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1.00. Gratuity, to W. B. Little, Newbury, for Beurre Clair- 



geau pears. 

 1.00. Gratuity, to Edwin I. Bates, Lynn, for Bosc pears. 

 1.00. Gratuity, to J. W. Goodell, Lynn, for Fulton pears. 

 1.50. Gratuity, to A. C. Woodbury, Beverly, for Brock- 

 worth Park pears. 

 1.50. Gratuity, to R. W. Ropes, Salem, for Flemish Beauty 



pears. 

 1.50. Gratuity, to George A. Waite, Danvers, for Merriam 



pears. 

 1.50. Gratuity, to J. W. Dodge, Danvers, for Dodge Seed 



ling pears. 

 1.50. Gratuity, to Allen Barr, Lawrence, for Dana's Hovey 

 pears. 

 There were 216 plates of pears, from ninety-five con- 

 tributors, from nineteen cities and towns. 



The committee would recommend striking from the 

 premium list of pears as being unworthy of cultivation in 

 Essex county, the Urbaniste and Onondaga, and they ad- 

 vise to put on the list, the Brockworth Park and Merriam. 

 They would also recommend that no premium be offered for 

 collections, inasmuch as the competition has been so small 

 for the last five or six years, rarely not more than one 

 contributing. 



Peter M. Neal, Geo. Pettengill, J. A. Lamsou, E. F. 

 Webster, A. C. Osborn — Committee. 



APPLES. 



The Committee on Apples have attended to their duty, 

 and respectfully report to the Secretary that they have made 

 the following awards : 



$3.00. First premium, to Mrs. Sarah M. Moore, Peabody, 



for Gravenstein. 

 3.00. First premium, to George F. Sanger, Peabody, for 



Drap d'Or. 



