56 

 FRUITS AND FLOWERS. 



Committee. — Peter S. Snow, Fitcliburg ; Porter Piper, Leominster; 

 Jonas A. Marshall, Thomas C. Caldwell, Ebenezer Torrey, Norman 

 Stone, G. F. Bailey, Fitchburg. 



The Committee on Fruits and Flowers, submit the 

 following report: 



The collection of fruits on exhibition this season was 

 small, compared with that of preceding years, with the 

 exception of peaches and pears, the display of which 

 was so rich and extensive as to render it very difficult 

 for the Committee to do justice to the various exhibitors, 

 in the distribution of the premiums. 



APPLES. 



The Committee award to Jonas A. Marshall, for 

 the best collection of apples, consisting of 



thirty-eight varieties, the first premium of $4,00 



L. H. Bradford, for twenty-five varieties, 3,00 



Moses M. Gage, for nineteen varieties, 2,00 



Moses Wood, for eleven varieties, 1,00 



They also, award the following gratuities for fine 

 specimens of apples : 



William Sampson, for Garden Royal, 1,00 



Ephraim Graham, 1,00 



Leonard Burrage, 1,00 



Charles Flagg, ,50 



T. E, Boutelle, ,50 



B. F. Proctor, for Roxbury russets, ,25 



PEARS. 

 Benj. Snow, Jr,, for best collection of pears, 



