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The collection of Mr. Loriug Goes is fine, and deserving of especial com- 

 mendation. Among the single plates which require particular mention are the 

 following : Columbia, from Mr. Stebbins, fine ; Flemish Beauty, Mr. Forehand ; 

 Flemish Beauty and Beurre Diel, M. S. Ballard. D. S. Burgess had a plate 

 of Louise Bonne de Jersey, which were good, but lacked in number for a pre- 

 mium. C. Harris presented specimens of the Flemish Beauty, which were 

 very handsome, though smaller than some others. W. C. Barbour exhibited a 

 plate of the Dunmore that were very fine for that variety. The plates of 

 Marie Louise' and Belle Lucrative from Mr. Jaques were fine, as were also 

 the Marie Louise and Beurre Clairgeau from Mr. Lovell. S. P. Champney 

 exhibited some fine specimens of the St. Michael — the best in the Hall — a 

 most valuable variety, but liable to crack in this climate and become worthless. 



Fine specimens of the Belle Lucrative and of the Beurre d'Amalis were 

 shown by 0. K. Earle ; Buifura, by Joseph Boyden, and Belle Lucrative, by S. 

 V. Stone. A plate of good specimens of the Beurre d'Anjou were presented by 

 Charles Richardson, and Ichabod Washburn has plates of the Beurre d'Arera- 

 berg, and Easter Beurre, which are the best of those varieties in the Hall. 



Edwin Draper's plate of the Beurre Bosc is fine and the second best dish of 

 twelve of that variety. Charles A. Upton and A. B. R. Sprague each presented 

 a plate of splendid Seckels, and the premium for the best twenty-four speci- 

 mens of this variety lay between Mr. Upton, Mr. Sprague and Mr. Mills. All 

 were very fine, but those of Mr. Mills seemed to your Committee to be superior 

 for the evenness of size and perfect growth. 



The competition called forth by the special premium of twenty-five dollars 

 for the BEST twelve Bartlett Pears upon one dish was not so general or 

 so spirited as the Society had reason to expect. The premium offered a second 

 time by the generosity of contributors to whom it was awarded last year should 

 have excited a more general effort, and been the means of bringing out a large 

 number of contestants. Indeed, it was generally expected that the contest would 

 be a spirited one, and that it would result in placing upon the Society's tables 

 larger specimens than were then presented. But from some cause or other such 

 a result has not been produced. Only six competitors appeared, and of this six 

 your Committee had no trouble in fixing upon the plate numbered five as the 

 one entitled to the premium. The weight of this collection was eight pounds 

 one and one-fourth ounces, being an excess of only one-fourth of an ounce 

 over the heaviest twelve contributed last year. The only other lot which 

 approached number five was number three, which weighed seven pounds two 

 and three-fourths ounces. For the Committee, 



J. HENRY HILL, Chairman. 

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