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canned. As they are used for so many different purposes, 

 the sugar is not put in until they are wanted for use. More 

 sugar was used for the crab apples and plums than any of 

 the other varieties. 



PEARS. 



The Committee on Pears have attended to their duty 

 and respectfully report to the Secretary that they have made 

 the following awards: 

 $3. First premium, to Edwin Bates, Lynn, for 12 Bartlett 



pears. 

 $3. First premium, to A. Stickney, Groveland, for 12 Belle 



Lucrative pears. 

 $3. First premium, to D. A. Pettengill, Danvers, for 12 



Beurre Bosc pears. 

 $3. First premium, to Samuel Spalding, Danvers, for 12 



Beurre d'Anjou pears. 

 $3. First premium, to Edwin Bates, Lynn, for 12 Duchess 



d'Angouleme pears. 

 $3. First premium to B. F. Southwick, Peabody, for 12 



Dana Hovey pears. 

 $3. First premium, to John O'Brien, Bradford, for 12 



Lawrence pears. 

 $3. First premium, to Edwin Bates, Lynn, for 12 Louis 



Bon de Jersey pears. 

 $3. First premium, to A. J. Hubbard, Peabody, for 12 



Maria Louise pears. 

 |3. First premium, to J. H. Hill, Amesbury, for 12 Onon- 

 daga pears. 

 First premium, to B. R. Symonds, Salem, for 12 Par- 

 adise d' Automne pears. 

 $3. First premium, to D. A. Pettengill, Danvers, for 12 



Seekle pears. 

 $3. First premium, to Amos Raddin, Peabody, for 12 



Sheldon pears. 

 First premium, to W. W. Perkins, Newbury, for 12 



Urbaniste pears. 



