IFL El F^ O FL T" 



SPECIAL COMMITTEE 



CONCOUD AND ROGERS' GRAPKS. 



At a meeting of the society, December 6, 1873, it was 

 Voted, That a special committee of three be appointed to con- 

 sider the propriety of making such awards to INIr. E. W. Bull and 

 Mr. E. S. Rogers, as shall testify the appreciation of this society 

 of the grapes originated by them, in accordance with the sugges- 

 tion in the report of the Fruit Committee. 



At the stated meeting, January 3, 1874, Marshall P. Wilder, in 

 behalf of the committee, made the following 



REPORT. 



The committee, to whom was referred the subject of the award 

 of appropriate premiums for the production and introduction of 

 new grapes, report : — 



That the Gold Medal of the society', valued at sixty dollars, be 

 awarded to E. W. Hull, of Concord, for the production of the best 

 hardy seedling grape, the Concord, which has proved, after a 

 thorough trial, so universally adapted to general cultivation 

 throughout the United States, and the most reliable grape for 

 vineyard cultivation in Massachusetts. 



That the Gold Med.-il of the society, of the value of sixty dol- 

 lars, be awarded to E. S. Uogers, of Salem, for his elforls in the 

 improvement of the hardy grape by hybridizing the native 

 and foreign species, and for the production of several seedlings, 

 which have proved valua!)le in many localities in the country. 



KespeclfuUy submitted. 



MARSHALL P. WILDEK. 

 C. M. HOVEY. 

 JOHN B. MOOKE. 



The report was accepted, adopted, and the suin of $120 was 

 appropriated, as therein recommended. 



