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from Mr. Parker, of Billerica, and the pyramid of the 

 same flower of Doct. Sanborn, of Andover. Flowers 

 were from Mr. N. A. Prentiss, of Andover, and Re- 

 becca Tyler Wood, of Boxford. Fruits were also shown 

 from E. S. Parker, of Bradford, Doct. Clark, of Ando- 

 ver, Moses Abbot, of Andover, Capt. Stone, of Saxon- 

 ville, Wm. Allen, E. N. Easton, of Andover, Peabody 

 Russell, of Boxford, Clark & Millet, of Andover, and 

 J. M. Ives, Salem. Mr. C. W. Hartwell, of Andover, 

 sent in the largest variety in the rooms, consisting of 32 

 varieties pears, 30 of apples. Also, peaches, plums, and 

 grapes. 



In the exhibition your Committee observed the same 

 fruit in some instances marked with different names. 

 Now, although there are those who consider cdrrectness 

 as to names of but little consequence, this should not be; 

 as for example, we received from a friend scions of a 

 celebrated fall apple from Worcester, called " Mathis 

 Stripe," and from another source, one called Nonpareil, 

 also, from Salem, grafts of the " Osgood Favorite." 

 These three when fruited, proved to be the " Lyscom 

 apple," of Southborough, in this State, a fruit which we 

 had already in our collection. In another instance we 

 received grafts of the celebrated early Washington ap- 

 ple of New Hampshire, which proved upon fruiting to 

 be the Early Bough. We also received trees from New 

 Jersey of their famous winter Imperial apple, which are 

 now well fruited with the Baldwin. 



From these few examples it is obvious that great con- 

 fusion arises from this habit of giving names, as is often 

 done, not only in our country but in Europe. That de- 

 servedly favorite pear, called Bartlett, was originally 

 raised from seed by a schoolmaster in England, named 

 Wheeler. A Mr. Williams receiving grafts of this man, 

 affixed his own name to the fruit; some thirty years after 

 it was found growing in the garden of Mr. Bartlett, near 

 Boston; his name was then given to this fine pear. The 

 pear is known in Europe as " Williams's bon Chretien." 



The glass globes of honey exhibited by George W. 

 Sawyer, of Boxford, and Rev. Sam'l C. Jackson, Ando- 

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