16 Transacttoxs of the American Institute. 



■ Premiums oflTered by the Board of Managers : 



For the best quart of Agriculturist ^'3 00 



do do Austin 3 00 



do do Durand's Seedling 3 00 



do do French's Seedling 3 00 



do ■ do Golden Queen 3 00 



do do Green Prolific 3 00 



do do Hovey's Seedling 3 00 



do do Ida 3 00 



do do Jucunda 3 00 



do do La Constante 3 00 



do do Lennig's White 3 00 



do do Mead's Seedling ^ 00 



do do Metcalf's Early 3 00 



do do Philadelphia 3 00 



do do Rippowam 3 00 



do do Russell's ProUflc 3 00 



do do Triomphe de Gand 3 00 



do do Wilson's Albany 3 00 



For the best strawberry box or basket for marketing strawberries, 



considering price and durability 5 00 



Premium offered by William H. Vaxderbilt, Esq., ^25 : For the best six 

 varieties of hot house grapes, two bunches of each. 



The fruit must be on the tables by 2 o'clock, p. m., on Tuesday, the 24th of 

 June. Each kind must be correctly named. It is expected that the exhibitors 

 will show the exact quantity specified, neither more nor less. A deficiency will 

 disqualify for a prize. 



Plants exhibited in pots must be in good condition, and not drooping, or wilted, 

 from being lifted. No tubs will be allowed in the exhibition. 



The judges will meet on Tuesday, the 24th day of June, at 3 o'clock p. m., to make 

 their examination. No persons will be allowed in the rooms during the examina- 

 tion by the judges. The exhibitor's name must not appear on the specimens until 

 after the examination. The prizes will be attached to each lot as soon as the 

 judges have finished their labors. 



The exhibition will be opened to the public at 7 o'clock p. M., on Tuesday, 

 June 24th, and remain open until 10 o'clock p. m., on Wednesday, June 25th. 



The prize fruit will be at the disposal of the managers at the close of the exhi- 

 .bition. Dishes will be provided by the managers. Persons intending to exhibit 

 will please to give at least one week's notice to the secretary, so that the necessary 

 arrangements may be made. 



The judges will be Messrs. John Ellis, Thomas Meehan, J. J. Thomas and Geo. 

 Thurber. 



Fruit from a distance may be addressed, prepaid, to the care of John W. Cham- 

 bers, secretary of the managers, American Institute, No. 22 Cooper Building, and 

 will be properly placed on the tables. 



The clays first designated for the exhibition was the 18th and 

 19th days of June, but from the hiteness of the season, the eom.- 

 mittee deemed it expedient to defer it a week later. 



Competent judges of strawberries assert that the exhibition of 



