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entitled to premiums. In the opinion OF the Com
Inlttee, Messrs. BAILEY and BATrY are entitled to
special notice tor their beautiful display The Com
initee in conclusion, would express their sanguine
hnle thnt this floral exhibition, so credable for the
taste it displays will serve as a stimulus to the cult
vation of flowers, pursuit so well calculated to pro-
mote purity and refinement OF mind. All which is
respectfully submitted.
JOSEPH II. COIT,
Chairman,
ON CRATUTTIES.
The Committee on Grautcs recommend that
there be paid
To Prot. ToRREY of Burlington, for a
large collection OF choice Pears, 90
Prot I beng on the Committee for Pears, with.
drew all entries for Premiums. lie would otherwise
have been entitled to several.
To JONATHAN BATTY. keeseve, for
collection oi 200 varieties Of choice
Flowers, s3O
c. GOODRICH, for Commlttee.
ON EGErABLES.
The Committee on Vegetables respe cttuly report
That they have examined the various specimens OF
vegetables brought by the members OF the Society,
and that taken as whole they highly creditabe
So excellent, and nearly equal in point OF merit
were many OF the specimens, that your Committee
found great difficulty in deciding to which the pre-
miums should be given. The folio wing are the pre-
muns awarded by the Committee
For tire greatest variety of choice potatoes, to A
D. Barber, OF Beekmantown, ~ 20
For the choicest and most productive
variety OF potatoes early summer,
! neck to J. w Bailey OF Platts-
burgh, ! 90
For choicest variety, winter, to Col R,
c. Stone, OF Paushurgh, 100
The Committee doubt whether, at any locality in
the United States, more admirable specimens of the
choicest varieties OF potatoes could be produced -
The specimens Of ]. c. P.au and Col. Stone and
John Godso were very fine, and the Moore peach
blow, pota,oe, the Pink Eve, the Carter, The June,
the Allen, the Kidney the Lady Finger, the Eng sh
White the IRISH Cup, the Eariy Scarcity, the Scrh-
ner, and the Ruhan were among the varieties exam
ned by your Committee.
The premium tor the best winter Squashes vas
awarded TO John NIcho.s' ESQ OF Flats o.o
s"'
for TWO specimens oil monster 0quashes' one o'
wh'ch weighea - pounds ohe o' nearly equal
SIZE was p'ouuceu ny oeo'se ""eP"elu' Es4' VI
Mo'feal, anu u"o'he' ny D. ho"'eso"' Vi pe'"''''"
town. rlne specimens oi '"e marc" "q''s,, an
eNcrHehl VaHe'y' were a'so ploouceu D! IL "a''
worn" D. he'e"u"i anu - o'"'y'
MeS'tS' III '"e''a"'' Noo', 'a.'' ~ ~ ou
q'e'' H. W. "'o'e' anu - IL iio'' p'ouue''
very h"e spec'''e's vi 'uoe pee's' ou' No''e % e''
III sutncient quantities 10 oe emitted 10 premium
nose 'l MI a. o. o'ouu"fd were pa''cu'a'y a'-e
ana hhe'
i"e premium 'o' 'e oeS' O'o'' We """'''u "
Johh NicholS' Esq o' r'a"'ours"' ~
Inc premium io' "ie oeS' O'''o'S "ae ""a''eu "
J. w Dahey, o' .a"sou's"'
lhose o' Jon" N'o"o'S were nue. ou' "o' :" SUI
hceh' quu"''V'
i"e p'e"lu'i' W. ''' VS. "''''' '0o's
awarded 10 'o"n uouso' o' '"'''Uu' 4"'
Anu Iua' 'oI '"e o's' O"'' ''o"''' " w =
MOORE Esq, o. 'l''sou's"'
Anu u ~ ~ iou4'''' Vi S"' 'o' Wv
best CeIery' ~
For the best l-2 peck OF tomatoes. -
For the greatest variety oi lOo
] al, nrnIuppI in r flp,