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11. For the best essay on the culture of the grape — both uu- 



d(!r glass and out of doors Gold Medal. 



12. For the best essay on the culture of the strawberry. . . .Silver Medal. 



13. For the best essay on the preservation of ripe fruit Silver Medal. 



14. For the best plan of preserving fruit without sugar Silver Medal. 



15. For the best essay on the cultivation of the potato Silver Medal. 



16. For the best essay on the cultivation of asparagus Silver Medal. 



17. For the best essay on the cultivation of celery Silver Medal. 



18. For the best essay on domesticating animals Silver Medal. 



19. For the best essay on poultry Silver Medal. 



20. For the best mode of draining, accompanied by an essay 



on the value of the same on the various soils, with 

 simple diagrams or plans, suggesting economical drain- 

 age Silver Medal. 



21. For the best design for a forcing house for vegetables, 



propagating, raising seedlings, &c., all under the %ame 



I'oof Large Silver Medal. 



22. For the best quarter cask of wine made from the grape, 



which can be afforded at one dollar per gallon Gold j\redal. 



23. For the best corn sheller that will not break the grain. . .Silver Medal. 



24. For the best portable mill for grinding corn — for farm 



nse Silver Medal. 



25. For any improvement or new instrument — adapted to the 



farm and superior to any now in nse Gold Medal. 



The grains and vegetables will be required to be exhibited at the Farmers' 

 Club, on Tuesday, the 15th da}^ of December next. Those deemed entitled 

 to the premium will become the property of the Institute, and will be dis- 

 tributed at the Farmers' Club. 



The new seedling fruit must possess sufficient merit to warrant their 

 general cultivation. They may be presented at any meeting of the Club. 



The essays must be designated by a nam de plume, which is also to be 

 superscribed on an envelope, inclosing the name of the author. After the 

 judges have decided upon those entitled to the premium, the rejected essays 

 will be returned to the authors, with their accompanying envelopes 

 unopened. The successful essays will be published in the Transactions of 

 the American Institute; but the copyrights will remain with the authors. 



The Wine Premium. 



Solon Robinson. — I object to the prize for wine, because it will open the 

 door for the introduction of all sorts of stuff under the name of wine, such 

 as has been heretofore offered for premium before this and other societies, 

 some of whicli is no more worthy of the name than any other compound of 

 fruit juice and cane sugar. I have no objections to the manufacture of any 

 kind of drink from fruit and sugar, some of which is very good cordial, but 

 I do object to calling it wine, or giving it a gold medal because it can be 

 made cheap. I want the prize offered to encourage the production of pure 

 grape wine, such as that we have tasted samples of in this Club, manufac- 

 tured from Catawba grapes by John E. Mottier, of Cincinnati, or such as 

 that we had the other day from California. But we must not yet look for 



