16 TRANSACTIONS, &:c. 



pie, Queening, Golden Ball (new and valuable), Tift Sweeting, 

 Newton Pippin (misnamed N. Y. Pippin), Winter Ilarvcy, Greasy 

 Sweeting, and three varieties unknown. 



Joel Knapp, Sutton. Rock River, Knapp's Harvey, Roxbury 

 Russet, R. I. Greening, Sutton Beauty, Winter Harvey, Peck's 

 Pleasant, N. Y. Pippin, Newton Pippin, R. I. Pippin, Wolvereen, 

 Williams's Favorite, Hubbard.^ton Nonsuch, W^estfield Seek no Fur- 

 ther (misnamed Connecticut Pearmain — the only specimen in the 

 hall), Blue Pearmain, Grape Apple, Seedling Stripe, Leland's Spice, 

 Baldwin, Double Apples, Sweet and Sour, Lysccrn, Dutch Codling, 

 Nonsuch, Johnson's Best, Rockport Sweeting, Honey Sweet, John- 

 son's Sweet, Tift's Sweet. 



Charles L. Pierce, "West Boylston. One variety unknown. 



Emory W' ashburn, Worcester. One plate Siberian Crab. 



Washington Hill, Spencer. Lima Apples, (niisuanied Kilham 

 Hill.) 



Nathan Mott, West Boylston. Penncck's Red Winter, and one 

 unknown variecy. (Both entered as nameless.) 



Charles Johnson, Northboro'. Summer Pearmain, N. Y. Apple, 

 Pommewater, Hamburg (fine), Porter (splendid, the best in the hull), 

 Striped Spice, and one unknown variety. 



J. &/ L. Boyden, Worcester. Sweet Russet, Hubbardsttm Non- 

 such, Greening, Lyscom (the best in the hall), Porter, (fine.) 



Francis Taft, East Douglas. One plate Sweet Russet. 



A. M. Brigham, W^estboro'. Pennock's P^ed Winter (misnamed 

 Sopharinc.) 



E. Kilham, Sterling. Baldwin and Lyscom, (entered as nameless.) 



John G. Thurston, Lancaster. Lima Apple (misnamed Wine 

 Apple), fine and large. 



In distributing the Premiums ofiered by the Society, your Com- 

 mittee have interpreted the words, " for the best collection," to 

 mean, well cultivated specimens of the greatest number of truly 

 valuable varieties. Believing the true object of the Society to be 

 the propagation of valuable varieties, and those only, and believing 

 that good culture alone can further this object, the Committee, act- 

 ing on the above interpretation, have thrown out of the lists some- 

 competitors, whose show of fruit was very large, but whose speci- 

 mens were small and poor, and v,-hose varieties, for the most part, 



