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number of ears. Owing to the delay in getting the committee, 

 I was obliged to leave before all the premiums were awarded. 



Your committee would insist that the Superintendent of the 

 vegetable department see that all the vegetables of the same 

 variety be placed together. This would save half the time of 

 the committee who, in comparing the specimens, would be able 

 to judge correctly, and give better satisfaction in the short 

 time they have to do the work. We tried to do the best we 

 could. We award as follows : 



T. B. Beet, Levi Emery, Lawrence, premium, f3. L. 0. 

 Carrot, S. H. Carrot, Abbott Imperial Parsnip, $3 each; 

 stone mason cabbage, cauliflovver, 2d premium, $2 each ; B. M. 

 celery, water melon, musk melon, 1st premium, |2 each, M. T. 

 Batchelcler, Peabody ; Mangolds, E. R. Onions, D. cabbage, R. 

 S. corn, marrow squash, xMarblehead squash, A. T. Newhall, 

 Lynn, 1st premium, $3 each. P. T. turnips, H. A. Stiles, 

 Miduleton, 1st premium, 13 ; Y. ruta bagas, M. S. Jenkins, 

 North Andover, 3 ; Danvers onion, S. F. Newman, Newbury, 

 8. Y. F. onion, E. R. potatoes, beauty of Hebron potatoes, 

 A. Green, Salisbury, 1st premium, $3 each, Goodwin's seed- 

 lings. No. 1, R. Goodwin, Haverhill, premium, 13 ; E. 0. 

 potatoes, J. J. H. Gregory, Marblehead, 3; D. Cabbage, 2d 

 premium, $2 ; mammoth cabbage, 1st premium, 13, nutmeg 

 melon, 1st premium, $2. R. F. tomato, greatest variety 

 tomato, premium, $3 each. Greatest collection, J. J. H. 

 Gregory, Marblehead, prem., $8. Second greatest collection, 

 2d premium, " Birds of New England," Hatch Brothers, Sau- 

 gus ; Dun more potatoes. Acme tomato, Essex Hybrid tomato, 

 Aaron Low, Essex, premium, $3 each ; savoy cabbage, J. G. 

 Munsey, Beverly, 1st premium, $3 ; savoy cabbage, J. W. 

 Blodgett, Saugus, 2d premium, $2 ; red cabbage, J. W. Blod- 

 gett, Saugus, premium, $3 ; stone mason cabbage, David 

 Warren, Marblehead, premium, $3 ; red cabbage, C. R. 

 Anderson, North Andover, 2d, '^$2 ; cauliflower, do, do, 1st 

 premium, $3 ; yellow corn, S.Longfellow, premium, $2 ; silo 

 corn, Caleb Childs, Marblehead, |2 ; popping corn, Edwin 



