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and well ripened, and were what might be termed a premium 

 crop, under less severe competition. The Cabbages, although 

 not large, were verj good for this season, the drought proving 

 an antagonist to the cabbage crop, in most sections of the 

 county. 



Our next halt was at J. J. H. Gregory's, at Middleton. 

 Under the guidance of his foreman, Mr. Carlton, we spent 

 several hours among his crops and seed-rooms, the magnitude 

 of which I will not endeavor to describe, giving employment 

 on this farm, to nearly fifty men, in the busiest of the season. 



His entry of Onions were of the Red variety, and very hand- 

 some, although not as thick as some, fully made up this defici- 

 ency in their extra size. While there is one drawback against 

 growing this variety, viz.: — their not meeting with quite as 

 ready sale as the Yellow, yet being a strong, vigorous grower, 

 and a much more certain cropper on new land, we consider 

 them deserving of more extended cultivation and introduction 

 always leading in quality, when tried in comparison with other 

 varieties. One noticeable feature among all his crops was the 

 clean cultivation — indicating the ability, activity and taste, 

 characteristics of his foreman. 



That Lynn endeavors to "Beet'^ the list of entries, was 

 evident by the crop of Wurtzels shown us by Huntington, 

 whose method of irrigation by flowing the land, from water 

 from a convenient stream, had proved quite a success, and will 

 be tried on a more extended scale, in future. 



Agreed that J. W. Blodgett is well equipped to ''Beet" 

 Boston Market with this product of nearly 1000 bushels of 

 Turnip Beets, of extra quality. It is no surprise, to those of 

 us who are acquainted with Mr. B., that this committee is an- 

 nually solicited to inspect some of the numerous crops, so 

 abundantly and understandingly grown, by him, who may well 

 be termed a general farmer. Although we have listened to 

 discussions on defining the literal meaning of this terra " gen- 

 eral farmer," our observations on this visit, convinced us that 



