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For the best collection of the largest number of varieties rec- 

 ommended for cultivation in Essex county, premium |8, Alfred 

 Cross, Lynn. Second best of the largest number, premium 16, 

 Peter Wait, Danvers. Third best of largest number, premium 

 ^4, Benjamin P. Ware, Marblehead. 



Gratuities of $1.50 each, for Beurre Clairgeau, S. T. Good- 

 win, Lynn ; Seckel, George B. Collins, Lynn. 



Gratuities of $1 each, for Beurre Bosc, B. P. Galley, East 

 Saugus ; Beurre Clairgeau, H. Downing, Lynn ; Bartlett, do.; 

 Duchesse d' Angouleme, Edwin Bates, Lynn ; Louis Bonne de 

 Jersey, C. B. Haven, Peabody ; Beurre Bosc, M. S. Andrews, 

 jr., Essex ; Onondaga, Wallace Bates, Lynn ; Beurre d' An- 

 jou, Edwin Bates, Lynn ; Sheldon, John H. Grossman, Swamp- 

 scott ; Urbaniste, L. Newhall, Lynn ; Winter Nelis, Albert 

 Kimball, Bradford ; Beurre Superfin, do.; Onondaga, John Y. 

 Stevens, Peabody. 



Assorted dish, W. B. Allen, Lynn, gratuity of 50 cts.; for 

 Beurre Clairgeau, A. J. Hubbard, Peabody. 



The Committee, four to one, are in favor of discontinuing 

 the Bufifum pear on the list for premiums, on account of its in- 

 ferior quality, and recommend, instead, Beurre Superfin. We 

 recommend, also, the Howell, and the Souvenir du Congress, 

 to be added to the list for premiums, they being varieties that 

 are worthy of the same. 



The pear is a native of the old world. According to very 

 authentic accounts, it has, from the most remote ages been 

 there cultivated wherever soil and climate favored its growth. 



The pear was grown in the beautiful gardens of the Hesper- 

 ides, long before the beginning of the Christian era, and its 

 excellence was not at all unknown to the ancients. It is even 

 probable that the pear grew side by side with the apple and 

 other fruits in the garden of Eden, where the first man and 

 woman, before their fall, ate unsparingly of the delicious fruit. 



Shortly after the discovery of the new world, the pear, fol- 

 lowing in the wake of advancing civilization, found its way to 

 our shores. Though not indigenous to our clime it nevertheless 



