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chiisetts prize winners, as well as offering a sweepstakes prize 

 for the Massachusetts fruit grower who should win the largest 

 number of prizes. This was in the form of a silver pitcher, and 

 was won by Mr. J. T. Geer of Three Rivers. 



The appropriation for the encouragement of orcharding Avas 

 used this year as prize money in a contest for apple, pear and 

 peach orchards. This was in charge of, the committee on 

 orcharding and fruit growing of the Board. Mr. F. Howard 

 Brown, the secretary of the Massachusetts Fruit Growers' 

 Association, was the judge of this contest, the results of which 

 were as follows : — 



Class 1. Peaches. 



Section 1 . — For the best yield of marketable fruit from an acre of 

 bearing peach orchard: first, R. Bemis Smith, North Andover, $25. 



Section 2. — For the largest crop of marketable peaches from a single 

 peach tree: j&rst, J. Corey & Son, Truro, $10; second, R. Bemis Smith, 

 North Andover, $5. 



Class 2. Pears. 



Section ^. — For the best crop from a single tree: first, W. A. Root, 

 Easthampton, $10. 



Class 3. Apples. 



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

 trees not less than three nor more than five years old: first, John W. 

 Howes, Ashfield, $25; second, G. Warner, Littleton, $15; third, Ralph 

 Barnes, Marlborough, $10. (Honorable mention and gratuity, W. H. 

 Atkins, South Amherst, $5.) 



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

 less than three nor more than five years old: first, H. A. Dunbar, Rich- 

 mond, $25; second, H. L. Frost, Littleton, $15; third, Penney Brothers, 

 Saugus, $10. (Honorable mention and gratuities, C. A. Wilson, Med- 

 way, $5; A. A. Marshall, Fitchburg, $5.) 



Section 3. — For the best apple orchard in bearing, size of orchard not 

 specified; trees not to exceed fifteen years planted: first, A. A. Marshall, 

 Fitchburg, $25; second, Patten Brothers, Sterhng, $15; third, W. H. 

 Atkins, South Amherst, $10. 



Section 4- — Lor best old apple orchard renovated: first, W. A. Root, 

 Easthampton, $25; second, Naquag Farm, Rutland, $15; third, Minna 

 B. and Mabel F. Noyes, Methuen, $10. 



Section 5. — For best jdeld of marketable apples from a single tree not 

 older than fifteen j'-ears: first, A. A. Marshall, Fitchburg, $10; second, 

 W. H. Atkins, South Amherst, $5. 



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

 older than fifteen years: first, W. H. Atkins, South Amherst, SIO; second, 

 W. A. Root, Easthampton, $5. 



