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For the best twelve table apples, Bridgeman’s Gard¬ 
eners’ Assistant. 
For the best twelve winter apples, Prince’s Treatise 
on Fruits. 
For the best cultivated cranberries, Farmer’s Mine. 
For the best and greatest variety of house grapes, 
Colman’s European Agriculture and Rural Econ¬ 
omy. 
For the second best variety of house grapes, Browne’s 
Trees of America. 
For the third best variety of house grapes, Downing’s 
Cottage Architecture. 
For the best twelve bunches of Isabella grapes, 
Prince’s Treatise on the Vine. 
For the best twelve bunches of Catawba grapes, Ken- 
rick’s American Orchardist. 
For the best twelve bunches of other variety, Buel’s 
Farmers’ Instructor. 
For the next best twelve bunches of other variety, 
Bridgeman’s Fruit Cultivator’s Manual. 
For* the best and greatest variety of peaches and 
nectarines, Lindley’s Theory of Horticulture. 
For the best twelve peaches (freestones), Kenrick’s 
American Orchardist. 
For the best twelve peaches (clingstones), Bridge- 
man’s Gardener’s Assistant. 
For the best twelve nectarines, Kenrick’s American 
Orchardist. 
For the best and greatest variety of pears, Browne’s 
Trees of America. 
For the best twelve table pears, Prince’s Treatise on 
Fruit. 
For the twelve winter pears, Bridgeman’s Gardener’s 
Assistant. 
For the best twelve plums, Buel’s Farmer’s In¬ 
structor. 
For the best twelve quinces, Kenrick’s American Or¬ 
chardist. 
VEGETABLES. 
For the choicest assortment of culinary vegetables, 
two volumes of Report of State Agricultural Society. 
For the best and greatest variety of vegetable roots 
for cattle, two volumes of Report of State Agricultural 
Society. 
For the best twelve blood beets, New York Farmer 
and Mechanic. 
For the best twelve sugar beets, American Agricul¬ 
turist. 
For the best twelve mangle-wurzel beets, one vol¬ 
ume of the Cultivator. 
For the best six heads of Cape Broccoli, Bridgeman’s 
Gardener’s Assistant. 
For the best six heads of cauliflower, Transactions 
of the American Institute. 
For the best field of cabbage, silver medal. 
For the best twelve heads of drumhead cabbage, Re¬ 
port of State Agricultural Society. 
For the best twelve heads of Savoy cabbage, Bridge¬ 
man’s Gardener’s Assistant. 
For the best twelve carrots for the table, New York 
Frrmer and Mechanic. 
For the best twelve carrots for cattle, American Ag¬ 
riculturist. 
For the best twelve roots of white celery, Report of 
State Agricultural Society. 
For the best twelve roots of red celery, the Farmers’ 
Mine. 
For the best six egg plants, Bridgeman’s Gardeners’ 
Assistant. 
For the best peck of white onions, Buel’s Farmers’ 
Instructor. 
For the best peck of yellow onions, Transactions of 
the American Institute. 
For the best peck of red onions, Hand Book of Plants. 
For the best twelve parsnepsfor the table, American. 
Agriculturist. 
For the best twelve parsneps for cattle, New York 
Farmer and Mechanic. 
For the best peck of American seedling potatoes, sil¬ 
ver medal. 
For the best half bushel of potatoes for the table, 
Bridgeman’s Gardeners’ Assistant. 
For the best half bushel of potatoes for cattle, one 
volume of the Cultivator. 
For the best three cheese pumpkins, Chapin’s Hand 
Book of Plants. 
For the best three cattle pumpkins, Buel’s Farmers’ 
Instructor. 
For the best and largest pumpkin, 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, New York Farmer 
and Mechanic. 
For the best half peck of Tomatoes, Bridgeman’s 
Kitchen Gardeners’ Instructor. 
For the best twelve white, flat, or round turneps, one 
volume of the Cultivator. 
For the best twelve yellow, flat, or round turneps, 
Farmer’s Mine. 
For the best twelve Russia turneps, American Agri¬ 
culturist. 
For the best twelve long white turneps, Bridgeman’s 
Gardener’s 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, 
Colman’s European Agriculture and Rural Economy. 
For the best forty ears of white Indian corn, Amer¬ 
ican Agriculturist. 
For the best forty ears of yellow corn, the New York 
Farmer and Mechanic. 
For the best bushel of wheat, Browne’s Trees of 
America. 
For the best bushel of rye, two volumes of the Cul¬ 
tivator. 
For the best bushel of oats, Colman’s European Ag¬ 
riculture and Rural Economy. 
For the best bushel of barley, two volumes of the 
Cultivator. 
For the best bushel of buckwheat, the New York 
Farmer and Mechanic. 
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. 
Discretionary premiums for the second and third 
best of each of the above articles. 
GARDEN IMPLEMENTS, ORNAMENTS, &C. 
For the greatest variety and best finished garden im¬ 
plements, gold medal. 
For the invention of any new and useful agricultu¬ 
ral or horticultural implement, silver medal. 
For the best specimen of statuary for ornamenting 
gardens, Report of the State Agricultural Society. 
