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vation of the Peach may be resumed and a still larger collection grace our 

 tables next year. 



There were no Plums entered for exhibition. 



There was but one entry of Quinces, and these the Committee thought 

 i;nworthy of a premium. 



L. Blackmer & Co., furnished a sample of the unfermented Fruit Wine man- 

 ufactured in this city. After being tested by the Committee, and some friends 

 better qualified to judge, it was pronounced excellent in case of sickness, but 

 it was thought the Native Grape Wine made in 1856, exhibited by S. P. Har- 

 rington, was rather more to the taste for ordinary purposes. The Elderberry 

 Wine of Mr. Harrington may be good medically, but was not quite equal to the 

 pure juice of the Grape. George A. Trumbull contributed a bottle of White 

 Currant Wine of 1862. 



A Fruit Piece, well executed, by Miss Hattie A. Smith, adorned the wall of 

 our room. 



The record of the Secretary proves that we were entitled to have and hold 

 a basket of Fruit and Flowers, exquisitely arranged by Mrs. Nellie S. Whittier, 

 but some unknown person, we fear under the orders of the judicial Chairman 

 of the Committee on Pears, had appropriated it to grace a table of Pears, but 

 to make our title good, we awarded to Mrs. Whittier a gratuity of $1.00. 



F. H. DEWEY, Chairman. 



REPORT ON PEARS. 



Edward Mellex, Chairman; Hekry Phelps, 0. B. Hadwen, Edward 

 Earle, of Worcester; E. F. Daniels, of Oxford. 



Your Committee appointed to award the premiums offered by this Society on 

 Pears, having attended to the duty assigned them, respectfully submit their 

 report. There were exhibited for the award of premiums six hundred and 

 fifty-one plates of pears, comprising mostly the choice varieties. Without 

 making any allowance for the dryness of the season, the exhibition of pears 

 is very creditable, and shows great care and skill in the cultivators in this 

 department of horticulture in this County. 



Your Committee have examined and carefully compared the different 

 specimens offered for premiums ; and, if in awarding the premiums offered by 

 the Society, any mistakes have been made by your Committee, it will not be 

 in consequence of want of diligence in striving to be right. The Committee 

 would make one remark to the exhibitors, that in consequence of want of 

 attention on their part to the rules of this Society, several collections of 

 Pears were not fairly before them, to award premiums, according to the 

 intention of the persons proffering the same, as they failed to comply with the 

 regulations prescribed. In several instances there were varieties enough of 



