196 



hives, etc., number ©f hives in use and amount of surplus honey 

 taken from Ihera during the season,ipremium8, S5, 3 



First and second best Honey, ten pounds in comb and one pound 

 extracted, made in the County, with statement signed of kind of 

 bees and hive, and lime of year wlien honey was made, premiums, 



S3, 2 



Fruit. 



All fruit must be entered in the name of the grower before 11 

 o'clock on the first day of the exhibition, and each exhibitor must 

 certify to the same on the Entry Book, or on lists of the varieties 

 of each class of fruit, or be filed when entry is made. (Committees 

 are not authorized to make awards to those who do not comply 

 with this rule.) 



Tables will be labelled in a cons2ncuous manner by the hall com- 

 mittee before the entry of exhibitors, with the names of fruit, for 

 which premiums are offered, all others of same class fruit to be 

 labelled miscellaneous. Exhibitors must place their several vari- 

 eties of each class of fruit where indicated by such labels, or be 

 considered by the committee as not competing for premium. 



Plates of collections of fruit, when premiums are offered there- 

 for, must be entered and placed by the exhibitor on the table as- 

 signed for the exhibit of collections of fruit. 



To entitle exhibitors to receive premiums and gratuities awarded, 

 they are required (when requested by the committee) to give in- 

 formation in regard to the culture of their fruit. 



PEAES. 



For best twelve specimens of the following varieties, which are 

 recommended for cultivation in Essex County: Bartlett, Belle Luc- 

 rative, Bosc,Anjou, Angouleme, Daua's Hovey, Lawrence, Louise 

 Bonne, Onondaga, Paradise d'Automne, Seckle, Sheldon, Urban- 

 iste. Vicar, Comice, Howell, and Clairgeau, each, premium, S^ 



Doyenne d'Ete, Gifford and Clapp's Favorite (ripening early), 

 are recommended for cultivation, but no premium is offered. 



For each dish of twelve best specimens of any other varieties, 

 deemed worthy by the committee, premium, S1.50 



For best collection of Pears, recommended for cultivation, pre- 

 mium, $6 



In addition to the above, are placed at the disposal of the com- 

 mittee, to be awarded in gratuities of not less than SI each, 



S20 



APPLES. 



For best twelve specimens of the following varieties, which are 

 recommended for cultivation in Essex County, Baldwin, Dan- 

 vers Sweet. Tompkins King, Granite Beauty, Red Russet, Tolman's 

 Sweet, Bailey Sweet, Drap d'Or, Hubbardston, Hurlburt, Porter, 

 Pickman Pippin, Roxbury Russet, Rhode Island Greening, Sweet 

 Baldwin, Gravenstein, Hunt Russet, Smith's Cider, Snow, premi- 

 um for each, $3 



