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d'Angouleme were shown ; the three prize dishes 

 weighing thirteen pounds five and one half ounces, 

 thirteen pounds four and three fourths ounces, and thir- 

 teen pounds four ounces. A dish of Winter Nelis, from 

 F. C. Clouston, which received the first prize on the 

 10th of November, was pronounced the largest and 

 handsomest of this variety ever shown, even surpassing 

 California specimens. The weight was seven and one 

 half pounds. The committee visited the grounds of 

 John B. Moore, to examine the Moore's Early grape, 

 which they found from two to three weeks earlier than 

 the Concord and Hartford Prolific growing by its side, 

 with the same soil and cultivation. They awarded to 

 Mr. Moore, for this variety, the prospective prize for the 

 best seedling grape. A novelty in the fruit department 

 was a fine spike of fruit of Musa Cavendishii, contain- 

 ing a large number of well grown specimens, from 

 Hovey & Co. 



The Vegetable Committee reported that the season 

 had been remarkably favorable : the various crops were 

 abundant, and the quality excellent ; and the exhibitions 

 had corresponded, not only in the increased quantity 

 and variety of the specimens, but in their quality and 

 improvement. The weekly shows were all fine, those 

 of June 7 and 27 particularly so. June 9 Levi Emery 

 exhibited specimens of Victoria rhubarb, a single stalk 

 of which weighed two pounds eleven and a half ounces. 

 The show of peas was much superior to that usually 

 seen. The Commander in Chief, shown by Joseph 

 Tailby on the 14th of July, was considered promis- 

 ing, the pods being remarkably large and well filled. 

 Lima beans were never shown in such perfection ; in 

 every case the prizes were closely contested, and at 



