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very inferior and much below their usual size and beauty. July 

 31st, the prizes for earl}^ pears were awarded for the Doyenne 

 d'Ete, and Beurre GifFard. August 7th, the second prize for a 

 collection of early pears was given to J. H. Fenno for the follow- 

 ing varieties : Beurre GifFard, Doyenne d'Ete, Madeleine, Blood- 

 good, and Rostiezer. The prizes for single dishes were all 

 awarded to Beurre Giffard, and they were all very fine. August 

 21st, the first prize for Clapp's Favorite was awarded to F. & L. 

 Clapp. The first prize for " any other variety " to Horace Eaton, for 

 Rostiezer. August 28th, the first prize for the best collection was 

 given to Charles F. Curtis for Bartlett, Clapp's Favorite, Doyenne 

 Boussock, Tyson, and Rostiezer. September 4th, the first prize 

 for the best dish of pears was awarded for Clapp's Favorite. 

 September 11th, the first prize was also awarded for Clapp's 

 Favorite. This variety has been remarkably fine this season. 

 At the Annual Exhibition, the first prize for the best twenty 

 varieties was awarded to Hove}'^ & Co., whose collection com- 

 prised the following varieties : Adams, Andrews, Bartlett, Belle 

 Lucrative, Beurre d'Anjou, Beurre Bosc, Beurre Hardy, Dana's 

 Hovey, Doj^eune Boussock, Doyenne du Comice, Howell, Marie 

 Louise, Moore's Pound, Paradis d'Automne, Pratt, Seckel, Shel- 

 don, St. Michel Archange, Swan's Orange, Urbaniste. The 

 other collections were composed of many of the same varieties. 



The first prize for the best fifteen varieties was given to John 

 L. DeWolf ; for the best ten to C. E, Richardson ; for the best five 

 to John McClure. The prizes for single dishes were all awarded. 

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

 to Hove3^ & Co., and for the best five varieties to John McClure. 

 For the best single dish to W. T. Andrews, for Beurre Bosc. 

 November 6th, for the best five varieties of winter pears, to Hovey 

 & Co., and for the best single dish to J. H. Fenno, for Beurre 

 d'Anjou. 



The Messrs. Clapp, have exhibited many of their seedlings 

 during the season. No. 64, shown April 17th, has been spoken of 

 in another part of this report. October 3d, we had No. 125, a 

 seedling from the Urbaniste ; above medium size ; roundish tur- 

 binate ; skin clear yellow, without blush, dotted and traced with 

 thin russet ; flesh white, very sugary, moderately juicy ; " very 

 good." At the same time, No. 65, was exhibited ; above medium 

 size ; broad obtuse turbinate ; flesh greenish white, fine grained, 



