184 BRISTOL SOCIETY. 



There were few samples of cheese offered for premium, and 

 the committee regret to have evidence of a lack of interest or a 

 laudable rivalry, on the part of the farmers' wives of Bristol 

 Couuty, to excel in this department of the dairy. They award 

 for specimens of cheese, 



To John Arnold, Jr., of Norton, 

 " E. B. Dean, Raynham, 

 " Jar vis Hodges, Norton, 



The samples of honey were delicious ; and, as there were only 

 two, there was not a very wide latitude for the committee in 

 making a decision ; and they award — 



To Simeon Green, of Mansfield, 1st premium, . $4 00 



" George Price, Attleborough, 2d do. 3 00 



J. W. D. HALL, Chairman. 



Fruits. 



The committee award — 



To Jacob Dean, for 87 varieties of apples, $5 00 



" David Arnold, for 26 do. do. 4 00 



They would speak in particular of a grape-vine and tomato- 

 vine, in the garden of Charles Babbitt, of Taunton, for their 

 rapid growth, and recommend his mode of treatment, pruning, 

 &c., to the notice of cultivators, and award him a gratuity of 

 one dollar. 



Charles Babbitt's Statement. 



On Grape Culture. In the Spring of 1845, I had a small 

 vine called the "Woodson," a small, round, black, Virginia 

 grape, from Prince Edward's County, which ripens later than 

 most other varieties, but yields abundantly. I then removed it 



