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awarded to P. & L. Clapp, Dorchester ; 2d, Walker & Co., Rox- 

 bury, $8. 



For the best collection of the following varieties, not less than 

 twelve specimens of each. Merriam — 1st premium, J. W. Page, 

 Jamaica Plain, $2 ; 2d, not awarded. Duchesse d'Angouloume — 

 1st premium, Edw. Pierce, Dorchester $2 ; 2d, not awarded. 

 Seckel — 1st premium F. & L. Clapp, Dorchester, ^2 ; 2d, not 

 awarded. Swan's Orange — 1st premium, F. & L. Clapp, Dor- 

 chester, $2 ; 2d, not awarded. Sheldon — 1st premium, Stephen 

 M. Weld, West Roxbury, $2; Dana's Hovey ; 2d, Stephen M. 

 Weld, West Roxbury, $1. 



The Committee recommend the aAvarding of the following gra- 

 tuities : — 



Collection of Pears — C. F. Curtis, Jamaica Plain, $5 ; A. D. 

 Weld, West Roxbury, $4 ; J. H. Billings, West Roxbury, $3 

 Thomas Groom, Dorchester, $3 : G. W. Palmer, Milton, ^3 

 A. Talbot, Jamaica Plain, $3 ; J. H. Carter, Dorchester, ^2 

 A. K. Teel, Milton, $2 ; Benjamin Mann, Roxbury, ^2 ; J. W. 

 Page, Jamaica Plain, $2. 



Striped Beurre d'Amanlis — Albert Crosby, West Roxbury, 

 diploma. 



Foreign Grapes. 



For the best exhibition of Foreign Grapes — 1st premium, Thom- 

 as Barrows, Dedham, ^4 ; 2d, J. M. Baker, South Dedham, $3. 



Native Grapes. 



For the best exhibition of Native Grapes — 1st premium, N. B. 

 White, South Dedham, %2 ; 2d, C. F. Curtis, Jamaica Plain, $1. 



The Committee recommend that the following gratuities be 

 awarded . — 



Collection of Grapes — J. W. Page, Jamaica Plain, $2. Royal 

 Muscadine and Black Hamburg Grapes in tubs — S. W. Bacon, 

 Walpole, $2. 



Honorable mention should be made of the following : — President 

 Wilder's large collection of Pears and Native Grapes, not entered 

 for premium ; Eliphalet Stone, of Dedham, fine collection of Pears ; 

 Pears from Bradford Farm, West Roxbury ; Apples and Pears 

 from Warren Cobb, Sharon ; Pears from E. M. Wood, Welles- 

 ley ; Duchess d'Angouloume Pears and Delaware Grapes from 

 George Cartwright & Co., Wellesley ; Beurre Diel from Samuel 

 Cook, Milton ; Shepard's Seedling Pear from Ann E. Porter, 

 Sharon ; Gloria Mundi Apple, large and handsome, from G. F. 

 Curtis, Dedham ; Concord Grapes from J. W. Richardson, Medway. 

 For the Committee, 



STEPHEN M. WELD, Chairman. 



Jamaica Plain, Dec. 1, 18(3(5. 



