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leVj $3; J. Pearson, Jr., of Newburyport, $4; Lizzie A. 

 •Smith, of Xewburj'port, $1. 



Committee — Josiah Newhall, Charles Ingalls, Robert Cal- 

 lahan, Dean A. Perley, Hiram A. Stiles. 



PEARS. 



The Committee on Pears report that the show was hardly- 

 equal to the average of former exhibitions. The season of 

 1868 has proved unfavorable for this fruit, much of it having 

 been injured by mildew and the extreme heat of the Summer 

 months. Several very fine specimens of Bartletts were found 

 upon the tables, and also the Duchess variety was not in gen- 

 eral inferior to that of former years. The Committee regret 

 that so few specimens were furnished from parts of the county 

 remote from the place of exhibition. In exhibitions of fruit 

 it is desirable to have specimens from as many of the towns 

 in the County as possible, in order to observe the influence-of 

 locality and different varieties of so.l in its perfect develop- 

 ment. The Committee award the following premiums and 

 grntuities to exhibitors, viz. ; 



Premiums of $1 each, to Isaac P. Noyes, Newburyport, for 

 Bartletts ; Wm. Maloon, Salem, Belle Lucrative ; Wm. 

 Wheelwright, Newbury jort, Flemish Beauty; Jos. A. Atkinson, 

 Newburyport, Beurre Bosc ; Wm. Maloon, Beurre Superfine ; 

 Wm. Maloon, Onondaga ; Henry Savory, Groveland, Seckel ; 

 T. K. Bartlett, Newburyport, BufFum ; Chas. G. Savory, 

 Groveland, Winter Nelis ; Chas. H. Lake, Topsfield, Black 

 Pear of Worcester ; Wm. Maloon, Vicar of Winkfield ; Chas. 

 Ireland, Newburyport, Lawrence ; Wm. Otis, Newburyport, 



