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Phii.axder Skars, — Peaches: Crawford's Kurly, Red ]lareripe, Yellow 

 Melocoton ; nameless Apples. 



Samukl H. Colton, of the Worcester Nursery, — Pears: Bartlett, Dix, 

 Louise Boune de Jersey, Frederic de Wurteinberg, Josephine, Petre, Seckel 

 Beurre de Capiaumont, Belle Lucrative, Napoleon, Beurre d'Aremberp^, 

 Beurre Diel, Bezi de la Motte, Marie Louise, Duchess d'AngouIeme, Beurre 

 d'Amalis, Andrews, Lewis, Muscadine, Buffum, Beurre Bosc, St. Andre, 

 St. Michael, Henry IVth, Golden Beurre of Bilboa, Rostiezer, Dearbon's 

 Seedling, two nameless ; Apples : Baldwin, Peck's Pleasant, Roxbury Rus- 

 set, Pound Royal, Lyscom, Tifft Sweeting, Talman's Sweeting, Honey Green- 

 ing, Brabant Bellflower, Maiden's Blush, Hamburg, French Nonpareil, La- 

 dies' Sweeting, Kelsey, Episcopal, R. I. Greening, Fameuse, Hollow Grown, 

 Pomme Royal, Porter, Danvers Winter Sweet, three varieties of Crab, two 

 nameless, White Seek No Further; Plums: Purple Favourite, Nectarine, Pur- 

 ple Gage, Lombard, Jefferson, Diamond, Golden Drop, Downton, Imperatrice, 

 Green Gage, Cruger's Scarlet Gage, Imperial Gage, Huling's Superb Nota 

 Bene, Petit Mirabelle. A splendid collection. First premium for best collection 

 of Plums, .S4 ; Grapes: Isabella and Fitchburg. The Committee after much 

 tasting, came to the conclusion that the Fitchburg Grape is one of the best, if 

 not tlie best, of the native Grapes. Orange Quince. 



For his very large and fine show of Pears (twenty-nine varieties,) Mr. Col- 

 ton takes the premium for the second best collection, $4. 



John B. Pratt, — Peaches : Crawford's Early, Nameless, Cooledge's Fa- 

 vorite, Royal George, Bellegarde, Good. 



Thomas Eari,e, — Pears : Bartlett and Seckel ; Peaches : Yellow Rareripe 

 Red Rareripe, Cooledge's Favorite. 



S. P. Champney, — Peaches : Crawfords' Early, Y^ellow Melocoton,. Sargent 

 Rareripe ; Apples : Pippin and Lyscom. 



D. S. Messinger, — Peaches : Red Cheeked Melocoton. Snow Peach, Cool- 

 edge's Favorite, Brevoort, Morris White, Royal George, three nameless, one 

 seedling. 



John Barnard, — Seedling Peach ; Isabella Grapes, very fine. First pre- 

 mium for Grapes raised in open culti'ire. 



Solomon Parsons, — Chelmsford Pears. 



Putnam W. Taft, — Plums : Imperial Gage, Y^ellow Gage ; Nameless 

 Peaches ; Bartlett Pears. 



John C. Dodge, — Attleboro' — Black Hamburg Grapes, very fine. 



John Milton Earle, — Pears : Marie Louise, very fine, Belle Lucrative, 

 Golden Beurre of Bilboa, Beurre d'Amalis, fine, Flemish Beauty, Beurre 

 d'Aremberg, Louise Bonne de Jersey, Duchess d'AngouIeme, Glout Morceau, 

 Lawrence, St. Michael, Dix, Surpasse Virgalieu, Andrews, Hacon's Incom- 

 parable, Brown Beurre, Henry IVth, very fine, Bartlett, Chaumontelle, Vicar 

 of Winkfield, Lewis, Julienne, Urbaniste, Henry IVth on quince, Marie 

 Louise on quince, very fine, Bleecker's Meadow, Rushmore's Bon Chretien, 

 Bezi de la Motte, Rousselet de Rheims, Passe Colraar, unnamed, Para,dise 

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