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SCHEDULE OF PRIZES 



FOR 1853. 



Boston, Jan. 1st, 1853. 

 The Committee for establishing Prizes, respectfully sub- 

 mit and recommend the following Schedule of Prizes, for 

 the year 1853. 



For the Committee, 



JOSEPH S. CABOT. 

 To the Executive Committee. 



W. C. STRONG, Rec. Sec. 



$2520 00 

 JOSEPH S. CABOT, President. 



PROSPECTIVE PRIZES. 



For objects to be originated subsequent to A. D. 184G, and which, after 

 a trial of Jive years, shall be deemed equal, or superior, in quality and other 

 characteristics, to any now extant. 



For the best seedling Pear, the Society's large Gold Medal, valued at $60 00 



" " Apple, " " « " 



" " Hardy Grape, " " " 



" Plum, the Appleton Gold Medal, 



" " Cherry, the Lowell Gold Medal, 



" " Tree Paeonia, the Appleton Gold Medal, 



" " Herbaceous Paeonia, the Lowell Gold Medal, 



" " Potato, the Society's large Gold Medal, 



Amount carried forward, $400 00 



