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I also offer a crop of oats for your consideration, of forty 

 bushels, raised on one hundred and seven rods of land, from 

 two bushels of seed ; the land in the same condition and of 

 the same value, as that on which the barley grew. 



Isaac Smith. 

 Beverly, Nov. 1, 1852. 



Fruits. 



The committee on fruits, report : That in looking back upon 

 the season, it would be difficult to say how the weather could 

 have been made better, for the general productions of the 

 earth. There were but few cases of drought, which caused 

 the grumblers — they who are never suited — to complain. 



The season, as a whole, particularly for fruits, has never 

 been surpassed. The display, and the interest manifested in 

 this department of useful culture, continue to increase ; the 

 change, in substituting two days for the exhibition, worked 

 admirably. Heretofore, everything was performed in an in- 

 convenient, hurried, and unsatisfactory manner. The show 

 was crowded into one day; the committees were compelled to 

 make up their awards after partial examination, and many 

 were often dissatisfied with their results. Now there is ample 

 time for everything, and the merits of every contributor can 

 be fully discussed, and correctly decided. 



The exhibition of fruits, with the exception of peaches, sur- 

 passed that of any previous season. There were nine hundred 

 and seventy-nine dishes and baskets, from eighty-five contribu- 

 tors. 



The committee would occupy too much space in their report, 

 were they to enumerate every variety of fruit or contributor ; 

 they will, therefore, confine themselves to a list of those to 

 whom gratuities were awarded. 



To Charles F. Putnam, of Salem, for the largest collec- 

 tion of fruits, a gratuity of . . . $5 00 

 « Robert Manning, of Salem, . . . . 3 00 

 « Moses Pettingel, of Topsfield, . . . 3 00 



