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For the best twelve Tomatoes, to James F. Allen, of "V^i^idsl^r, ...6^0 ^j' ^ 



Should the Committee apparently fall under censure for tS!s^^wi^,^e7 ckn/ / I 

 only say that a more careful compliance with the 12th Rule, in fuh^^fci^.a list y 

 of articles to the Secretary, is indispensable for the guidance of Commi!!lS?1fr 

 awarding premiums. 



They also recommend the bestowal of a gratuity of $1 to D. M. Hemenway, 

 of Millbury, for his five varieties of Squashes, &c. ; of a like sum to Isaac 

 Mills, of Worcester, for his four varieties of Squashes ; of fifty cents to Hora- 

 tio Slocumb, of Sutton, for his surpassingly large and beautiful Cranberries ; 

 and of fifty cents to 0. B. Hadwen, of Worcester, for his Old Colony Corn. 



The Commiitee will not be expected to comment upon every article exhibited, 

 and not included in collections or parcels already referred to. Several varieties 

 of Potatoes were produced by Edward W. Lincoln ; Marrow Squashes, by 

 Thomas H. Rice ; Beans from Andersonville seed, by Thomas H. Brooks ; 

 Hops and Gourd Squash, by Mrs. C. L. Pierce ; pure Turnip Beets, by Edward 

 A. Pierce ; Lima Beans, by J. Henry Hill ; extraordinary Lester Tomatoes, 

 by Courtland H. Cross, (who came in close competition with Mr. Allen ;) 

 Giaut Lester and other fine Tomatoes, by Charles Richardson, a display of high 

 merit ; mixed Winter Squashes, by Geoi'ge R. Peckham ; Drumhead Cabbages, 

 by Stephen Salisbury, and Jonathan Grout, all of Worcester : Cranberries, by 

 J. C. Lovell, of West Boylston ; a Blood Beet, weighing ten pounds, by J. N. 

 Murdock, of Leicester: seven Marrow Squashes, by C. B. Metcalf; three 

 Yokohamas, by D. B. Comins ; one can of Tomato, by Miss Nannie 

 Clark ; varieties of Corn and Beans, by Charles Nash ; Winningstadt Cab- 

 bages, Mangel- Wurtzel, Turnip Beet, twelve ears of Old Colony Corn, vari- 

 eties of Potatoes, Onions, Marrow and Hubbard Squashes, by Perry 

 Thayer ; Pumpkins, Yokohama Squashes and Red Dutch Cabbages, by Jo- 

 seph Lovell ; Hubbard and Marrow Squashes, Vegetable Eggs, Onions, and 

 Celery, by C. W. Hamilton ; Seed Cucumbers, by P. S. Piper ; Marrow and 

 Yokohama Squashes, by 0. B. Hadwen, all of Worcester : Canada Crooknecks^ 

 by S. Allen, of Shrewsbury; a remarkably perfect and beautiful spherical spe- 

 cimen of Spanish Onion, weighing seventeen ounces, exhibited by James 

 Green, of Worcester ; a plant of the esculent Hibiscus, or Okra, by a con- 

 tributor whose name did not come to our knowledge ; and at a very late hour, 

 eight specimens of a green-colored vegetable called Squashes, by David J. Ba- 

 ker, of Worcester, from seed raised in Beaufort, N. C, and supposed to be in- 

 digenous to Califoruia. 



Respectfully submitted by the Committee. 



EDWIN CONANT. Chairman. 



