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Methuen, 6 pL, 6 var., from one person ; Salem, 91 pi., 35 var., 

 from eleven persons, -13 premiums ; Swampscott, 24 pi., 17 

 var., from three persons, $1, gratuity ; Salisbury, 3 pL, 3 var., 

 from one person ; West Newbury, 10 pi., 10 var., from one per- 

 son, premium, copy of the Birds of New England ; Wenham, 

 2 pi., 2 var., from two persons, $d, premiums. 



There was one exhibitor of 41 varieties, two of 30, one of 29, 

 one of 21, one of 19, two of 18, two of 17, two of 15, one of 

 14, two of 13, two of 11, three of 10, two of 9, two of 8, nine 

 of 7, fourteen of 6, thirteen of 5, sixteen of 4, twenty of 3, 

 thirty-four of 2, and fifty-two of 1 ; to whom premiums and 

 gratuities were awarded as follows : — 



For best dish of twelve specimens of any of the varieties 

 recommended by the society for cultivation in Essex county, 

 first premium, 13 each, — Bartlett, Breed & Co., Lynn; Belle 

 Lucrative, L. Newhall, Lynn ; BuflFum, E. P. Webster, Haver- 

 hill ; Beurre Bosc, Alden Choate, Lynn ; Beurre Clairgeau, 

 Albert Kimball, Bradford ; Beurre d' Anjou, do.; Duchess d' 

 Angouleme, Hugh McManus, Lynn ; Dana's Hovey, J. Henry 

 Hill, Amesbury ; Beurre Golden of Bilboa, John Price, Man- 

 chester ; Lawrence, Moses Norris, Lynn ; Louis Bonne de Jer- 

 sey, B. G, Ladd, Bradford; Maria Louise, George B. Currier, 

 Lynn ; Onondaga, E. P. Webster, Haverhill ; Paradise d' Au- 

 tomne, H. Alley, Wenham ; Seckel, Josiah Pitz, 3d, Lynn ; 

 St. Michael Archange, Patrick Tracey, Salem ; Sheldon, Wal- 

 lace Bates, Lynn ; Urbaniste, Breed & Co., Lynn ; Vicar of 

 Winkfield, Edwin Bates, Lynn ; Winter Nelis, John B. Tol- 

 man, Lynn. 



For twelve best specimens of other varieties worthy of pre- 

 miums, $1.50 each — Beurre Hardy, Geo. B. Collins, Lynn ; 

 Howell, Moses Rich, Lynn ; Beurre Superfin, John V. Stevens, 

 Peabody ; Doyenne du Comice, George B. Collins, Lynn. 



For best dish of twenty-four specimens, premium -j^6. Beurre 

 Clairgeau, Alfred Cross, Lynn. Second best dish, twenty-four 

 specimens, premium, copy of Birds of New England,- — Beurre 

 d' Anjou, T. C. Thurlow, West Newbury. 



