56 02T FRUIT. 



direction. Oct. 14, gathered from the vines one bushel and thir- 

 teen quarts. 



Between the cranberry rows I planted the white-bush bean and 

 raised nine bushels. 



WINTHROP LOW. 



Essex, November 10, 1847. 



ON FRUIT. 



The Fruit Committee would respectfully Report : 



That in this day's display of Fruits at the Town Hall, they are satis' 

 fied that it must have exceeded the expectations of the Society, there 

 being a greater variety shown than at any former exhibition, and 

 would compare if not exceed any other county society in the State. 

 There were sixty-four entries of fruit by the following individuals, 

 all without exception residents of the county. J. S. Cabot, John 

 Newhall, Cyrus Houghton, James M. Nye, C. F. Putnam, Robert 

 Manning, Timothy Hazeltine, Andrew Dodge, N. D. Chase, Josiah 

 Newhall, J. Sargent, Oliver Preston, Joseph Haines, F. Tudor, 

 Wm. G. Lake, Moses Pettingel, C. B. Holmes, Joseph M. Nye, D. 

 N. Breed, H. A. Breed, Andrews Breed, J. Dyer, S. B. Johnson, 

 Mark Healy, Ezra Johnson, Jonathan Buffam, John Trask, Joseph 

 P. Gould, James Oliver, James A. Breed, M. C. Pratt, Thomas 

 Townsend, M. Holmes, S. C. Pitman, Moody Andrews, Samuel 

 Hildreth, Benjamin Dupar, Sarah Howe, Calvin Stevens, J. M. 

 Ives, J. N. Saunderson, John Alley, 3d, E. B. Phillips, Abel Burn- 

 ham, Shadrach Ramsdale, J. N. Buffum, A. W. Dodge, Rufu3 

 Newhall, 2d, Eben. Brown, Otis Johnson, Josiah Lovett, 2d, George 

 Johnson, J. P. Oliver, Wm. Stearns and Erastus Ware. 



It was gratifying to your Committee to observe so much interest 

 manifested by many of the visitors, as well as the contributors in the 

 cultivation of fruit. In the short time allowed your Committee for 

 the examination, they have endeavored to dispose of the gratuities 

 entrusted them, as the circumstances would allow, and unanimously 

 award the following : 



To J. S. Cabot and Otis Johnson, three dollars each ; to R. 



