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Show 286 THE CITY OF THE SAINTS. CHAP. VI. northern parts suffers from the late frosts, and requires a longer summer. Until oats and barley can be grown in sufficient quantities, horses are fed upon heating wheat, which only the hardest C L A S S B . - F I E L D CROPS-C o n t i n u e d. 2d beBt aero of rye dip. Best acre of turnips $3 00 2d do. dip. Best acre of beets 3 00 2d do. dip. Best acre of carrots 3 00 2d do. dip. Best 100 lbs. flax 5 00 2d do 2 00 3d best 100 lbs. of flax dip. BeBt 100 lbs. hemp $5 00 2d do 2 00 3d do dip. Best 10 lbs. manufactured tobacco 3 00 best 20 lbs. manufactured tobacco 2 00 3d best 20 lbs. manufactured tobacco dip, Best 6 canes of .Chinese sugar-cane $3 00 2d do. 2 00 3d do. dip, Best 6 canes of field-corn.. 2 00 2d do. .. 1 00 3d do. .. dip, Awarding Committee on Cotton and Tobacco-William Crosby, Robert D. Covington, Joshua T. Willis, Jacob Hamblin, Jas. R. M'Cullough. Best 10 acres of cotton $30 00 2d do. 20 00 3d do. .... 15 00 4th do. .... 10 00 5th do. . dip. Best 5 acres of c o t t o n . . . . 25 00 2d do. .... 20 00 3d da .... 15 00 4th do. .... 10 00 5th do. .... dip. Best 2 acres of cotton 20 00 2d do. .... 15 00 3d best 2 acres of cotton. .$10 Oil 4th do. .. 5 00 5th do. .. dip. Best 1 acre of cotton 15 00 2d do 10 00 3d do. S 00 4th do. 5 00 5th do. dip. Best i acre of cotton 10 00 2d do 8 00 3d do 0 00 4th best £ acre of cotton.. $4 00 5th do. .. dip. Best 5 acres of tobacco . . . 25 00 2d do. ... 20 00 3d do. ... 15 00 4th do. ... 10 00 5th do. ... dip. Best 1 acre of t o b a c c o . . . . 15 00 2d do 10 00 3d do. .... 5 00 4 t h . do. dip. CLASS C.-VEGETABLES. Awarding Committee-Sidney A. Knowlton, Charles H. Oliphant, Thos. Woodbury.* Best brace cucumbers 2d do. Best 3 squashes 2d do Best 3 pumpkins 2d do Best 3 water-melons 2d do Best 3 cantaloupes 2d do Best peck of tomatoes 2d do. 3d do. Best 3 early cabbages 2d do. Best 3 late cabbages 2d do. Best 3 red cabbages 2d do Best 3 Savoy cabbages.... 2d do. Best 6 stalks of celery $3 00 dip. 2 00 dip. 2 00 dip. 2 00 dip. 2 00 dip. 2 00 1 00 dip. 1 50 dip. 1 50 dip. 150 dip. 1 50 dip. 2 00 CLASS D.-FRUITS AND FLOWERS. 2d best 6 stalks of celery.. 2d do 2d do. 2d do. 2d do. Best peck of Bilver onions. 2d do. Best peck of yeUow onions 2d do. Best peck of red onions... 2d do. 2d do. Best peck of sweet potatoes 2d do. 3d do. dip. $2 00 dip. 2 00 dip. 2 00 dip. 2 00 dip. 2 00 dip. 2 W dip. 2 (10 dip. 2 (it dip. 2 00 dip. 5 00 2 00 dip, Best quart of Lima beans. 2d do. Best quart of bush beans.. 2d do. 2d do. Best 6 Btalks of rhubarb.. 2d do. Best 4 heads of cauliflower 2d do. Best 4 heads of brocoli.... 2d do. Best 4 heads of l e t t u c e . . .. 2d do. Best bunch of p a r s l e y . . .. 2d do. Best collection of radishes 2d do. Best collection of peppers.. 2d do. $2 00 dip. 2 00 dip. 2 00 dip. 2 00 dip. 100 dip. 1 00 dip. 100 dip. 1 00 dip. 100 dip. 100 dip. 100 dip. Awarding Committee-Edward Sayres, George A. Niel, Daniel Graves. BestOappIes $3 00 2d do 2 00 3d do 1 00 4th do dip. Best 0 poaches 3 00 2d do. 2 00 Sd do 1 00 4th do. dip. Best 6 pears 8 00 2d do. 2 00 8d do 1 00 4th do dip. Best 6 apricots 3 00 2d do 2 00 3d do 1 00 4th do dip. Best C quinces $3 00 2d do. 2 00 3d do 1 00 4th do dip. Best 8 bunches of grapes... 3 00 2d do. ... 2 00 3d do. ... 1 00 4th do. ... dip. Best quart of native grafted plums 2 00 2d do. 1 00 8d do. dip. Best pint of currants 2 00 2d do 1 00 3d do. dip. Best specimen of English cherries $3 00 2d do. 2 00 3d do. dip. Best bed or hills of strawberries 3 00 2d do. 2 00 3d do. 100 4th do. dip. Best raspberries 2 00 2d do 100 3d do. dip. Best gooseberries 2 00 2d do. 1 00 3d do. dip. |