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by the committee. The prospective prize was awarded 

 for the Clapp's Favorite, as the best seedling pear after 

 a trial of five years. 



The Vegetable Committee reported that their attention 

 was called during the season to several new and valua- 

 ble vegetables, the most important of which were the 

 General Grant tomato and the Early Rose potato. The 

 latter, originated by Albert Bresee of Hubbardton, Vt., 

 was exhibited for the first time on the tables of the 

 Society on the 30th of June, and again on the llth of 

 July, and was awarded the Society's silver medal. Prob- 

 ably no other horticultural production ever attained so 

 wide popularity in so short a time as this potato. 



The fortieth annual exhibition was held September 

 22d to the 25th, and greatly exceeded the anticipations 

 of the members. The plants were very fine, arid in- 

 cluded more novelties than usual, and showed higher 

 culture than before. Hovey & Co. sent a Seaforthia 

 elegans ten feet high, the rare Agave filifera, Panda- 

 nus elegantissimus, Bambusa Fortunei fol. var., Oplis- 

 menus imbecilis fol. var., etc. W. C. Harding showed 

 Anthurium regale, with superb foliage, the rare San- 

 chezia nobilis, the equally rare Dalechampia Eoezliana, 

 and others. Among those contributed by H. H. Hunne- 

 well were Dracaena australis and D. indivisa, six feet 

 high, Yucca aloifolia variegata, Musa vittata, Stephen- 

 sonia Sechellarum, Dieifenbachia Barraquiniana, Also- 

 phila australis, six feet high, and a leaf of Musa ensete 

 twelve feet long. 



The display of pears was large and fine, and, though 

 perhaps not equal to what had been seen in former 

 years, would have been a credit to any state or country. 

 The display of apples was extensive, and excellent in 



