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BREAD AND BISCUIT. 



The Committee on Bread and Biscuit had presented before them 

 71 specimens, 45 of Bread. Those who have served on this com- 

 mittee will appreciate the difficulty of deciding between such 

 a multitude of samples varying 1 in such small degrees of goodness. 

 After careful testing they are unanimous in giving on 



Wheat Bread— Mrs. II. C. Wells, Cheshire, $4; Mrs. R. S. Himes, 3; 

 Mrs. Marshall Butler, Richmond, 2 ; Maggie O'Connor, 1. 



Rye Bread— Mrs. S. M. Cooper, Stockbridge, $4; Mrs. C. O. Perkins, 

 Becket, 3; Mrs. Duhamel Clark, Lee, 2; Hattie Hathaway, South Adams. 1. 



Graham Bread — Mrs. Timothy Hall, $4; Kate Trainer, 3 ; Mrs. Levi 

 Butler, Lenox. 2; Mrs. M, S. Heath, Stockbridge, 1. 



Brown Bread—Mrs. Marshall Foote, Lee, $4; Mrs. J. S. Smith, 3; Mrs. 

 Kirk Gardner, Hancock, '2; Mrs. John Dudley, South Adams, 1. 



Biscuit — Mrs. Franklin Barnes, Richmond, $4; Mrs. William J.Walker, 

 Great Barrington, 3; Mrs.. Dwight Smith 2; Mrs. C. I). Wells, Cheshire, 1. 



In lieu of something more substantial the committee present to 

 Miss Jennie Mallory of New Ashford, their thanks for the loaf of 

 excellent sponge cake, with the request that she will do so again 

 next year. 



The pies they could not test unless they should resort to little 

 Jack Horner's style and put in their thumb. 



J. N. Dunham, ] 



Mrs. Root, | ri ... 



Mrs. Knowlton, | 



Mrs. Hyde, J 



VEGETABLES. 



Garden Vegetables. — Best and largest assortment, James Burke, $6 ; H. 

 B. Brewster, 5 ; S. Campbell, Cheshire, 4 ; Enoch Hubbard, :! ; S. M. Gunn, 

 1. Sample Cabbage, Alfred Raymond, 1. Tomatoes, Henry Worden, 

 Richmond, 50 cts. Basket Tomatoes, Luther Butler, Lenox, 50 cts. Cali- 

 fornia Squash, Franklin Burns, Richmond, 1. Hubbard Squash, Matilda 

 White, New Asht'ord, 1 ; Martin S. Sears, Lenox, 50 cts. Marrow Squash, 

 George F. Glentz, 50 cts. Sample Marrow Squash, 32 from one hill, 

 Chauncey Sears, Lenox, 1. Seven large Pumpkins from one seed, Franklin 

 Burns, Richmond, 1. Two large Melons and specimen of Citrons, Mrs. G. 

 W. French, Cheshire, 1. Citrons, a long Pumpkin, (new variety), M. X. 

 [ngalls, Cheshire, 1. Specimen Citrous, John W. Butler, Lenox, 50 cts. 

 Turbin Squashes, H. Beach, New Ashford, 50 cts. Specimen Peppers, T. 

 P. Whipple, Cheshire, 1. Peppers, Franklin Burns, Richmond, 50 cts. ; 

 Flora Montfort, Lanesboro 1 , 5U cts. Citrons, J. French, 50 cts. Twolarge 

 California Squashes, Gen. Bartlett, 1. Two Baskets Potatoes, H. C. Plat- 

 ner, Savoy, 1. Several Varieties Potatoes, Henry Hathaway, South Adams, 

 1. Best Variety Beets, Robert Pomeroy, 1. Potatoes, Merrick Foote, 50c. 

 Late Rose Potatoes,T. S. Heath. Stockbridge, 1. String of Onions, Garrett 



