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sey, Beurre Diel, Napoleon, Winter Belle and Winter Beurre 

 pears, were exhibited by him, which were very large and beau- 

 tiful. 



AMOS OTIS, Chairman. 



Cranberries. 



Specimens of cranberries were exhibited by Leonard L. Lum- 

 bert, Edward Thacher, Sophia Scudder, John W. Scudder, 

 Thacher Hinckley, and Alexander Howes. Some of the fruit 

 was picked in natural bogs, and, for such, the Committee were 

 not authorized to award premiums. 



Edward Thacher, of Yarmouth, entered two pieces of land 

 planted to cranberries ; one, of a quarter of an acre, and the 

 other, of two rods, and exhibited specimens of the fruit. He 

 also exhibited several specimens of the difTereut varieties of the 

 cranberry as they grew on the vines. Mr. Thacher has more 

 land planted than he entered for premiums. — They have award- 

 ed to Edward Thacher, of Yarmouth, the first premium, $5 00. 

 To Leonard L. Lumbert. of Barnstable, $>1 00. 



SETH PARKER. Jr., Chairman. 



Edward Thacher 's Statement. 



The quarter of an acre on which I claim a premium, was set 

 with cranberry vines last spring. The bog was formerly a mill- 

 pond, and the soil is a mixture of peat mud, and was covered 

 with a coarse grass. Last winter, when the ground was frozen, 

 I carted from the adjoining upland, and covered the bog from 

 three to ten inches deep with coarse sand. I consider ten inches 

 none too deep, as cranberries so set will require no hoeing. In 

 covering the bog, one rod of upland was cut down sufficicntly 

 to set cranberries for every three covered. The vines were set 

 in April, May, June, and a few, for experiment, in August. The 

 hills were placed about two feet apart, and the runners of the 



