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CLASS 2. PEARS. 



Section 1. — For best orchard of not less than 1 acre: First. 

 Fred Steele, Stoneham, $2"); no second prize; third. W. H. At- 

 kins, South Amherst, $10. 



Section 2. — For the best crop from a single tree: First, W. 

 A. Root. Easthampton, $10: second. .J. Corey & Son. Truro. $5. 

 CLASS 3. APPLES. 



Section 1. — For the best orchard of 1 acre of standard apple 

 trees: trees must have been planted in fall of 1911. spring or 

 fall of 1912 or 1913, or spring of 1914: First. .J. H. Hardy. .Jr.. 

 Littleton, $2r>; second, R. L. Everit, Barre, $1.5: third, Patten 

 F^rothers, Sterling, $10. (Honorable me-ntion and gratuities of 

 $ii each, .John Chandler, Sterling .Junction: .1. T. Geer. Three 

 Rivers; W. D. Gleason, Sterling Junction; C. A. Wilson, Med- 

 way. ) 



Section 2. — For the best orchard of not less than 3 acres; 

 trees must have been planted in fall of 1911. spring or fall of 

 1912 or 1913. or spring of 1914: First, 0. C. Searle & Son, East- 

 hampton, $25: second. .John Chandler, Sterling, $15: third, tie 

 between A. S. Geer, Three Rivers, $5, and J. M. Burt, East I^ong- 

 rneadow, $5. (Honorable mention and gratuity, H. A. Dunbar. 

 Richmond, $5.) 



Section 3. — For the best apple orchard in bearing, size of 

 orchard not specified: no trees planted earlier than the- fall of 

 1901 to be eligible: First, Edward F. Belches, Framingham. $25; 

 second, W. H. Atkins, South Amherst, $15; third, Cyrus D. Ord- 

 T"-ay, West Newbury, $10. 



Section 4. — For best old apple orchard renovated: First, O. 

 C. Searie & Son, Southampton, $2-5: second, Wright A. Root, 

 Easthampton, $15: third, Sumner L. Howe. iMarlborough, $10. 

 (Honorable mention and gratuity of $5 each to Naquag Farm, 

 Rutland; Ralph F. Barnes, :\Iarlborough ; the Misses Noyes, 

 Methuen.) 



Section 5. — For the best yield of marketable apples from a 

 single tree planted in fall of 1901 or later: First, W. A. Root, 

 Easthampton. $10; second, W. H. Atkins, South Amherst, $5. 



Section 6. — For best yield of marketable apples from a 



