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ascendant, and the presumption is that when the revision of that Ust (so 

 sadly needed) shall be made, they will be even more largely represented. 

 Fruit pf rowers are recognizing this truth in regard to other varieties of 

 fruit. Mr. J. B. Moore of Concord, who from his experience can surely 

 speak with authority, in some late remaks upon this subject, before the 

 Slate Board of Agriculture, says, in substance, that all seedling fruits 

 require for their best developement the same characteristics of soil as 

 that in which they originate — that Western seedling Strawberries will 

 not thrive at the East — that an apple original ing in a cold, wet soil, 

 cannot be made to do well in a dry. And, upon the subject of Pears he 

 says that, while thirty years ago, with the exception of the Seckel, we 

 were almost entirely dependent upon foreign varieties, now in selecting 

 a list of fifteen, he can make at least ten of them American varieties It 

 is gratifying, in this connection, to be able to state that this Society has, 

 througli one of its late members, the lamented John Milton Earle, made 

 one really valuable contribution to the list of our native Pears. This 

 I'ear (F]arle's Bergamot) was shown at the Annual Exhibition by V. P. 

 Townsend. It is highly flavored, aromatic, and in quality premiere. We 

 have faith that it will prove to its originator " monumentum aere 

 peremiius.''^ 



Tlie Committee have made the following award of premiums : 



CLASS 1.— 



For the best twelve Bartlett, M. O. Whittier, S 3 00 



For the second best, Newell Wood 2 00 



For the third best, Alfred Davis 1 00 



For the best twelve Beurre Bosc, E. W. Lincoln 3 00 



For the second best, Joseph Boyden 2 00 



For the third best, William H. Earle 1 00 



For the twelve best Beurre Clairgeau, Wm. H. Earle 1 00 



For the best twelve Beurre d'Anjou, O. B. Had wen 3 GO 



For the second best, S. S. Foster 2 00 



For the third best, Daniel Kinsley 1 00 



For the best twelve Beurre Delaunoy, O. B. Hadwen 2 00 



For the second best, no award 1 00 



For llie best twelve Buerre Diel, H. L. Parker 2 00 



For the second best, J. F. Allen 1 (.0 



For the best twelve Beurre Hardy, O. B. Hadwen 1 00 



For the best twelve Beurre Langelier, V. P. Townsend 2 00 



For the second best, F. G. Stiles, 1 00 



