92 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. [18(34. 



pears but not the requisite number of specimens of each variety to enable the 

 owners of thcni to compote for the higher premiums. Your Committee have 

 endeavored as far as within their power to do justice to the parties. 



Without detaining the Society further, your Committee will proceed to detail 

 the award of premiums. We award : — 



Pe.^rs. — For the best twenty varieties of twelve specimens each, to 



Benjamin Butman, of Worcester, $10 00 



For the second best, to Jonathan Grout, of Worcester, 8 00 



For the best fifteen varieties of tweh'e specimens each, to John C. 



Ripley, of Worcester, '. 8 00 



For the second best, to Samuel H. Col ton, of Worcester... Harris' Report. 

 For the best ten varieties of twelve specimens each, to George 



Jaques, of Worcester, Harris' Report. 



For the second best, to S. S. Foster, of Worcester, 4 00 



For the best five varieties of twelve specimens each, to Joseph 



Lovell, of Worcester, 4 00 



For the second best, to George T. Rice, of Worcester, 2 00 



For the best twenty-four Seckel Pears on one dish, to Jonathan 



Forbush, of Bolton, 1 00 



For the best twelve Bartlett Pears in one dish, to Loring Coes, of 



Worcester, 1 00 



For the best twelve Duchesse d'Angouleme, to John C. Newton, of 



Worcester, 1 00 



For the best twelve specimens of the Louise Bonne d'Jersey, to 



George A. Chamberlain, of Worcester, 1 00 



For the best twelve Flemish Beauty, to Jonathan Forbush, of 



Bolton, 1 00 



For the best twelve specimens of the Beurre Bosc, to Adams Fos- 



ler, of Holden, 1 00 



The Committee, finding that no specimens of the Beurre d'Anjou were 

 offered that were entitled to a premium, in accordance with the fifth rule of the 

 Society, have not- awarded a premium for that Pear. 



Under the power granted by the Society to the Committee to award the sum 

 often dollars, according to their discretion, the Committee awarded as follows : 



For plates of Lawrence and Doyenne Boussoclc, to Daniel Waldo 



Lincoln, of Worcester, 1 00 



For plates of Doyenne Boussock, Marie Louise, and Bartlett, to 



E. S. Stebbins, of Quinsigarhond, Worcester, 1 00 



For plates of Beurre Superfin, Beurre Diol and Vicar of Winkfield, 



to Timothy R. Green, 1 00 



For plates of Glout Morceau and Beurre Diel, to Marshall Flagg, 1 00 

 For plates of Lawrence and St. Ghislain, to George F. Hoar, of 



^Vorcester, 1 00 



