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The prizes for the best twenty varieties of 

 pears were awarded : 1st, to Alexander Dick- 

 inson, for Bartlett, Belle Lucrative, Beurre 

 d'Anjou, B. Bosc, B. Clairgeau, B. Hardy, 

 B. Superfin, Dana's Hovey, Duchesse d'An- 

 goulerae, Howell, Lawrence, Louise Bonne 

 of Jersey, Marie Louise, Merriam, Onon- 

 daga, Paradis d'Automne, Seckel, Shel- 

 don, St. Michel Archange, Urbaniste ; 2d, 

 to Hovey & Co., for Adams, Andrews, Bart- 

 lett, Belle Lucrative, Beurre d'Anjou, B. 

 Bosc, B. Hardy, Dana's Hovey, Doyenne 

 Boussock, D. du Cornice, Lawrence, Marie 

 Louise, Merriam, Onondaga, Paradis d'Au- 

 tomne, Pratt, Seckel, Sheldon, St. Michel 

 Archange, Urbaniste ; 3d, to Joseph H. 

 Eenno, for Bartlett, Belle Lucrative, Beurre 

 d'Anjou, B. Bosc, B. Clairgeau, B. Hardy, 

 B. Langlier, B. hiuperfin, Doyenne Boussock, 

 Duchess, Esperine, Golden Beurre of Bil- 

 boa, Howell, Lawrence, Louise Bonne, On- 

 ondaga, Seckel, Sheldon, Urbaniste, Winter 

 Nelis ; 4th, to William R. Austin, for Bart- 

 lett, Belle Lucrative, Beurre d'Anjou, B. 

 Bosc, B. Clairgeau, B. Hardy, B. Langlier, 

 B. Superfin, Clapp's Favorite, Doyenne Bous- 

 sock, D. du Cornice, Duchess, Lawrence, 

 Louise Bonne, Onondaga, Passe Colmar, 

 Sheldon, Urbaniste, Wellington, Winter Nelis. 



The first prize for the best collection of 

 new pears was awarded to Marshall P. Wil- 

 der, for Bernard Goisneau, Mima Wilder, 

 Grace Wilder, and Eddie Wilder. 



The prizes for the best twenty varieties of 

 apples werft awarded : 1st, to Asa Clement, 

 for Pound Sweet, Foster Sweet, Lyscom, 

 Summer Sweet Paradise, Danvers Winter 

 Sweet, Foundling, Pumpkin Sweet, Kilham 

 Hill, Gravensteiu President, Hubbardston, 

 Cole's Quince, Porter, Williams, Northern 

 Spy, Holden Pippin, Mother, Boxbury Rus- 

 set, Baldwin and Nodhead ; 2d, to J. H. 

 Fenno, for Golden Russet, Queen of the 

 Orchard, Seaver Sweet, Rhode Island Green- 

 ing, Porter, Challenge Sweet, Baldwin, Sum- 

 mer Pippin, Maiden's Blush, Williams, 

 Alexander, Drap d'Or, Roxbury Russet, 

 Hubbardston, Gravenstein, Minister, Danvers 

 Winter Sweet, Dutch Codlin, Northern Spy, 



Orange Sweet ; 3d, to Hovey & Co., for 

 Sykehouse Russet, Alfriston, Kerry Pippin, 

 Cullasaga, Coe's Golden Drop, Hormead 

 Pearmain, White Doctor, Striped Pearmain, 

 Bickley's White Sweet, Wormsley Pippin, 

 Humrickhouse, Porter, Pennock, Scarlet 

 Pearmain, Cooper, Smith's Cider, Cole's 

 Quince, Golden Russet, Tufts, and Tompkins 

 County King. 



Mrs. T. W. Ward showed a fine collection 

 of plums, and also received the first premium 

 for a single, dish, the variety being Jefierson ; 

 2d, to S. Pratt, for Coe's Golden Drop ; 3d, 

 to Stiles Frost, for Reine Claude de Bavay. 

 Amos Bates also exhibited a good collection 

 of plums. 



The handsomest peaches shown were a 

 magnificent dish of Crawford's Early, fi-om 

 H. H. Hunnewell, grown under glass. John 

 Falconer showed a very handsome collection 

 of Stanwick and other nectarines, peaches, 

 and plums from his orchard house. His 

 Albert Victor nectarines were very fine. 

 Mrs. E. M. Gill showed good specimens of 

 Foster's seedling peach ; J. L. D. Sullivan a 

 seedling white nectarine of excellent quality, 

 and E. Brock and George Johnson hand- 

 some nectarines. 



F. L. Ames exhibited two bunches of Vic- 

 toria Hamburg grapes weighing 5^ and 4^ lbs., 

 the largest we have ever seen — and handsome 

 Bowood Muscats, Muscat Hamburgs and 

 Black Hamburgs. E. W. Wood exhibited 

 Black Hamburgs, Victoria Hamburgs, Wil- 

 mot's Hamburgs, Buckland Sweetwaters and 

 White Frontignans ; and Mrs. T. W. Ward, 

 Black Hamburgs, Wilmot's Hamburgs and 

 others, both these collections being well grown 

 and finely colored. C. M. Atkinson also ex- 

 hibited an excellent collection of six varieties, 

 including Grizzly and AVhite Froutignan, 

 White Sweetwater and others. 



Of native grapes, the Moore's Early, ex- 

 hibited by the originator, John B. Moore, 

 was probably the ripest shown, and received 

 the prize for the " best of any other sort " 

 than those specified in the schedule. A 

 handsome collection of twelve seedling varieties 

 was shown by E. W. Bull, but too unripe to 



