18 



Third best, Garrett Sayles, Stoekbridge, $10 



4th do., F. K. Hinckley. Lee. 8 



5th do., T. S. Baldwin, Egremont, 6 



6th do., H. L. Rowe, Egremont, 4 



Committee. — George Kellogg, W. C. French. 



GARDENS. 



Whole number of entries 23. Vegetable Garden, professional, 3 ; Vegeta- 

 ble Garden by competitor, 10 ; Flower Garden, professional, 2 ; Flower Garden, 

 non- professional, 8. 



From the increased number in entries of Gardens, this season, it 

 appears that there is a growing interest in gardening in Southern 

 Berkshire. Your Committee, on their first visit, found the gardens 

 looking finely for the first week in July. If more taste had been dis- 

 played in arranging walks and beds, and more thorough cultivation 

 by some, their gardens would have made a better appearance. It 

 was pleasing to notice on our trips the growing interest taken in 

 flower gardens. Some of them, we should judge, were worthy of a 

 premium had they been entered. The second viewing was made in 

 early September. It was surprising to notice the change since our 

 last visit. The ground which yielded early vegetables was growing 

 crops for winter use. We found two entries that should be classed 

 as market gardens. The Committee would recommend a separate 

 division for market gardens, as was recommended by your last Com- 

 mittee, or that they be debarred from making entries, to relieve the 

 Committee of doubts in regard to their duties Our awards are as 

 follows : 



Best Vegetable Garden, cared for by professional, or hired gardener, Mrs. 



T. G. Ramsdell, Gr^at Barrington, $4 

 2d do., J. M. Mackie, Great Barrington, 3 

 Best Vegetable Garden, cared for by competitor, Ferdinand Hoffman, Stock- 

 bridge, 4 

 2d do.. George Kellogg, Sheffield, 3 

 3d do., Ralph Little Sheffield, 2 

 4th do.. Dwight Andrews, Sheffield, 1 

 Best Market Garden, special premium, Edward Manville. Great Barrington, 3 

 2d do., MrsM. J. Busby, Monterey, 2 

 Best Flower Garden, cared for by professional, or hired gardener, Mrs. J. M. 



Macfeie, Great Barrington, 3 



2d do., Mrs W. C. Dalzell, Egremont, 2 

 Best Flower Garden, cared for by the competitor, Mrs. Frederick Dellert, 



Great Barrington, 4 



2d do., Mrs Henry Dresser, Great Barrington. 3 



3d do., Mrs. Orren E. Clark, Sheffield, 2 



4th do., Miss M. E. Kellogg, Sheffield. 1 



Committee. — L. P. Keyes, Mrs. W. W. Norton. Mrs. John B. Chadwick. 



FALL CROPS. 



Whole number of entries 186. Five acres Cora 17; three acres Corn 28 ; 

 one acre Corn 39; five acres Ensilage Corn 3; one-half acre planted Sweet Corn 

 11: one acre Buckwheat 27: one acre Potatoes 23; one-fourth acre White Beans 

 •5; one-fourth acre Sugar Beets 5; one-fourth acre Onions 4; one-fourth acre 

 Mangel Wurzels 4; one-fourth acre Carrots 9; Swedish Russian or French Tur, 

 nips 4 ;_one-fourth acre Cabbage 7, 



