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permission of Messrs. Hovey & Co., was held in the Public Garden, 

 under a spacious tent erected for the purpose, was by far the most extensive 

 in fruits ever yet presented to the public ; and, although the number of con- 

 tributors was not large, yet the amount of choice fruit far exceeded any 

 former annual exhibition, forming the most attractive and really surprising 

 feature of the display. 



Delegations from the Horticultural Societies of several far distant states 

 were present, with many individuals, both of this country and from Europe, 

 who, from their high position in society were well qualified to give opinion 

 of weight, and never was a horticultural exhibition in Boston examined by 

 80 numerous or so truly respectable a concourse of visitors as that of 1852 ; 

 never were more just or satisfactory expressions of interest and delight 

 evinced, never a more true assertion universally made, than that it exceed- 

 ed in numbers and varieties of fruit, as well as in beauty and perfection, 

 every former exhibition of the kind yet witnessed by them in any part of 

 the world. Of course it is impossible to mention in sufficient terms of 

 commendation all those whose united efforts produced this admirable dis- 

 play, yet it would be unjust to pass them over in entire silence. 



Mr. Cabot, the President of the Society, 102 varieties of pears ; Robert 

 Manning, 167 var. of pears ; Samuel Walker, 137 var. of pears ; M. P. 

 Wilder, 260 var. of pears ; Hovey & Co., 250 var. of pears ; B. V. French, 

 160 var. of pears, and 180 var. of apples ; Winship, 90 var. of pears, and 40 

 var. of apples. Grapes, in variety, from J. Fisk Allen, W, C. Strong, Mrs. 

 F. B. Durfee, Charles Sampson, Azell Bowditch, J. Pritchard, and Joseph 

 Breck & Son. And choice dishes of pears, apples, &c., from Josiah Lovett, 

 Josiah Stickney, J. A. Kenrick, W. R. Austin, S. Downer, Jr., Henry 

 Vandine, Eben Wight, E. M. Richards, Josiah Richardson, John Gordon, 

 N. Stetson, A. H. Ernst, C. G. Grant, Hyde & Son, A. W. Stetson, G. B. 

 Cordwell, Jonathan French, Cheever Newhall, A. D. Weld, Wra. Bacon.. 

 W. B. Kingsbury, F. Burr, and Levi Brigham. 



With these remarks your Committee submit their award of prizes offered 

 by the Society the past year : — 



For the best and most interesting exhibition of Fruits during the 



season, to J. F. Allen, the Lowell Plate, valued at . $20 00 



For the second best, to Messrs. Hovey & Co., . . . 12 00 



Apples. — For the best twelve summer, on or before the last Satur- 

 day in August, to Otis Johnson, for the Early Bough, . 6 00 

 For the next best to M. H. Simpson, for the Red Astrachan, . 4 00 

 Bronze Medal to F. Burr, for Early Harvest. 

 For the best Autumn, on or before the last Saturday in Novem- 

 ber, to J. B. Moore, for Hubbardston, . . . 6 00 

 For the next best, to Bowen Harrington, for Porter, . . 4 00 

 For the best Winter, on or before the third Saturday in Decem- 

 ber, to Josiah Lovett, for Cogswell, . . . . 6 00 

 For the next best, to J. B. Moore, for Baldwin, . . 4 00 

 Apricots. — For the best, to Ezra Cleaves, . . . . 5 00 

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