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Johnson & Co. made very handsome displays, which proved of 

 mnch interest to visitors. With more time and a more extended 

 display of all kinds of canned and evaporated fruits, both 

 growers and consumers would be equally interested. 



The fruit exhibits on the first Saturdays of October and No- 

 vember, as heretofore, were much better in quality than at the 

 Annual Exhibition. The fall and winter fruits were then in perfec- 

 tion. The show of apples at the last exhibition, considering the 

 season, was remarlcably good. Several plates of Northern Spy 

 were shown which were superior to any previously exhibited with- 

 in the remembrance of the Committee. 



There have been more peaches shown this season than for 

 several years, and a verj' large proportion of them were seedling 

 varieties. Remarkably fine specimens of Crawford's Late, grown 

 under glass, were exhibited by D. B. Fearing, Newport, R.I., 

 some of them measuring twelve inches in circumference. 



Plums have been shown in less quantity than previously, and 

 there is little probability of any considerable increase until some 

 effectual means have been discovered to prevent injury to the 

 trees by the black wart. 



The Committee have awarded in prizes and gratuities the sum of 

 $1,617, leaving an unexpended balance of $83. 



In closing their report the Committee feel that the}' can congrat- 

 ulate the growers upon the general results of the year's work. 

 "While there have been partial failures in some lines, the prices 

 received through the season will make a full average showing on 

 the right side of the balance-sheet. 



E. W. Wood, \ 

 O. B. Had WEN, I Committee 

 C. F. Curtis, \ on 



Sam'l. Hartwell, I Fruits. 

 Warren Fenno, I 



