18 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY- [1867. 



For the best five varieties of twelve specimens each, to Jos.E. Phelps, 4 00 



For the second best, to Win. N. Green, | ! 2 00 



For the best twenty-four Sockel Pears on one dish, to Adams Foster, 1 00 



For the best twelve Bartlelt, to William Y. Holman, 1 00 



" " '< " Duch d'Angouleme, to William Howe 1 00 



<* " " <■' Louise Bonne de Jersey, to James Draper 1 00 



" '' " " Lawrence, to George F. Hoar, 1 00 



" " " " Beurre Bosc, to David S. Messinger, 100 



" " " " Flemish Beauty, to Asa H. Allen, 1 00 



" " " " Beurre d' Anjou, to Loring Goes, 1 00 



» <' " " Winter Nelis, to Edward W. Lincoln, 100 



There were no specimens of ^the 5/te?c?on pear, which],the Committee con- 

 sidered worthy of a premium. 



The Committee also recommend the award of the following gratuities : — 



To Samuel H. Colton, for his collection of thirty-five varieties, $2 00 



To Hartley Williams, for his collection of sixteen varieties, 2 00 



To J. C. Loveil, for his collection of twenty -seven varieties, 1 00 



To James F. Allen, for his collection of ten varieties, 1 00 



To Mrs. Edwin Draper, for her collection of five varieties, 1 00 



To N. K. Richardson, for his collection of twenty varieties, 1 00 



To Edward L. Brigham, for one plate of Doyenne du Comice 1 00 



Several of the collections above named embraced specimens of rare excel: 

 lence, and in some instances the difference in merit between them, and those 

 for which premiums were awarded, was°so slight as to render the task of your 

 Committee a very delicate and difficult one. 



The single plate of Doyenne du Comice, exhibited by Edward L. Brigham, 

 were remarkable for their size, beauty and perfection. This pear has fully met 

 the anticipations of its friends, and has already taken rank amongst our very 

 best varieties. 



The fruit is of excellent quality : the tree is hardy and vigorous, and 

 produces a regular and abundant crop. The senior member of your Com- 

 mittee, who was one of the first officers of this Society, and whose active partic- 

 ipation in its doings since that time, enables him to " speak from the record," 

 remarked, when examining this specimen, that it was the finest of its variety 

 ever exhibited before this society. 



There were many other collections on exhibition, which were entitled to high 

 commendation, and but for the rules of the Society, and the limited means at 

 your Committee's disposal, would have received a more substantial token of 

 approbation than a mere complimentary notice. 



It is to be hoped that the couiributons of these collections, will not be dis- 

 heartened by their failure to win in the competition for a premium on this 

 occasion, for their efforts if continued, cannot fail of ultimate success. 



Respectfully Submitted, 



HARTLEY WJLLLUIS, Chairman. 



