LINCOLN COUNTY SOCIETY. 26 



Hollis, Esq., of Waldoboro', took the first premium for the largest 

 and best assortment of garden produce, having on exhibition some 

 twenty varieties. Thomas J. Simmons of Waldoboro', the second 

 premium, having nearly the same number. They both made very 

 fine displays and deserve great praise. 



• We also had more than the usual number of mammoth squashes, 

 pumpkins, beets, and turnips. 



H. J. A. Simmons of Waldoboro', exhibited twenty-six varieties 

 of potatoes, and was awarded the first premium. John F. San- 

 born of Damariscotta, took the second premium for ten different 

 varieties. There were also some twenty baskets of potatoes of 

 different varieties, by different individuals, all very handsome and 

 large, attracting a great deal of attention. 



Silas Smith, Esq., of Boothbay, sent by steamer Chas. Houghton 

 a fine display of vegetables, which did not arrive until late in the 

 afternoon of the second day of the Show, after the committee had 

 made their report. They would have undoubtedly received pre- 

 miums could they have arrived at the Hall earlier. The potatoes 

 in this box were the only specimens of the Eaely Rose on exhibi- 

 tion, and were of monstrous size. 



The crop of potatoes in this county is about an average, owing 

 to the large breadth of land cultivated and have suffered very 

 little with rot, the quality is superior. We have a seedling in 

 this county raised by Thomas Johnson, Esq., of Bremen, which is 

 a great favorite, not only for its productiveness but for its other 

 good qualities, being some ten days earlier than the Sebec or 

 Goodrich, very free from rot and one of the best table potatoes I 

 have ever seen ; it resembles the Jackson and is a seedling from 

 that variety ; it takes precedence hei'e to any of the fancy pota- 

 toes which have been sold at extravagant prices. The Committee 

 on dairy products, especially on butter, of which there was more 

 on exhibition than for some years previous, speak in terms of high 

 commendation, but cheese was of inferior quality. 



The ladies department of household manufactures and miscel- 

 laneous articles, as usual in this county, was well filled and made 

 a very handsome appearance. The ladies of this Society have 

 always taken great interest and done their part nobly towards 

 keeping up their part of the exhibition, always making the show 

 in the hall full as interesting as any other county in the State. 



The show of fruit was as large as there was reason to expect, 

 the gales of September having shaken a large portion of the fruit 



