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nameless, very handsome, late, — took second premium, $;3.00, for 

 second best collection of Peaches. 



Willard Rice, Sutton. One plate Quinces. 



Joseph A. Denny, Leicester. Isabella Grapes, well grown, but 

 not ripe. 



Silas Allen, Shrewsbury. Plate Orange Quinces. 



J. M. Earle, Worcester. Twenty-six varieties of Plums — Wash- 

 ington, Prince's Red Gage, Green Gage, Roe's Autumn Gage, 

 Columbia, French Plum, Bleecker's Gage,G riniwood's New Orleans, 

 Lombard, Dana's Gage, Corse's Nota Bena, Imperial Gage, Cooper's 

 Red, Coe's Golden Drop, Bleecker's Scarlet, Orleans, St. Catharine, 

 Jefferson, Purple Gage, Wilmot's Early Orleans, Damson, New 

 Damson, Prince's Imperial Gage, and two nameless, — took the first 

 premium, .$2.00, for the best collection of Plums. 



Hon Levi Lincoln, Worcester, Two plates of Peaches, Crawford, 

 very fine, one plate Portugal Quince. 



John C. Mason, Worcester. Five varieties of Plums — Jefferson, 

 Green Gage, Coe's Golden Drop, all very fine, Imperial Gage, and 

 Bleecker's Gage. 



Eli Johnson, Worcester. Seven varieties of Peaches, rare ripe, 

 two varieties of Seedling, very fine, Coolidge, Yellow Melocoton, 

 Early Velvet, and Crawford. 



A. Underwood, Westboro. Plums — Green Gage, Imperial Gage, 

 Coe's Golden Drop, Reine Claude de Bavay, Columbia, and several 

 other varieties not entered on the books of the Society. The speci- 

 mens of some of them were few, but of excellent quality. The 

 Committee awarded to him the second premium for plums, $1. Al- 

 so one plate of Fitchburg grapes. 



D. W. Lincoln, Worcester. Grapes — Black Hamburg, Black 

 Lombardy, Grizzly Frontignac, White Frontignac, Cannon Hall 

 Muscat, Muscat of Alexandria, Black Prince, Golden Chasselas, 

 White Chasselas, Royal Muscadine, Wilmot's Black Hamburg, 

 Chasselas M usque, all grown under glass without heat other than 

 that of the sun, — a very splendid collectiim of grapes, for which the 

 Committee were unanimous in awarding the first premium of $2.00. 



S. H. Colton, Worcester. Plums — Imperial Gage, Green Gage, 

 Jefferson, Drap d'Or, Pond's Purple, Lombard, Orange, Bleeck- 

 er's Scarlet, and Petite Mirabeile. The last named is a small 

 Plum, but of most excellent quality, very sweet, and delicious. The 

 tree is a slow grower, but a constant and great bearer, is not injured 



