50 



APPLES. 



opinion that this could not properly come within the sphere allotted 

 them, and that it should come under the head of field culture, and that 

 Mr. Kilburn's entry should hare been directed to the Committee on 

 Koots and Vegetables . 



There were no Flower Gardens entered . 



Your Committee notice, with much satisfaction, that the Society has 

 doubled the amount offered as premiums on Gardens the present year, 

 and express the hope that it may be continued, or further increased, 

 and that it may be an inducement to give more attention to this im- 

 portant part of husbandry. 



Respectfully submitted for the Committee. 



WARD M. COTTON, Chairman. 



APPLES, PEACHES. PLUMS, AND QUINCES. 



The Committee on Apples, Peaches, Plums, and Quinces, having 

 attended to the duty assigned, make the following awards, viz : 



APPLES. 



For the best and largest exhibition of named varieties of three 

 specimens each : 



1st premium to C. C. Boyden, Leominster, 30 varieties, $4 00 

 2cl *' E. E. Boyden, " 31 " Harris on Ins. 



A o-ratuity to E. Houghton, Lunenburg, for the largest, and 

 a very fine exhibiton of 32 varieties of 5 specimens each, 2 00 



For twelve varieties of five specimens each : 



1st premium, to E. Moore, Leominster, Harris on Insects. 



2d " G. P. Hawkins, Fitchburg, 2 00 



3(1 " J. H.Fairbanks, " 1 00 



For six varieties of five specimens each : 



1st premium to E. T. Miles, Fitchburg, 2 00 



2d " Jabez Fisher, '' 1 50 



3d " Levi Kendall, '* 1 00 



For three varieties of five specimens each : 



1st premium to L. Stockwell, Fitchburg, 1 50 



2d ** Alfred Whitney. Oakdalc, 1 00 



3d " F. Nourse, Sterling, 50 



