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ian weighing foui* pounds twelve and a half ounces, and a bunch 

 of Palestine, four pounds two and one quarter ounces. 



May 22d, Dr. Mason exhibited a very interesting collection of 

 fruit from Col. Dinsmore, Santa Barbara, Cal., comprising lemons, 

 figs, and a citron ; May 1st, John Fisk Allen brought a very fine dish 

 of oranges; July 17th, Mrs. J. C. Keating, a dish of the black 

 mulberry ; August 7th, E. S. Rand, Jr., a fruiting plant of An- 

 anassa sativa variegata (the variegated leaved pine apple), with 

 very beautiful foliage, and fruit of good size and well ripened ; 

 August 28th, J. W. Clark and J, C. Hovey, specimens of iV 

 doxjhylhmi peltatum (mandrake). 



At the Annual Exhibition, there were of pears, eight collections 

 of twenty varieties ; six of fifteen ; eight of ten ; ten of five ; and 

 of single dishes of Bartlett, nineteen ; Seckel, twelve ; Sheldon, 

 nine ; Beurre d'Anjou and Louise Bonne of Jersey, eight each ; 

 Beurre Diel, Belle Lucrative, Beurre Bosc, and Beurre Hardy, 

 seven each ; Duchesse, Doyenne Boussock and Winter Nelis, six 

 each ; Merriam, Flemish Beauty, Urbaniste, Howell, Beurre Clair- 

 geau. Swan's Orange, and Lawrence, five each ; Dana's Hovey, 

 Marie Louise, Paradis d'Automne, and Doyenne du Comice, three 

 each, and Beurre Superfin, two ; making, including the collections, 

 six hundred and seventy-nine dishes of pears. There were one 

 hundred and seventy dishes of apples ; fifty-four of foreign grapes ; 

 ninety-eight of native grapes ; forty of peaches ; nine of orchard- 

 house peaches ; three of nectarines ; fifteen of plums, and twenty- 

 three of seedling grapes, comprising in all, one thousand and 

 ninety-one dishes of all varieties of fruit on exhibition. No col- 

 lections of new fruits were offered for any of the premiums. 



Premiums and gratuities have been awarded to one hundred and 

 forty different persons. The annexed list of awards shows the 

 amount of prizes to be $1,290; gratuities, $605; leaving an un- 

 expended balance of $205. The amount of awards exceeds that of 

 last year by $138. 



All of which is respectfully submitted. 



Hekvey Davis, 

 P. B. Hovey, 

 John B. Moore, 

 Benj. G. Smith, 

 Alex. Dickinson, 

 D. T. Curtis. 



Fruit 

 Committee. 



