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MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



H. O. Western, Worcester, . 1 pears. 



Charles Nasli, •' . 1 apples. 



Moses Church, " . 2 



F. M. Marble, " . 1 



W. T. Merrifield, " . 2 



Lorin Goes, " . 2 



Newell Wood, Millbmy, . . . 1 " S " 



Joseph C. Lovell, AVest Bo3^1ston, . 3 " 3 " 



Mrs. Sarah D. ShafF, Leicester, . 2 " 



Permission was granted by the Society to add to this report the 

 awards made by the Centennial Commission, when received. These 

 awards are understood to consist of a medal, and a statement b}' 

 the judges of the merits of the object exhibited, the latter being 

 the essential part. Every effort has been made hy the Committee 

 to procure a cop}^ of these statements, but without success. They 

 can only say, therefore, that an award has beeii made to the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society for a large collection of Apples, 

 and another for Pears ; one to the Worcester County Horticultural 

 Societ}', for Apples, and another for Pears ; and awards to Messrs. 

 Wilder, Hovey & Co., Fenno, Smith, Dickinson, Griffin & Dolan, 

 Curtis, Clapp, Bates, R. Manning, Hadwen, Earle, Newton, and 

 Lincoln, and Mrs. Chamberlain, for Pears ; and to Messrs. Fenno, 

 Smith, Cummings, J. W. Manning, and Hartwell, for Apples. 



Marshall P. Wilder, 

 C. M. HovEY, 

 Benjamin G-. Smith, 

 John C. Hovey, 

 Robert Manning, 



E. W. Bus WELL, 



Hekvey Davis, 



Committee. 



