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mals of the Jersey breed, A. T. Brown of Brookline, eleven, 

 and Henry M. Mack of Dorchester made a fine show of Jerseys, 

 inchiding the famous bull Sir Richard. Contributions of clioice 

 stock were made by W. R. Robeson, B. S. Rotch and E. J. Mor- 

 ton of Milton, Henry Chaffln of Brookline, Matthew Bolles of AYest 

 Roxbury, and Freeman Fisher and Francis Marsh of Dedham. 



Of Swine the principal contributors were J. H. Farrington, 

 Milton ; N. Farrington, Jr., Canton ; and S. J. Carthy of Brook- 

 line. 



Of Poultry, the largest exhibitor was M. I. Ellis of Norwood, 

 with thirty-seven coops ; A. H. Drake of Stoughton, contributed 

 sixteen coops; E. C. Aldrich of H^'de Park, nine; C. & F. 

 Spring of Needhan, nine, and L. H. Ga}^ of Stoughton, six. 



The display of Fruits was never surpassed at any previous ex- 

 hibition of the Society. Among other contributions were the follow- 

 ing of Pears : — Col. Marshall P. Wilder, Dorchester, one hundred 

 and twenty-seven varieties, not entered for competition ; F. & L. 

 Clapp, Dorchester, twenty varieties, not for competition ; C. F. 

 Curtis of Jamaica Plain, twenty ; Col. Eliphalet Stone of Ded- 

 ham, twenty ; H. P. Kidder of Milton, twenty ; B. F. Radford of 

 Hyde Park, twenty ; A. T. Brown cf Brookline, twenty; J. W. 

 Vose of Milton, fifteen ; A. D. Capen, Dorchester, eleven ; J. D. 

 Bradlee of Milton, eleven ; John W. Brooks of Milton, ten ; Geo. 

 S. Curtis of Jamaica Plain, ten ; Col. Theodora Lyman of Brook- 

 line, seven ; E. Paul of Dedham, seven; and smaller collections 

 by a great number of contributors. Contributions of Apples were 

 made by F. & L. Clapp, Benjamin Cushing and A. D. Capen of 

 Dorchester ; Abraham Bigelow of Dover, and others. Fine dis- 

 plays of Grapes were made by J. W. Brooks, W. H. Forbes, H. P. 

 Kidder and N. S. Davenport of Milton ; W. J. Stuart, Sarah M. 

 Vose, A. Ennis, John Vose and B. C. Vose of Hyde Park ; E. 

 Hemman of West Roxbury ; J. M. Merrick of Walpole ; N. B. 

 White of Norwood, and others. 



The display of Flowers was of great beauty and extent, the lar- 

 gest contributor being H. P. Kidder of Milton. Other contributors 

 were Miss H. D. Davenport and Mrs. H. G. Davenport of 

 Milton ; George Craft, Brookline, and Macy Randall, Sharon. 



The show of Vegetables was one of the largest and best ever 

 made by the Society. Among the leading contributors were Mr. 

 J. B. Tilley, Brookline ; James Mackintosh, Needham ; Gilbert 

 Sumner, J. W. Brooks, N. T. Davenport, AV. R. Robeson, Milton ; 



