FRUITS. 57 



To J. J. H. Gregory, Marbleliead,- 1.00 



" Josiah Ncwhall, Ljnnfield, apples, 1.00 



" Havrlsoa Eaton. Haverhill, apples, 1.00 



" Wm. 11. Putnam, Danvers, apples, 1.00 



" D. N. Poor, Bradford, best Porter apples, 1.00 



" Asa Nelson, Georgeto\Yn, .75 



" Francis Sargent, West Amesburj, quinces and apples, .75 



" T. Bartlett, Haverhill, apples, 1.00 



" Charles Nc\YhalI, West ISTewburj, apples, .75 



" John Carlton, Haverhill, apples, 1.00 



" Charles F. Putnam, Salem, apples, 1.00 



" J. M. Grosvenor, Methuen, apples, 1.00 



*' J. B. Sargent, West Amesbury, apples and pears, 1.00 

 " S. Minot, Haverhill, best " Mother apple," a superior 



Mass. fruit, ,75 



" Nelson Bodwell, Boxford, apples and grapes, 1.50 



" John Morse, Haverhill, apples and plums, 1.00 



" Franklin Bricket, Haverhill, Bartlett pears, .50 



" Wm. Pecker, Haverhill, for best Vicarof Wakefield pear, .50 



" J. Lee, Haverhill, best "Coes Golden Drop plum," .50 

 " J. B. Creasey, Newburjport, and A. D. Rogers, Salem, 



for best Sv,'eetwater grapes, grown in open air, each 50 

 " C. L. Howell, West Amesbury, best black Hamburg grapes .50 



" Dr. Geo. Coggswell, Bradford, grapes, pears and peaches, 1.00 



" Mrs James Day, Haverhill, for currant wine, .50 



The liberal premium our society has offered for the production of 

 a hardy grape equal in quality to the Isabella, "ripening in this 

 county in the open air by the middle of September, prolific and 

 suitable for the table, the same to be tested by the committee two 

 years," we have not as yet seen; but as the new hybrid grape of 

 J. F. Allen, of Salem, approximates to this desideratum, and as he 

 as well as some others are now raising seedlings from year to 

 year, we have no doubt that ere long this great addition to our list 

 of this wholesome and excellent fruit will be forthcoming. We say 

 wholesome fruit, for as Prof. Salisbury has clearly demonstrated, 

 the "free use of ripe grapes and apples not only p-^ye^tis (;?is^ase, but 

 their regulated enjoyment heljjs to remove that which already exists. 

 They are superior to the potato in the principles that go to increase 



