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Making, in all, one hundred and fifty dollars, being the whole 

 amount offered for premiums for 1841. The Committee were of 

 opinion that the Wells Premium should be continued for another 

 year, as no applicant was deemed entitled to it, agreeable to the 

 conditions of the notice given June 19, 1841. — Benjamin F. French, 

 Chairman. 



REPORT OF THE C0M3IITTEE ON VEGETABLES, 



AWARDING PKEMIC.MS FOR 1811. 



The Committee on Vegetables, having attended to the duty of 

 awarding premiums for the year 1841, report as follows: — 



Asparagus. — For the best asparagus, a premium to Samuel 



Walker of , . . . $5 00 



Beans. — For the best Lima beans, a premium to E. Vose of 3 00 

 Celery. — For the best celery, a premium to S. C Mann of 4 00 

 Clcumhers. — For the best early cucumbers, a premium to 



Hovey &. Co. of ...... 



•Rhubarb. — For the best rhubarb, a premium to Samuel 



Walker of 



Sq,uashes. — For the best squashes, a premium to A. D. 



Williams of -...., . 

 Brussels Sprouts. — For the best Brussels sprouts, a 



premium to John Prince of ... . 



$28 00 



For a number of articles on which premiums were offered, there 

 were no competitors, and the Committee would resjjectfully recom- 

 mend the following gratuities for several fine specimens of vegeta- 

 bles, which were not included in the list of premiums offered by the 

 Society, but for which the Committee are of opinion that the exhib- 

 itors deserve something more than a notice in the Society's weekly 

 rej)orts: — 

 To the President of the Society, M. P. Wilder, for very 



large white carrots . . . . . . . . $3 00 



To Josiah Lovett, 2d, for very fine specimens of beets and 



carrots 3 00 



To Alexander McLennan, for an extra large squash, weigh- 

 ing about one hundred |)ounds . . . . . . 3 00 



To Francis R. Bigelow, for several new varieties of the 



tomato 3 00 



To J. L. L. F. Warren, for fine large asparagus . . 2 00 



To John Hovey, for extra large tomatoes . . . . 2 00 



To Marshall Tidd, for very early and fine shelled beans . 2 00 

 To William Mcintosh, for a bushel of very large and hand- 

 some Chenango potatoes, exhil)ited at the annual exhibition 2 00 

 To Otis Johnson, f^or a great variety of fine vegetables, ex- 

 hibited at the annual exhibil)ition . . . . . 2 00 



122 00 

 Respectfully submitted. — Samuel Pond, Chairman. 



