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The committee append to their report the following remarks : 

 "We consider a seedling named Orange, exhibited by Z. A. Gil- 

 bert of East Turner, as worthy of honorable mention. A seedling 

 of the Porter, exhibited by S. C. Harlow of Bangor, may prove valu- 

 able. Henry McLaughlin of Bangor presented, for exhibition only, 

 a fine collection of Loudon Pippins. 



"Exhibitors will observe that for all premiums except that 'for 

 the best general exhibition,' the fruit must be arranged according 

 to the schedule prescribed by the Society. In some cases this 

 was done, and in others it was not. If the rules had in all cases 

 been complied with, it is probable that the awards in some in- 

 stances might have been different from those in this report." * * 



Henry Ingalls, ) 



Avery W. Marrett, >• Committee. 



John Cdrrikr, ) 



Glass II — Pears. 



For the best general exhibition of pears : 



1st premium C. D. Chapman, Orrington $20 00 



2d *' ' Albert Noyes, Bangor 15 00 



For the best ten named varieties : 



1st premium. Dr. J. C. Weston, Bangor 12 00 



2d " Joseph Taylor, Belgrade 8 00 



For the best five named varieties : 



1st premium, Alfred Smith, Monmouth 8 00 



2d " S. C. Harlow, Bangor 5 00 



For the best dish of pears : 



1st premium, S. C. Harlow, Bangor 3 00 



2d " Albert Emerson, Bangor 2 00 



For the best seedling pears : 

 Henry McLaughlin of Bangor, for the varieties originated 



by him, named Eastern Belle and Indian Queen 3 00 



Graiuiiy, H. W. Brown, Bangor, for seedling pears 1 00 



The Committee say : " Although by reason of the great drouth 

 of the summer, and other adverse influences, the exhibition of 

 pears grown in Maine has necessarily been small, and many of the 

 samples unsatisfactory, enough appears to afford encouragement 

 for the future success of pear culture in Maine. We are aware, 

 too, that by a special effort to induce contributions, a much finer 

 display might have been made. * * * We deem the thanks of 

 the Society due to the following named persons, who have ex- 



