6 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. [1857. 



In the class of the largest and best collection of Apples, your Com- 

 uiittee award the first premium to W. W. Keyes, of West Boyls- 

 ton, for his forty varieties, SV 00 



The second premium to Sylvanus Sears, of Worcester, for his forty-one 



varieties, 6 00 



The third premium to Samuel D. Ward, of Shrewsbury, for his thirty- 

 seven varieties, 5 00 



The fourth premium to George A. Chamberlain, of Worcester, for his 



forty varieties, 4 00 



The fifth premium to I. L. Woodward, of Millbury, for his thirty 



varieties, 3 00 



In the following classes, your Committee regret that their task was made less 

 difficult by the inattention of many of the best contributors, who failed to pre- 

 sent the required number of specimens. 



In the class of the best six varieties, of not less than eight specimens 

 each, the Committee award the first premium to Jonas Harts- 

 horn, of Worcester, for his Baldwins, Roxbury Russetts, Hub- 

 bardston Nonsuch, Danvers Sweeting, Leland's Spice, Rhode 

 Island Greenings, $4 00 



The second premium to Eli Johnson, of Worcester, for his Baldwins, 

 Roxbury Russetts, Lyscomb, Hubbardston Nonsuch, Porter, 

 Rhode Island Greenings, 3 00 



The third premium to Joel Knapp, of Sutton, for his Rhode Island 

 Greenings, Porters, Nonsuch, Fall Harvey, Winter Harvey, Rox- 

 bury Russett, 2 00 



And the fourth premium to Charles Johnson, of Northboro', for his Red 

 Harvey, Summer Pearmain, Porter, Ladies Sweeting, Pumpkin 

 Sweeting, Sweet Russett, 1 00 



In the class of the eight best specimens of Autumn Apples of one 

 variety, your Committee award the first premium to O. S. Campbell, 

 of Worcester, for his Aunt Lucy, 2 00 



The second premium to S. N. Story, of Worcester, for his Lyscomb,.... 1 50 



The third premium to S. M. Lovering, of Worcester, for his Porters,.... 1 00 



And in the class of the eight best specimens of Winter Apples of one 

 variety, your Committee award the first premium to Joseph 

 Lovell, Jr., of Worcester, for his Huljbardston Nonsuch, 2 00 



The second premium to Mrs. H. K. Potter, of Grafton, for her Rhode 



Island Greenings, 1 50 



And the third premium to Joseph A. Denny, of Leicester, for his Bald- 

 wins, 1 00 



Your Committee are constrained to call the attention of the Society to an 

 evil which has repeatedly been the subject of comi)laiiit in the Reports of your 

 Committees. There is among our most judicious and successful cultivators a 



