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SHOW AND FAIR OF THE NEW YORK STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY FOR 1843 . 
[The above were products of Rochester and 
Monroe.] 
E. Murdock, Le Roy, Genesee co., seedling pota¬ 
toes. 
James S. Wadsworth, Geneseo, 12 ears of seed corn, 
very long; good specimen of Lima beans, tomatoes. 
Arthur K. Steen, Mount Morris, Lima beans, to¬ 
matoes, and egg-plants. 
Oliver Phelps, Canandaigua, 5 samples cf potatoes, 
red celery, winter squashes, and pumpkins. 
Wm. Blossom, Canandaigua, celery and onions, a 
.sample of rice-corn grown in the open air. 
Hiram E. Hotchkiss, Lyons, Wayne co., varieties of 
musk-melons. 
Abner Bryant, Black Rock, early Bassano, white 
turnep, and long blood beets, onions, carrots, pars- 
neps, tomatoes, celery, crook-neck and summer scollop 
squashes, early golden Sioux corn. 
Elihu Tyler, Buffalo, tomatoes. 
[Several lots of fine vegetables are omitted, because 
they were not labelled, and the owners were not known 
to the committee.] 
Premiums awarded. 
Hugh Mulholland, Brighton, for 2 best purple egg¬ 
plants $1 
The same, for the 3 best heads of cabbage 1 
Nathaniel Hayward, Brighton, 12 best blood beets 1 
The same, for the best half-peck of potatoes 2 
H. N. Langworthy, Irondequoit, for the best crook- 
neck winter squashes 1 
The same, for the best water-melons 1 
The same, “ best musk-melons Vol. Tr. 
The same, “ best twelve varieties seedling po¬ 
tatoes Diploma. 
Alfred Fitch, Riga, 2d best half-peck of potatoes $1 
Wm. Hamilton, Rochester, best 12 parsneps 1 
The same, best pumpkins 1 
C. F. Crosman, Rochester, best table summer scol¬ 
lop squash 1 
The same, 2d best seed sweet com 1 
The same, best white field carrots Yol. Tr. 
Richard Cooper, Rochester, best celery $2 
E. Waugh, Rochester, best curled parsley 1 
Michael Elsenbach, Rochester, fine specimens of 
cabbages and potatoes, discretionary premium of 1 
E. Murdoch, Le Roy, best half-peck seedling po¬ 
tatoes o 
James S. Wadsworth, Geneseo, 12 ears best seed 
com 1 
Arthur H. Steen, Mount Morris, half-peek best 
Lima beans 1 
Wm. Blossom, Canandaigua, fine specimen of rice 
corn, discretionary premium of Yol. Tr. 
Elihu Tyler, best 12 tomatoes $1 
Abner Bryant, Black Rock, best table onions 1 
The same, best table carrots 1 
The same, fine early Bassano beets Vol. Tr. 
REPORT OxV FRUIT. 
The committee on fruits have the gratification 
of reporting, though the year has proved very un¬ 
favorable, a greatly increased collection in com¬ 
parison with former years, both in the variety and 
extent of the products of the fruit garden. Among 
the contributors are the following :— 
Oliver Phelps, of Canandaigua, who presented 27 
varieties of apples and a collection of pears. 
David Thomas, Cayuga county, (presented by Thomas 
& Smith, of Macedon,) 48 varieties of the apple, 36 
of pears, 10 of peaches, 5 of plums, 2 of nectarines, 
and other fruits. 
Abner Bryant, Buffalo, 12 varieties of apples and 
miscellaneous fruits. 
Benjamin Hodge, of Buffalo, 42 of apples. 
Nathaniel Hayward, Brighton, 23 of apples and 
grapes. 
Dr.. Armstrong, Rochester, specimens of plums. 
Charles MarchanL Greece, 36 of apples. 
John Hiler, Penfield, 9 of apples. 
Hiram Robbins, Penfield, apples and plums. 
Joseph Christopher, apples. 
Elihu Tyler, Buffalo, a collection of grapes, apples, 
and peaches. 
Ellwanger & Barry, a large collection of apples and 
pears. 
Wm. Otis, Gates, Monroe co., 14 \ r arieties of apples. 
Samuel Mouison, Rochester, a miscellaneous collec¬ 
tion of fruits, 
Zera Burr, Perinfon, Monroe co., fine seedling ap¬ 
ples and quinces. 
Robert N. Brown, Greece, 12 varieties of apples. 
E. C. Frost, Catharines, Chemung co., 3 varieties 
of pears. 
L. E. Lapham, Yates co., apples and pears. 
C. M. Fames, New Hartford, Oneida co., fine speci¬ 
mens of the lemon, presented by Jacob Gould, Roch¬ 
ester. 
Wm. Mervine, Utica, fine sweet-water grapes. 
Marcus Morse, Rochester, peaches and grapes. 
Mrs. Marshall, Rochester, several varieties of plums, 
and Columbia and other peaches. 
Abraham Vought, Mendon, plums. 
Henry Deyo, Greece, peaches.. 
Jonathan Buell, East Bloomfield, seedling apples 
(the Early Joe.) 
J. W. Smith, Rochester, fine Isabella grapes, well 
ripened in the open air, and good new seedling 
peach. 
J. A Hadley, quinces. 
T. H. Rochester, pears*. 
Jas. S. Wadsworth, very fine grapes and pears. 
Jacob Gould, Rochester, plums and pears. 
Harry Pratt, Rochester, collection of fruits. 
Thos. H. Hyatt, Rochester, peaches, apples, and 
pears. 
L. Jenkins, Manchester, Ontario co., pears (Seckel 
and Virgalieu.) 
-Avery, Rochester, pears. 
Win. Sternberg, grapes, &c. 
Charles H. Carroll, Groveland, Livingston co., seed¬ 
ling peach. 
Isaac Moore, Brighton, peaches and pears. 
S. Vanderniter, Buffalo, bottled gooseberries. 
Isaac Hills, Rochester, 8 fine varieties of plums. 
E. Scrantom, plums and peaches. 
H. V. B. Schenck, fine peaches. 
Joseph Medberry, plums. 
M. A. Norton, Victor, pears. 
H. G. Hotchkiss, Vienna, fine grapes of several 
varieties, all grown in the open air, and excellent 
peaches. 
Sidney Allen, Rochester, grapes, peaches, and pears. 
H. N. Langworthy, peaches and grapes. 
The great number of collections presented has 
prevented a thorough examination of the many 
varieties composing them, as well as an enumera¬ 
tion of the names. 
The committee have made the following awards. 
Where members of the committee were compe- 
