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basket ; and have counted the number of baskets as marked 

 down, and find the amount 143. 



Lewis Sumner. 

 Dover, Nov. 9, 1852. 



Fruits and Flowers. 



The committee on fruits and flowers, respectfully report that 

 they have attended to the duty committed to them, and award- 

 ed the following premiums : — 



Apples. — For the best collection, to B. V. French, of 



Braintree, first premium of . . .. . . $5 00 



To A. D. Williams, W. Roxbury, second prem. of . 3 00 



To Moses Kingsbury, W. Dedham, third prem. of . 2 00 

 For the best dish of apples, to Lewis Davenport, of 



Milton, a prem. of 2 00 



Pears. — To Marshall P. Wilder, of Dorchester, first 



prem. of 5 00 



To S. Downer, Jr., of Dorchester, second prem. of . 3 00 

 To A. D. Weld, W. Roxbury, third prem. of . . 2 00 

 For the best dish of pears, to Samuel Walker, of Rox- 

 bury, a prem. of 2 00 



Peaches. — First premium not awarded. 



To Lewis Davenport, of Milton, second prem. of . 3 00 



To Lewis Willard, of Walpole, third prem. of . . 2 00 

 Grapes. — For the best collection of foreign grapes, to 



Charles Sampson, of W. Roxbury, first prem. of . 5 00 



To Lyman Kinsley, of Canton, second prem. of . . 3 00 



To Mrs. G. Hallett, of Roxbury, a gratuity of . . 1 00 



To A. Bowditch, of Roxbury, for a basket of mixed 



fruits, a gratuity of 2 00 



The committee regret that there should have been no collec- 

 tion of native grapes presented for the prize. There were 

 several single specimens of the native grape, but nothing that 

 could be called a collection. It is to be hoped that the atten- 

 tion of cultivators will be called more to this subject. Though 

 Norfolk county will hardly become a wine growing region, it 



