100 ANNUAL MEETING, MAY 15. 



a fine exhibit of ferns, pot plants and begonias. Mr. H. 

 W. Putnam had a splendid show of coleus, and C. A. 

 Putnam exhibited a beautiful display of gladioli, as did 

 also Mr. James J. H. Gregory of Marblehead. The ex- 

 hibit of fruit and vegetables was as before stated necessarily 

 meagre, owing to the season. Mr. Charles A. Ropes was 

 the leading exhibitor of pears and apples. Mr. G. F. 

 Brown came next, and Miss E. P. Richardson and Mr. 

 James P. Cook had a creditable display of pears. Mr. 

 S. Endicott Peabody showed some magnificent grapes, 

 and Mr. Fred Lamson some luscious peaches and exceed- 

 ingly roseate apples. The vegetables formed a very credit- 

 able display and were from Kern wood. 



The following awards were made : Greenhouse and 

 stove plants, best twelve varieties, premium $10, to 

 S. E. Peabody ; foliage plants, best six varieties, pre- 

 mium $5, to S. E. Peabody ; cut flowers, best display, 

 premium $5, to Mrs. L. P. Weston of Dauvers ; same, 

 second premium, $3, to Miss M. T. Ropes, Salem; 

 gladioli, first premium $5, to C. A. Putnam; gladioli, 

 second premium, James J. H. Gregory ; coleus, best 

 display, gratuity $5, to H. W. Putnam; ferns, best six 

 named, premium $5, to S. E. Peabody. Pears, best 

 twelve Bartletts, premium to G. H. Fiye ; pears, best 

 six of any kind, premium to George F. Brown ; same, 

 second premium, W. A. Ireland ; apples, Gravensteins, 

 gratuity $3, to Charles A. Ropes ; same, Rhode Island 

 Greening, gratuity $2, to Charles A. Ropes ; grapes, 

 best bunches white foreign, premium to S. E. Peabody ; 

 grapes, best "Black Hamburgs," premium to Jacob C. 

 Rogers, Oak Hill, Peabody ; peaches, first premium and 

 second premium to Fred Lamson, Salem, " Early Craw- 

 ford" and "Haley's Early." 



The following were the entries : 



Apples. C. A. Ropes, Fred Lamson. 



