261 



[King, Spitzenburg, R. I. Greening, Rox Ruaset, Cranby Pippin, 



Yellow Bellflower. Northern Spy, Baldwin, Seeknofarther.] 

 6tli do., J. N. Warner, Sheffield, 1 



[Baldwin, R. I. Greening, Rox Russet, Swaar, Hollowcrown, Northern 



Spy, King, Mammoth Pippin, Spitzenburg.] 



DWIGHT BOAEDMAN, 



Elihu Church, } Committee. 

 Orren Benedict, 



THIRD division. 



Whole number of entries, 42. Variety Pears, 7 ; single variety pears, 19 

 Plums, 3; Quinces, 11; Cranberries, 2. 



Best variety of Peaches, Wm. Burghardt, Great Barrington, $3 



2d do., Nicholas Race, Great Barrington, 2 



3d do., C. L. Wright, Egremont, 1 



Best variety of Pears, Ralph Little, Sheflield, 5 



2d do., Horace Z. Candee, Sheffield, 4 



3d do., L. N. Burghardt, Great Barrington, 3 



4th do., Ctarles Spurr, Sheffield, 2 



5th do., Orren Curiiss, Sheffield, 1 



Best single entries of Pears, J. Milton Mackie, Great Barrington, 3 



2d do., J. N. Warner, Sheffield, 2 



3d do., Belah N. Clark, Sheffield. 1 



Best Plums, .J. N. Warner, Sheffield, 2 



2d do.. Mrs. J. Ballard, Allord, 1 



Best Quinces, J, N. Warner, Sheffield, 3 



2d do,, R. H. Bradford, Egremont, 2 



3d do., J. Henry Coon, Sheffield, 1 



Best Cranberries, E. W. Stratton, Sandisfield, 1 



Harrison Garfield, 



Geo. W. Parrish, } Committee. 



Calvin Rood, 



FOURTH division. 



Your committee on the fourth division of fruit were forcibly reminded by 

 the exhibition of Messrs. Leavitt, Garfield, Freedley, Spurr, Pettis and Curtis, 

 of those ''Sunday School Grapes" that the spies of the children of Israel 

 brought into camp when they sampled the fruit of the land of Canaan. Your 

 committee followed strictly the law of Moses as laid down in Deuteronomy, 

 23d chapter and 24th verse, and our final judgment is, that the grapes were 

 fine with a very few exceptions. It has been said that "raising fruit will 

 civilize a human brute," we therefore advise its general cultivation, not only 

 to aid civilization, but as a sanitary measure. We believe in grapes more than 

 in blue pills, and advise all to eat them freely, and not swallow the seeds, for 

 this reason: There is an appendix about the size of a large goose- quill that 

 hangs from that part of the intestine known as the caecum, with no known 

 function except to catch grape seeds, and inflammation f)f the most dangerous 

 character has been caused by their becoming impacted in this organ, so we say 

 in conclusion : 



When you eat cherries don't swallow the stones, 

 And when you eat shad, just pick out the bones, 

 And when you hoe corn reject all the weeds, 

 And when you eat grapes, just spit out the seeds. 



Best Grapes grown in open air, Charles Spurr, Sheffield, $5 



'Jd do., Phineas Pettis, New Marlboro, 4 



3d do.. Orrin Curtis, Sheffield, 3 



Best Grapes raised under glass, David Leavitt, Great Barrington, 4 



2d do., Harrison Garfield, Lee, 3 



3d do., M. Freedley, West Stockbridge, 2 



Best Dried Fruit, Mrs. Belah Clark, Sheffield, 3 



