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Early fully ripe, and bearing an abundant crop on all of the vines, 

 comprising several hundred. To aU appearance they had not re- 

 ceived any extra care or cultivation. The soil was a light, sandy 

 loam. The Concords and Hartfords were neither of them ripe, and 

 to all appearance would not be for two or three weeks. Mr. 

 Moore has offered this grape for the Prospective Prize, for the best 

 seedling grape. Your Committee have seen the fruit on exhibition 

 for five years previous to this ; it having been first exhibited in 

 1872. It has received the first prize for the best early grape every 

 year for the last four years. The Committee have also seen it 

 growing in the vineyard the past two seasons, and are fully and 

 unanimousl}' of the opinion that Mr. Moore is entitled to the prize 

 for which he has oflered it. Your Committee would, therefore, 

 unanimously recommend to the Society, that John B. Moore be 

 awarded the prize of sixty dollars for his seedling grape, Moore's 

 Early. 



The exhibition of grapes on the 6th of October, was very good. 

 The Concords shown by Mr. Blanchard were very fine bunches — 

 very large and well shouldered, but not as ripe or as sweet as those 

 shown last year. The Creveliugs shown by B. G. Smith, were the 

 best we have ever seen of that variety ; the bunches were very 

 large and full, which is not common with this kind. The Worden 

 Grape was shown by A. F. Rice. 



N. B. White has exhibited several of his seedlings during the 

 season. We have nothing to say of them different from what has 

 been said in previous reports. 



Foreign Grapes. — The exhibition of foreign grapes has been as 

 good during the season, as for the past few years. At the annual 

 exhibition, B. G. Smith received the first prize for the best six 

 varieties ; Henry C. Cook, for the best four ; E. W. Wood, for the 

 best three, and Stiles Frost for the best two. All of the above 

 mentioned collections contained some very fine bunches, and most 

 of the fruit was well grown and well ripened. H. S. Mansfield and 

 E. H. Luke had some very fine fruit in their collections. 



Oranges, etc. — February lOtli, Miss Marion C. Allen, exhibited 

 some very fine oranges, and again, on the 2d of June. She has 

 been the only person exhibiting this fruit during the season. 

 August 11th, Ilovey & Co., exhibited a very fine spike of fruit 

 of Musa CavendisMi (Dwarf Banana) , containing a large number 

 of specimens, and well grown. 



