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3d. No farm will be visited, unless there should be connected with it 

 a fine Fruit Garden, Vegetable Garden, Flower Garden, Greenhouse, or 

 Graperies, in which case these alone will be examined. 



4th. It shall be the duty of the Committee to select from the applica- 

 tions those which may seem most deserving of notice, and to visit as many 

 places, and as often, as they may deem expedient and necessary. 



5th. In making all examinations, tlie utmost regard must be paid to 

 economy and general thrift ; in cases, however, of pleasure, landscape, or 

 fancy grounds, more allowance must be made for taste and design, and a 

 gratuity or complimentary notice may be made at the discretion of the 

 Committee. 



Gth. No place will be visited officially, with reference to an award, 

 without a written invitation. 



7th. All visits will be conducted without previous notice to the owner ; 

 and if made out of season, or under unfavorable circumstances, due allow- 

 ance will be made. 



8th. No person shall be a competitor for the highest prize for more tlian 

 two years out of seven. 



9th. The Committee may, at their discretion, give gratuities or substitute 

 gratuities for prizes, in either case which may best serve the objects of the 

 Society, and meet special cases, always of course within the limits of the 

 appropriation. 



10th. Competitors for the prizes shall furnish to tlae Committee, if re- 

 quired, a written statement of their mode of cultivation, quantity and kind 

 of manure applied, amount of labor, including their own, and other particu- 

 lars called for, under the penalty of a forfeiture of such prize if witliheld. 



llthi The expenses of the Committee shall be paid by the Society, and 

 a record shall be kept by the Chairman of all places visited. 



PRIZES FOR FRUITS DURING THE SEASON. 



Amount appropriated, Seven Hundred Dollars. 



For the best and most interesting exhibition of Fruits during the 



season, the Lowell plate, valued at . . . . $20 00 



For the second best, . . . . . . 12 00 



Apples. — For the best twelve Summer Apples, on or before the 



last Saturday in August, . . . . . 6 00 



For the next best, . . . . . . 4 00 



For the best twelve Autumn Apples, on or before the last Sat- 

 urday in November, . . . . . 6 00 



For the next best, . . . . . . 4 00 



For the best twelve Winter Apples, on or before the third Sat- 

 urday in December, . . . . . 6 00 



For the next best, . . . . . . 4 00 



Amount carried forward, 

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$62 00 



