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Commiltee, not only in affording it ample proof of the successful attempts of that Society 

 to improve the Horticulture of the Valley of Lake Champlain, to which its efforts are 

 principally limited, but in furnishing an opportunity for testing the quality of the Fruits of 

 that region, and thus the better enabling a decision of the question of the adaptation of 

 particular varieties to general cultivation. If local Societies would hereafter generally 

 follow the example of the C. V. Society and send specimens of different varieties of Fruits, 

 to this Society, thereby enabling cultivators to make themselves acquainted with those 

 different and distnat localities it might become a means of much useful information. 



As the Apple is one of the most, if not the most, valuable fruits of New England, a 

 repetition of the remark made last year on a like occasion may not be out of place, that it 

 is particularly worttiy of tne attention of cultivators and that endeavois to produce from 

 seed new vaiieties of superior quality, with properties, in some respects, different from such 

 as we now possess, as ripening at different times, keeping in perfection till later in the sea- 

 son, &c., are worthy of encouragement. 



Your Committee would not omit to mention here the very large and fine collection of 

 specimens of Fruits, sent to the Society by A. Leroy, of Angers, France. Many of them 

 came to hand in fine order, and your Committee had the opportunity of inspecting several 

 new Pears, which they think will prove valuable additions to this fine fruit. 



With these remarks, your Committee now submit their award of the Prizes offered by 

 the Society the past year : — 



For the best and most interesting exhibition of Fruits during the season, to John F. 



Allen, the Lowell Plate, valued at $20 00 



For the 2d best, to Hovey & Co., 12 GO 



A Gratuity to William C. Strong, of 10 GO 



Apples. — For the best twelve Summer Apples, on or before the last Saturday in 



August, to Charles Stone, for Williams' Favorite, 6 GO 



For the next best, to Josiah Lovett, 2d, for Red Astrachan, ... 4 oo 



For the best twelve Autumn Apples, on or before last Saturday in November, 



to J. B. Moore, for Hubbardston Nonesuch, 6 00 



For the next best, to Josiah Lovett, 2d, for Drap d'Or, .... 4 GO 

 For the best twelve Winter Apples, on or before the third Saturday in Decem- 

 ber, to J. B. Moore, for Baldwin, 6 GO 



For the next best, to John Gordon, for R. I. Greenings, ... - 4 GO 



The Committee have also awarded a Gratuity equal to the second Prize (S4 00,) 

 to Cheever Newhall and Joseph Barret, and the Society's Silver Medal to 

 Cheever Newhall, for Ladies' Sweeting Apples, and Mrs. N. A. Haven, for 

 very fine sweet Apples, presented by her on April 20th ; also, the Society's 

 Bronze Medal to Bowen Harrington, A. D. Williams & Son, A. D. Weld, and 



S. R. Johnson, for Apples exhibited by them, 24 00 



Apricots. — For best twelve, on or before the last Saturday in August, no Prize 

 awarded. 

 For the next best, no Prize awarded. 

 Blackberries. — For the best specimens, not less than two boxes, to J. Lovett, 2d, 5 GO 



For the next best, to G. Merriam, 3 00 



To C. E. Grant, the Bronze Medal of the Society, 1 50 



Cherries. — For the best specimens, not less than two boxes, to J. F. Allen, for Elton, 



(forced,) 6 00 



For the next best, to Otis Johnson, for Black Eagle, 4 00 



The Committee also award to George Walsh, Galen Merriam, M. P. Wilder, 

 Hyde & Son, J. Lovett, 2d, Hovey & Co., H. Vandine, F. Blake, A. D. Will- 



