90 Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



To J. Thomas, $2, $2, $2, $2, f8 00 



To Miss Russell, $tl, fl, . . . . .2 00 



To James Nugent, $'1, $1, $1, . . . . . 3 00 



Hand Bouqoets.— To Hovey & Co., $1, #2, $2, $2, $2, $2, $2, 



$2, $2, $-2, $l,$-2,f2, 24 00 



To J. L. L. F. Warren,^l,$l,fl $1,$2, tl,.fl, ^1, . 9 00 



To A. Bowditch, $2, §2, $2, ^\, $'2, #1, $\, $2, $\, $\,^l, #1, $2, 19 00 

 To J. Nugent, $1,$1,$2, . . . . .4 00 



To A. McLennan, ^1, . . . . , . 1 00 



REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FRUITS, 



AWARDING PREMIUMS FOR 1847. 



The Committee on Fruits submitted the following report : 



The Committee on Fruits of the Massuchusetts Horticultural Society, 



respectfully submit the following Report of the Premiums and Gratuities 



awarded by them the present year : — 



For the best and most interesting Exhibition of Fruits during the 

 season, to John F. Allen, of Salem, the Lowell Gold Medal, 

 valued at . . . . . . $40 00 



SPECIAL PRIZE LIST. 



Apples. — For the two best varieties of Summer Apples, 



To E. M. Richards, of Dedham, for the Benoni, . . 5 00 



To John Hovey, of Roxbury, for the Early Harvest, . 5 OQ 



For the two best varieties of Autumn Apples, 



To Eben. Wight, of Dedham, for the Gravenstein, . . 5 00 



To John Owen, of Cambridge, for the Porter, . . 5 00 



For the two best varieties of Winter Apples, 



To E. M. Richards, of Dedham, for the R. I. Greening, . 5 00 

 Second premium withheld. 

 Pears. — ^For the two best varieties of Summer Pears. 



The Committee withheld these two prizes, as the specimens 

 exhibited were not, in the opinion of the judges, meritorious. 



For the best varieties of Autumn Pears, 



To A. D. Williams &. Son, of Roxbury, for the Urbaniste, 

 To H. Vandine, of Cambridgeport, for the Flemish Beauty, 



For the two best varieties of Winter Pears, 



To Josiah Lovett, of Beverly, for the Winter Nelis, 

 'J'o E. M. Richards, of Dedham, for the Echasserie, 

 Cherries. — For the two best varieties of Cherries, 



To Marshall P. Wilder, of Dorchester, for the Black Eagle, 

 To Samuel Walker, of Roxbury, for the Downer's Late Red, 

 Ploms. — For the two best varieties of Plums, 



To J. L. L. F. Warren, of Brighton, for the Green Gage, . 

 To Samuel R. Johnson, of Char]estown,for the Washington, 



The Peaches exhibited for the special prizes were not worthy. 



