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$2.00. First premium to George A. Waite, Danvers, for 



Hunt's Russet. 

 fl.OO. First premium to Mrs. E. A. Radcliffe, Danvers,. 



for R. I. Greening, 

 f 2.00. First preminm to B. H. Farnham, No. Andover, 

 for Porter. 

 J. W. Goodell, T. C. Tliurlow, Geo. F. Chadwick.— 

 Committee. 



As chairman of the committee on apples for 1901 we 

 would like to make a few comments and suggestions. Al- 

 though this was an off year on apples generally through- 

 out the county, the exhibit altogether was of good quality 

 and we would call the attention of fruit growers to two 

 displays of sweet apples of remarkable quality and attrac- 

 tive appearance, one was a perfect facsimile of the Ladies 

 Sweet, and was called such in the repoit but upon testing 

 the second specimen we were persuaded that it was much 

 earlier in ripening. 



The other was of green color and somewhat later in 

 ripening, both very large and fair, and especially attractive 

 to people who have personal knowledge of the lusciousness 

 of a good baked sweet apple and of its healthful, nourish- 

 ing qualities. 



We would urge upon the society the importance of im- 

 proving the quality of their fruit. Labor is too expensive 

 to be used in raising cider apples, or as a food product for 

 cattle. Our land is too valuable to be cumbered with such 

 trees, they are but as weeds compared to trees bearing 

 good quality of salable fruit. The time has come when 

 orchards are to be cultivated as a crop of corn or potatoes, 

 and not left to shirk for themselves after being planted, 

 and in this 20th century the selection of location best 

 suited for any given fruit, and also what nourishing ele- 



