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that is claimed for it, the surphis fruit will be absorbed in time of plenty 

 to be given out again when it has become scarce and high. The eflect 

 will be to prevent a glut of fruit in the market, to equalize prices, and to 

 furnish the delicious summer and autumn pears for our tables weeks or 

 months after they would otherwise have disappeared from the market. 

 We are reminded that we were favored with a specimen of Glout Mor- 

 ceau last April or May from one of these fruit houses, and it proved very 

 tine indeed; the flavor well preserved, tasting like a pear that had ripened 

 in the usual way. The experiment, if experiment it can longer be called, 

 is in good hands, and another year will test the practicability of keeping 

 fruit in this way. We would call attention to the changes in the Schedule 

 of Prizes for next year, especiallj^ for fruit during the latter part of the 

 season, after the Annual Exhibition. 

 We close our report with the list of prizes awarded the past season. 



James F. C. Hyde, 

 W. C. Strong, 

 Jos. S. Cabot, 

 E. A. Bkackett, 

 D. T. Curtis, 



r. BVRR, 



P. B. IIOVEY. 



