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examination and accurate comparison, but it was rendered neces- 

 sary by the new and important features of the premium list, 

 designed to elicit competition not onl3' between the different coun- 

 ties but also between the fruit growers of each county separately. 

 With this addition, and the insertion of a larger number of pre- 

 miums for single named varieties, the general* features of the pre- 

 mium list of the preceding j'car were retained. There was also the 

 addition of the schedule for garden vegetables, as before stated, 

 and a considerable enlargement of the miscellaneous department, 

 togetlier with .several special premiums offered by individuals — 

 of all wliich the details will sufficiently appear by the list of awards 

 hereafter given. 



Entries. 



The principal entries were as follows : 



Joseph Taylor, Belgrade, general exhibition of apples, also 

 specific collections of same, and single dishes, as follows : R. I. 

 Greening, Baldwin, Northern Spy, Roxbury Russet, Ilubbardston 

 Nonsuch, Jewett's Fine Red, Porter, King of Tompkins County, 

 Williams' Favorite, Yellow Bellflower and crab apples. 



J. C. Taylor, Belgrade, general exhibition of apples. 



George W. Woodman, Portland, twenty-two varieties of pears, 

 as follows: Rosteizer, Seckel, Kirtland, Winter- Nelis, Buffum, 

 Goodale, Doyenne Boussock, llowell. Belle Lucrative, Louise 

 Bonne de Jersey, Lawrence, Beurre Diel, Beurre d'Anjou, Swan's 

 Orange, Sheldon, Bartlett, Clapp's Favorite, Vicar of Winklield, 

 Beurre Clairg^au, Flemish Beauty and Beurre d'Amalis ; also 

 several varieties of plums, apples and vegetables. 



F. M. AVoodward, Winthrop, twelve varieties of apples, viz : 

 Somerset, Gravenstein, Paradise Sweet, Harvey, Ilubbardston 

 Nonsuch, King of Tompkins County, Baldwin, Seek-no-further, 

 Maiden's Blush, Northern Spy, Red Astrachan, Moses Wood. 



Alfred Smith, Monmouth, general exhibition of apples, embrac- 

 ing thirty or more varieties, also specific collections, and single 

 dishes of substantially the same varieties as named in the collec- 

 tion of Joseph Taylor ; also ornamental dish of fruit, and twenty 

 varieties of pears, including Duchess d'Angouleme, Flemish 

 Beaut}', Glout Morceau, Louise Bonne de Jersey, Marie Louise, 

 Vicar of Winkfield, &c. 



Ilenry Ingalls, Wiscasset, twenty-two varieties of standard 

 apples, twenty-six varieties of pears, several varieties of plums. 



