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one, therefore, is entitled to the premium. There were no pure 

 Marrow Squashes exhibited, all of them being more or less mixed 

 with other varieties, yet, as some of them approached somewhat to 

 purity, your Committee did not feel authorized to withhold the pre- 

 mium. They adjudged it, therefore, to C. W. Forbush, Esq., whose 

 specimens were the best on our tables. We cannot but express our 

 regret, that this superior vegetable has been suffered to become so 

 much mixed and deteriorated, in this vicinity, and would recommend, 

 that the seed be renewtd from the vicinity of Boston, where it is 

 raised in great purity and excellence. They would recommend, also, 

 that hereafter, the offer of premium should be confined to those that 

 are strictly pure. 



For the best Celery, we had no hesitation in awarding the premi- 

 um to I. Washburn, although the other specimens presented were 

 very good. 



The Savoy Cabbages of C. W. Forbash were very large and fine, 

 as were also the Drumheads of A. H. Allen, and both are entitled to 

 the premiums. 



The Pumpkins of E. M. Banning, being superior specimens of 

 the common field variety, were considered as entitled to the pre- 

 mium, although the Sugar Pumpkins of C. W. Forbush were very 

 handsome and good. 



For Turnips, also, Mr. Banning distanced competition, and is en- 

 titled to the premium. 



There was more doubt in the minds of your Committee, how the 

 premium on Table Beets should be given. Those of I. Washburn 

 were not all of one kind, and constituted a part of a collection, to 

 which a premium had been adjudged ; but, as they were decidedly 

 the handsomest and best in the exhibition, we did not feel authorized 

 to impose any restriction or condition, not fixed by the Trustees, and 

 therefore unanimously recommend that the premium of $1 be award- 

 ed to him. With the same unanimity, we recommend that the pre- 

 mium of $1, for Beets of field culture, be awarded to E. M. Banning. 



The premium for the best Sweet Corn, not less than six ears, is 

 adjudged to Wm. M. Bickford. The Sweet Corn of Capt Silas 

 Allen, of Shrewsbury, was considered the best in the exhibition, but 

 was deficient in the quantity required for a premium. 



There being some premiums not awarded, we recommend that the 

 amount of $3 be equally divided, as follows : 



