Litchfield enquirer., 1858-09-30

Orson B. Eldridge, 1st premium. %
 R. w. Griswold, 2l do. 2 %
 A B. Dickinson, 3d do. % Pineapple Cheese.
 F. P. Whiting, 1st premium. .... %
 Edwin White, 2d do. 2 %
 Phineas North, 3d do. co Flowing.
 With Oxen-O. Sparks, lst premium %
 A. D. Catlin, 2d do. 3 % With Horses-A H. Morse. l>t do. 3 %
 . LADIES' HORSEBACK RIDING. Miss Emily Sedgwick $2 50 Miss Fanny Warner ................ ? 50 Miss Miner INSTRUMENTATION. ? 50 Miss Griffin EXPERIMENTATION. 50 The Committee on Fruit and Vegetables. in the discharge of their duties, have awarded premiums as follows
 ON VEGETABLES. For the best and greatest variety of Agri- cultural products raised by the exhibitor to John L. Stephens .............. $2 For second best to James H. Smith .:..... An unusual variety of Potatoes were exhib- itcd, aud the Committee, among many spcci- mems of very fine potatoes, found it difficult to say which were the best. Of those exhibited, which fall Gin respect to qnantity) within the class for which premiums are prescribed, the Committee notice particularly four apparently distinct varieties, viz:
 lst-The Colebrook Seeding, large ob- long pale red potatoe, very sound, well favored, light and mealy. This the Committee are in- clined to rahk first among those exhibited. Of this variety, three specimens of half bushel each were produced to the committee, viz, l by Mr. Thomas Watson, l by Mir. John w.. Rood, and by Mir E. Tanner. Ofthese the committee could perceive no difference in quail ity and in awarding to this variety the first premium of $l, they divide the amount equally between the eXhibitors-recommend an ad- ditonal sum of 50 cents to each.
 2d--The other three varieties are,
 The French Mercer, long, smooth, white,
 apparently very sound-exhibited by
 Mr. E. A. Whittlesey.
 The Wendall Seeding, large, white,
 smooth, sound and thick--exhbited in
 3 specimens of like quality by MT. Ma
 than Hart, Jr., and by Mr. John W.
 Rood.
 A variety, the name of which was not
 furnished--white, oval. middling- g-sized,
 very smooth and sound-exhibited by
 Mr. Robert F. Minor.
 The committee ol serve that each of these varieties appear of excellent quality and of good favor and dry and mealy when prepared of the table The committee assign to these varieties the second premium, and if confined strictly to the sum named in the list of premi- ums, (6fty cents,) must divide it among the exhibitors named hut the committee recom- mend the allowance of the amount of the second premium to each
 The committee take pleasure in stating that there were many other fne specimens of pota- toes exhibited, and among them were samples in the variety of agricultural products above named, exhibited by Mir. Stephens and speci- mems produced by Mr. T. s. Gold, consisting of twenty varieties, many oe which are Seed lings recently procured and which appeared to the committee to be of an excellent quality and many of them large, sound and smooth. For the best l-2 bushel of Beets-to Mir H NJ Hart the first premium m............ Sl For the second best. ........... .... 5O (to be divided between Mir Robert Minor and MT Wm B Lake.)
 For best l-2 bushel of Parsnips, to MT Robert F MlHor. $l For the hest 1-2 bushe of Onions, to
 Wm B Ames, lst premium ........ For 2d best do. to Isaac Morse. ..... 50 For the best Winter Squashcs, to Morris
 w. Seymour, lst premium ....... 50 For the 2d best, to Solomon M Webster 9 For the best Pumpkins, to Joel Tharp.. 50 For 2d best do to David Tnrncy ...... 25 For the best bushel of Turnips, to Lorin Tharp, 1st premium. m............... 50 For 2d best do to Bennett Warner .... 25 The committee recommend the allowance of the following discretionary premiums on Veg etahles, &c.:
 To Sarah E Stockman for specimens of several varieties of fine Tomatoes 50 To Mrs Cynthia Buel, for basket of fine
 Cranberries ......... 50
 ON FRUIT, &c.
 For the best and greatest display of Horticul- tural Products, to Nathan Hart, Jr., 3 For 2d best, to Rev. Dr. Eldridge . For best variety Winter Apples, to Ma
 than Hart. Jr, (22 different species,) l For 2d best do. to E. Tanner 50 The committee recommend like premium of fifty cents to Phineas North, for very fine variety exhibited.
 Fall Apples-none exhibited. For best peck Winter Apples, to John L