72 FRUITS. 



ON FRUITS AND FLOWERS. 



The Committee on Fruits and Flowers would 

 Report : 



That very few flowers were offered for exhibition. 

 Those with which the dinner tables were decorated, 

 came from the Preceptor and pupils of the Merrimac 

 Academy, Bradford. The committee were much 

 gratified with this present, and earnestly hope an ex- 

 ample so good, may be followed by other institutions 

 of a similar character; it being, in their opinion, 

 highly desirable to develope in the young a taste for 

 the beauties and wonders of creation, and to encour- 

 age them to devote a portion of their leisure hours to 

 an amusement, at once so beautiful, innocent, and 

 improving, as the cultivation of plants. 



A greater variety of fruit was presented than has 

 been noticed at any former exhibition. The com- 

 mittee will endeavor to name most if not all the spe- 

 cimens they were called upon to examine, for some of 

 which they recommend the gratuities named below. 



Pears and Apples. 



Pears of a superior quality were offered by R. 

 Manning, Salem ; among which were Napoleon, 

 Urbaniste St. Ghislain, Surpass Vergalieu, Marie 

 Louise. The committe recommend to Mr. Manning 

 a gratuity of ^o 00. 



Julienne, Valle Franche, Bartlett, offered by J. M. 

 Ives, Salem. Apples from the same, Mela Carla, 

 Porter, Welhngton. For these and other fruit, the 

 committee recommend to Mr. Ives a gratuity of 

 #5 00. 



Apples. Kilham Hill, Cloth of Gold, offered by 

 Mr. Dodge, Wenham ; Garden apples, from Luther 

 Wallis, Beverly ; Fine apples, from Edward Lander, 

 Danvers. 



