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and six of apples; Charles W. Gushing of Hingham, six 

 varieties of pears, sixteen of apples, three of turnips, four 

 of beets, one of carrots, two of wheat, one of rye, one of 

 barley, and four of grasses, basket of Indian corn, box of 

 onions, box of parsnips, and specimens of pumpkins and 

 squashes; John D. Glazur of Hingham, four varieties of 

 apples, two trusses of Indian corn, box of carrots, box pars- 

 nips, specimens of pumpkins, squashes, and watermelons ; 

 Edmund Hersey of Hingham, two varieties of apples and 

 a truss of Indian corn ; Melzar W. Clark of Hingham, one 

 variety of pears ; Nathan Beal of Rockland, truss of Indian 

 corn, one box of oats, one of rye, and one of barley ; 

 Alfred Loring of Hingham, box of seedling potatoes ; Henry 

 C. Comins, North Hadley, one bottle of sorghum sirup; 

 Edward E. Elms, Cohasset, basket of Indian corn and one 

 box beets; J. N. Bagg, West Springfield, truss of Indian 

 corn, box of egg-turnips ; A. L. Murdock of Jamaica Plain, 

 fifty specimens Indian corn, eleven of wheat, three of barley, 

 four of oats, two of rye, six of beet-seeds, one dried beet, 

 amber cane, four specimens of sirup, two of coal and peat, 

 one of redtop-seed, one of rye straw, one of golden and one 

 of pearl millet ; Mrs. Starks Whiton of Hingham, a collec- 

 tion of pot-plants. 



Among the pears exhibited by Mr. Bates, the Vicar of 

 Winkfield, Beurre d'Anjou, and Beurre Langliere were of 

 large size and in good condition. Of apples the Baldwin, 

 Roxbury Russet, and Northern Spy, were very large and fine. 



The seedling potatoes by Mr. Loring, called the Early 

 Perfection, were very fine. This potato originated from a 

 seedling raised by Mrs. Alfred Loring. The flavor is excel- 

 lent, it keeps well, and the yield is large ; but its most valua- 

 ble qualities, in these days of potatoes, are its rapid growth 

 and early maturity, being from ten days to two weeks 

 ealier than the Early Rose. 



The sorghum sirup exhibited by Mr. Comins was made 

 for liim at the Agricultural College. The yield was stated 

 to be two hundred and fifty-six gallons per acre. The flavor 

 was excellent. 



The specimens of oats, wheat, and barley, exhibited by Mr. 

 Murdock, were very fine, showing what can be accomplished 

 by persevering eifort in saving the best seeds. 



