCullough, for the best peck of 

 ■white flat turnips, Bridgeman's Gardener's Assistant; for several 



