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For the best assortment of American seedling dahlias, 
silver medal. 
Fruit. —-For the best fruit farm, a gold medal. 
For the most successful vineyard culture of the na¬ 
tive grape, silver medal. 
For the best twelve table apples, Bridgeman’s Gar¬ 
dener’s Assistant. 
For the best twelve winter apples, Kenrick’s Amer¬ 
ican Orchardist. 
For the best cultivated cranberries, Smith’s Pro¬ 
ductive Farming. 
For the best ’ and greatest variety of house grapes, 
gold medal. 
For the second best variety of house grapes, silver 
medal. 
For the third best variety of house grapes, Downing’s 
Cottage Architecture. 
For the best twelve bunches of Isabella grapes:, 
Downing’s Rural Architecture. 
For the best twelve bunches of Catawba grapes, Ken¬ 
rick’s American Orchardist. 
For the best twelve bunches of other variety, Buel’s 
Farmers? Companion. 
. For the best and greatest, variety of Peaches and 
nectarines, silver medal. 
For the best twelve peaches (freestones), Kenrick’s 
American Orchardist. 
For the best twelve peaches (clingstones), Bridge- 
man’s Gardeners’ Assistant. 
For the best twelve nectarines, Kenrick’s American 
Orchardist. 
For the best and greatest variety of pears, silver 
medal. 
For the best twelve table pears, Kenrick’s American 
Orchardist. 
For the best twelve winter pears, Bridgeman’s Gar¬ 
deners’ Assistant. 
For the best twelve plums, Buel’s Farmers’ Com¬ 
panion. 
For the best twelve quinces, Kenrick’s American 
Orchardist. 
Vegetables. —For the choicest assortment of culinary 
Vegetables, silver medal. 
For the best and greatest variety of vegetable roots 
for cattle, silver medal. 
For the best twelve blood beets, United States 
Farmer. 
For the best twelve sugar beets, American Agricul¬ 
turist. 
For the best twelve mangel wurtzel beets, One 
Volume of the Cultivator. 
For the best six heads of Cape broccoli, Bridgeman’s 
Gardeners’ Assistant. 
For the best six heads of cauliflower, Buel’s Farmers’ 
Companion. 
For the best field of cabbage, silver medal. 
For the best twelve heads of drumhead cabbage, 
Report of State Agricultural Society. 
For the best twelve heads of Savoy cabbage, Faulk¬ 
ner’s Farmers’ Manual. 
For the best twelve carrots for the table, United 
States Farmer. 
For the best twelve carrots for cattle, American 
Agriculturist. 
For the best twelve roots of white celery, Report of 
State Agricultural society. 
For the best twelve roots of red celery, Dana’s Muck 
Manual. 
For the best six egg plants, Bridgeman’s Gardeners’ 
Assistant. 
For the best peck of white onions, Buel’s Farmers’ 
Companion. 
For the best peck of yellow onions, Faulkner’s 
Farmers’ Manual. 
For the best peck of red onions, Smith’s Productive 
Farming. 
For the best twelve parsneps for the table, American 
Agriculturist. 
For the best twelve parsneps for cattle, United States 
Farmer. a 
For the best peck of American seedling potatoes, 
silver medal. 
For the best peck of potatoes for the table, Bridge 
man’s Gardeners’ Assistant. 
For the best peck of potatoes for cattle, One Volume? 
of the Cultivator. 
For the best three cheese pumpkins, Dana’s Muck 
Manual. 
For the best three cattle pumpkins, Buel’s Farmers 4 
Companion. 
For the best and largest pumpkins, Productive Farm¬ 
ing. 
For the best twelve roots of salsify, Bridgeman’s 
Gardeners’ Assistant. 
For the best three squashes, Faulkner’s Farmers’ 
Manual. 
For the best and largest squash, Dana’s Muck 
Manual. 
For the best half peck of tomatoes, United States 
Farmer. 
For the best peck of white, flat, or round turneps. 
One Volume of the Cultivator. 
For the best peck of Yellow, flat, or round turneps, 
United States Farmer. 
For the best twelve roots of Russia turneps, Amer¬ 
ican Agriculturist. 
For the best twelve roots of long white turneps, 
Bridgeman’s Gardeners’ Assistant. 
For the best sample of hops, not less than three 
pounds, American Agriculturist. 
Agricultural. Products. —For the best and greatest 
variety of Indian corn, silver medal. 
For the best 40 ears of white Indian corn, Two Vol¬ 
umes of the American Agriculturist. 
For the best 40 ears of yellow corn, Two Volumes 
of the Agricultural Report of the State of New York. 
For the best bushel of wheat, silver medal. 
For the best bushel of rye, Four Volumes or the Cul¬ 
tivator. 
For the best bushel of Oats, Planters’ Guide. 
For the best bushel of barley, Two Volumes of the 
Cultivator. 
For the best bushel of buckwheat, Planters’ Guide. 
For the best specimen of Egyptian corn, American 
Agriculturist. 
Products of the Dairy. —For the best specimen of 
butter, not less than 100 lbs., silver cup. 
For the best specimen of cheese, not less than 100 
lbs., silver cup. 
A discretionary premium for second best of each of 
the above articles. 
Garden Implements , Ornaments, fyc. —For the great¬ 
est variety and best-finished garden implements, gold 
medal. 
For the invention of any new and useful agricultural 
or horticultural implement, silver medal. 
For the best fountain, silver medal. 
For the best vase, Ewbanks’ Hydraulics. 
For the best specimen of statuary for ornamenting 
gardens, silver medal. 
For the best-constructed sun-dial, Report of the State 
Agricultural Society. 
For the best portable machine for watering gardens 
Ewbanks’ Hydraulics. 
