AWARDS FOR FRUITS. 211 



Melons. — Sweet: 



1st, Joseph Thorpe, Tip Top, $3; 2d, Frederick Mason, Tip Top, $2; 

 3d, Frederick Mason, Montreal, $1. 

 Watermelons. — 



1st, Joseph Thorpe, Halbert Honey, $3; 2d, State Hospital, Taunton, 

 Sugarstick, $2; 3d, State Hospital, Taunton, Halbert Honey, $1. 

 Pears. — Any variety, ripe, Bartlett excepted: 



1st, F. W. Kurth, Belle Lucrative, $4; 2d, E. B. Wilder, President, 

 $3; 3d, F. W. Dahl, Tyson, $2; 4th, W. C. Winter, Boussock, $1. 

 Peaches. — Collection of not less than four varieties: 

 1st, G. V. Fletcher, ,S8; 2d, E. B. Parker, .$4. 

 Champion: 



1st, G. V. Fletcher, $2; 2d, E. B. Parker, $1. 

 Elberta: 



1st, G. V. Fletcher, .$3; 2d, E. B. Parker, $2. 

 Foster: 



1st, G. V. Fletcher, $2; 2d, J. L. Bird, $1. 

 Mountain Rose: 



2d, E. B. Parker, $1. 

 Oldmixon Freestone: 



1st, E. B. Parker, $3; 2d, G. V. Fletcher, $2. 

 Any other variety: 



1st, H. A. Clark, Crawford's Early, $4; 2d, E. B. Parker, Niagara, $3; 

 3d, J. L. Bird, Crawford's Early, $2; 4th, E. B. Parker, Belle of 

 Georgia, $1. 

 Plums. — Collection of not less than four varieties, twelve specimens of 

 each: 

 1st, W. P. Hutchinson, $5; 2d, G. V. Fletcher, $3. 

 Single plate of any variety: 



1st, G. V. Fletcher, Bradshaw, $3; 2d, G. V. Fletcher, Yellow Egg, 

 $2; 3d, W. P. Hutchinson, Monarch, $1. 

 Japanese Plums. — Collection of not less than four varieties, twelve 

 specimens of each: 

 1st, E. B. Parker, $5. 

 Single plate of any variety: 



1st, E. B. Parker, Chabot, $3; 2d, W. P. Hutchinson, Wickson, $2; 

 3d, E. B. Parker, October Purple, .$1. 

 Native Grapes. — For the best White grape: 



1st, E. E. Lincoln, Green Mountain, $3; 2d, C. W. Libby, Moore's 

 Diamond, $2; 3d, W. G. Kendall, Green Mountain, $1. 

 For the best Red grape: 



1st, W. G. Kendall, Delaware, $3; 2d, G. V. Fletcher, Brighton, .S2; 

 3d, J. S. Chase, Delaware, $1. 

 For the best Purple Grape: 



1st, W. G. Kendall, Worden, $3; 2d, J. S. Chase, Worden, $2; 3d, 

 Frederick Mason, Eaton, .$1. 



