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have power to give, and sliould at least have the thanks of the 

 Society. Among them are Wm. Whiting and Wm. Chickering, 

 of Dedham (in the collection of the latter, verj fine Maiden's 

 Blush, and that unique little variety, the Lady Apple) ; Stillman 

 Whitney, H. F. Spear, George W. WilUams and B. J. Wilson, 

 of Dedham ; C. A. Hewins, of West Roxbury ; G. & L. Willard, 

 of Medfield ; J. H. Chadwick, of Roxbury ; James R. Tisdale, of 

 Walpole ; R. Porter, J. Talbot, Jr., and S. L. Thayer, of Stough- 

 ton ; Nathan Longfellow, of Needham ; B. White and Joshua 

 Vose, of Milton, and Wm. Bullard and J. Calder, of Dedham. 



Gen. Lucas Pond, of Wrentham, exhibited, for the third suc- 

 cessive year, a seedling apple grown upon his farm, of an inviting 

 and promising appearance. 



Pears. 



The President of the Society exhibited 120 varieties, not in 

 competition for the premiums. 



Samuel Walker & Co., of Roxbury, 75 varieties, the 1st pre- 

 mium, $4. 



A. D. Weld, of West Roxbury, 21 varieties, 2d premium, $3. 



Thaddeus Clapp, of Dorchester, 29 varieties, 3d premium, §^2. 



For the best single dish, to Royal W. Turner, of Randolph — 

 Flemish Beauty, $2. 



Augustus Parker, of Roxbury, exhibited 10 varieties, — a superb 

 collection, and remarkable for a fine dish of the famous Van Mons 

 Leon le Clerc. — Diploma. 



To J. H. Chadwick and Francis Gardner, of Roxbury, for fine 

 collections ; to Warren Cobb, of Sharon, for a bushel of magnifi- 

 cent Seckel pears ; to Macy Randall, of Sharon, for a dish of 

 fine Beurre Diels, and to Otis Deane, of Foxboro', for Beurre 

 Clairgeaus, each a diploma. 



Displays were also made by C. A. Hewins, (9 varieties,) H. F. 

 Spear, WiUiam P. Butterfield and Henry Goulding. 



JPeaches. 

 First premium not awarded. 

 To Macy Randall, of Sharon, 2d premium, $2. 

 To Henry Goulding, of Dover, 3d premium, $1. 

 Plums. — None. 



Foreign Grapes. 

 These were magnificent in every respect, and placed upon our 

 tables in hberal quantities by three competitors. The Committee 

 have but two premiums at their disposal, and award the first, of 

 $1, to Charles B. Shaw, of Dedham ; the second, of $3, to 

 Thomas G. Whytal, of West Roxbury, and recommend a copy of 

 " Copeland's Country Life" to J. M. Underwood, of \Vest 

 Roxbury. 



