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Williams, Earl^' Harvest, Early Bough, Sops of Wine, Red As- 

 trachan, and Duchess of Oldenburgh. The prize for Sweet Bough 

 was awarded to Benjamin B. Davis ; for Red Astrachan, to War- 

 ren Heustis ; for Williams, to T. M. Davis, and for " any other 

 variet}'," to T. M. Davis, for Summer Harve}'. September 4th, 

 the prizes for apples were awarded, the first for Gfavenstein, and 

 the second and third for Porter. September 11th, the first two 

 prizes were awarded for Gravenstein. At the Annual Exhibition, 

 the first prize for the best twenty varieties was given to F. & L. 

 Clapp, and for the best fifteen varieties to William T. Hall. For 

 the best ten, not awarded ; for the best five to S. N. Gaut. There 

 was no exhibition of new varieties. Many of the prizes for single 

 dishes were awarded, and some of them were very fine specimens. 

 October 9th, the first prize for the best five varieties, was awarded 

 to J. H. Fenno, and for the best single dish to the same, for 

 Washington Strawberry. November 6th, the first prize for ten 

 varieties of winter apples, was given to J. H. Fenno. For the 

 best single dish to Walter Russell, for Hubbardston. 



August 14th, J. H. Masters, of Nebraska City, sent the 

 following varieties of apples for exhibition : Red June, Cooper's 

 Early White, Early Red, Buffington's Early, and Williams. Most 

 of the above specimens arrived in bad order, which can be ac- 

 counted for by their being sent so far at a season of the year when 

 the weather was so hot. The Red June was in the best condition, 

 and appeared to be the best in quality ; we could not judge so well 

 about the other varieties, on account of their bad order. 



October 23d, Dr. Charles C. Hamilton, of Cornwallis, N. S., 

 exhibited a very fine collection of apples, containing ten varieties, 

 all of them fine specimens, and some of them very large and hand- 

 some. Those worthy of particular notice were Chebucto Beauty, 

 ver}^ large and handsome ; Large Yellow Bough, which, as com- 

 pared with those grown in New England this year, was very much 

 better ; Ribston Pippin, much finer than with us ; Yellow Bellflower, 

 ver}' large and handsome ; Chenango Strawberry, very fine speci- 

 mens, long, pale yellow, striped with red ; this variety is not grown 

 much in Massachusetts, but deserves trial here; Gravenstein, 

 larger and more perfect specimens than ours. The whole collection 

 was remarkably fine and very free from worms, and for it Dr. 

 Hamilton was awarded the Society's Silver Medal. 



Pears. — January 23d, the first prize for winter pears was not 



