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Wm. Miller, Swampscott, gratuity, <fl.50, for Sugar Beets. 



Josiali Newliall, Lynnfield, gratuity, -$1.50, for Crookneck 

 Squashes. 



AsaT. Newliall, Lynn, premiums, $3 each, for best " Mar- 

 blehead" Squash and Mangold Wurtzels. 



Benajah Phillips, Swampscott, gratuities, $1 each, for Yel- 

 low Globe Turnips, and for Cucumbers and Peppers, and $1.60 

 for Melons. 



W. W. Perkins, Newbury, gratuity, f 1.50, for Danvers Yel- 

 low Onions. 



E. P. Richardson, Lawrence, premium, $3, for best " Ohio" 

 Potatoes. 



H. A. Stiles, Middleton, premium, 13, for best peck of culti- 

 vated Cranberries. 



Benjamin P. Ware, Marblehead, premium, $3, for best Bos- 

 ton Marrow Squash. 



David Warren, Marblehead, 1st premiums, $3 each, for 

 Stone Mason Cabbages and Danvers Onions. 



E. P. Webster, Haverhill, gratuity, $1.50, for eighteen va- 

 rieties of Seed Beans. 



The Vegetable department of our Fair, in point of quantity 

 and quality, was a decided success. Your Committee makes 

 the same complaint, however, that former committees have 

 done, feeling justified in making it the more strongly, as the 

 advice and suggestions of former committees, progressive in 

 spirit, with the good of the Society only in view, have not been 

 acted upon. What your Committee complain of is : — 



1st. The scattering of the exhibit, part being on three ta- 

 bles in the hall and part in a tent outside. 2d. The different 

 kinds of vegetables mixed together. 3d. Exhibits were not 

 confined within the rules of the Society, as to the quantity and 

 size of vegetables entered for premium. 



We think three parties are to blame for it. 1st. The Society, 

 by not giving notice that its exhibition hall will open for '•' en- 

 tries" the afternoon and evening previous to the opening, thus 



