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The moral of all this for my for my farmer friend is that if 

 you want a beet for table use do not order seed of the sugar beet 

 or you will be very likely to find a mangold growing in your gar- 

 den, a return but not a recompense for the sweat and toil uf the 

 husbandman. 



The following awards were made : — 



J. J. H. Gregory, Marblehead, early turnip beet, $3 ; rose po- 

 tatoes, ^3 ; late sweet corn, $3 ; Hubbard squash, $3 ; green flesh- 

 ed melon, $2 ; musk melon, $2 ; spherical tomato, $3 ; dish of 

 tomatoes, $3 ; greatest variety, $3. S. A. Merrill, Danvers 

 large sweet blood beet, $3 ; red onion, $3 ; Cauliflowers, $2 ; 

 early sweet corn, $3 ; round tomatoes, $3, M. F. Batchelder, 

 Peabody, long orange carrot, $3 ; parsnips, $3 ; marrow squash- 

 es, $T)\ Butman squashes, $\ ; drumhead cabbage, $1 ; vegeta- 

 ble Qgg, $\ ; sweet herbs, $1. Thomas E. Green, short horn 

 carrot, $3 ; C. O. Putnam, Danvers, mangold, $3 ; Savoy cab- 

 bage, $3 ; Turban squashes, $3. Hiram A. Stiles, Middleton, 

 sweet long turnip, $3 ; cranberries, $3. J. P. Goodale, Peabody, 

 yellow ruta baga, $3 ; Marblehead squash, 33. R. T. Jaques, 

 Newbury, Danvers onion, $3. R. Jaques, yellow flat, $3. Hen- 

 ry Bushby, Peabody, peerless potatoes, 33 ; Fotler cabbage, $3. 

 Charles R, Anderson, Boxford, Fotler cabbage, $2 ; cauliflowers, 

 $3. G. W. Rogers, Peabody, celery, $2. James M. Perry, Dan- 

 vers, field corn, ^3. David W. Low, Gloucester, water melon, 

 $2 ; cranberries, $1. W. K. Cole, Boxford, cranberries, $3. An- 

 drew Curtis, Peabody, crookneck squashes, $2 ; lot of oats, ^i ; 

 sweet corn, $2. Horatio Perry, Danvers, Savoy cabbage $\ ; C. 

 S. Potatoes, $1. S. F. Potter, early rose potatoes, $1. G. H. 

 Wood, Danvers, pumpkins, $2. A. G. Blake, onions, $2. H. 

 G. Abott, onions, $1. T. E. Green, mangolds, $1. J. P. King, 

 Peabody, turban squash ; David WentzcU, Salem, mammoth 

 squash ; Charles R. Anderson, Boxford, S. M. peppers ; Charles 



