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study and enthusiasm in this department. The Committee could only wish, 

 further than this, and in the same connection, that others might have witnessed, 

 as they did, the intensity of the Pear sentiment, as displayed yesterday by a 

 veteran member of the Society, when expatiating upon the virtues and the 

 charms of one of the finest of modern historical Pears— the Doyenne' du 

 Cornice. And he was right. Every department in the value of labor has its 

 own stimulants ; and there is as truly good sense in spending time and thought 

 to bring out a new Pear as for the recovery of the track of a lost star, or the 

 discovery of a new one ; the Committee, however, leaving the question of 

 degree to be adjusted between the astronomer and the contributor of more than 

 an hundred varieties of Pears to our tables. 



Before proceeding to award the premiums, the Committee deem it an act of 

 justice to the President of the Society, Mr. D. W. Lincoln, to allude to the 

 large collection of eighty-one varieties contributed by him for exhibition, but 

 not for premium, comprising the choicest kinds and specimens of very superior 

 quality and growth. They must have commanded the attention of all visitors 

 to the Hall. The following list of premiums, adjudged by the Committee, 

 contains the final result of their labors : 

 For the largest and best collection of not less than three specimens each, 



the first premium, to John Milton Earle, $5 00 



For the second largest do., do., the second premium, to Jonathan 



Grout, 4 00 



For the twenty best varieties of not less than five specimens each, 



the first premium to George T. Rice, 5 00 



For the second best twenty do., do., the next premium, to Ichabod 



Washburn, 4 00 



For the best ten varieties of not less than five specimens each, the 



first premium, to Benjamin Butman, 4 00 



For the second best do., do., do., the next premium, to Timothy K. 



Earle, 3 00 



For the third best do., do., the third premium, to Edward Earle,.... 2 00 

 For the best six varieties of not less than five specimens each, the 



first premium, to Edwin Draper, 3 00 



For the second best six do., do., the next premium, to Geo. M. Rice, 2 00 

 For the third best six do., do., the third premium, to Stephen Taft, 1 00 

 For the best eight specimens of Autumn Pears of one variety, the 



first premium, to F. M. Marble, of Grafton, (Flemish Beauty,)... 2 00 

 For the second best eight do., do., the next premium, to E. L. 



Brigham, (Beurre Bosc), 1 50 



For the third best eight do., do., the third premium, to John C. 



Whitin, of Northbridge, (Beurre d'Anjou), 1 00 



For the best eight specimens of Winter Pears of one variety, the 



first premium, to Alex. Marsh, (Easter Beurre), 2 00 



For the second best eight do., do., the next premium, to E. S. Steb- 



bins, (Winter Nelis), 1 50 



