40 VEGETABLES. 



John Welsli, Mcthuen, ruta baga, 50 



C. Desmon, Methuen, ruta baga, 60 



N. Ambrose, Lawrence, tomatoes, 50 



U. II Dame, Lawrence, cucumbers, 50 



It is gratifying to observe the increased attention of the Society 

 to this subject, and that more Uberal appropriations have been placed 

 at the disposal of the Committee in furtherance of the object. 

 The accommodations to display the various products were good, 

 though not so extensive as to give the desired effect, yet sufficient 

 to render the exhibition a very attractive and pleasing feature of 

 this interesting occasion. They trust that the Society will not pause 

 in the course which they have adopted, but continue to give due 

 encouragement to this branch of culture — one that is so appropriate 

 and can be rendered so very remunerative in a county densely 

 populated as old Essex, and at the same time highly favored with 

 good markets for the sale of all that may be cultivated. 



While it is unquestionably desirable to render an annual Agricul- 

 tural Fair as attractive as possible in the display of Flowers and 

 Fruits, the significance of Vegetables to the farming interest should 

 not be overlooked. Your Committee feel that there may be consid- 

 erable danger of such being the case, and would respectfully 

 suggest a few hints which may not be wholly useless. They are 

 the more impressed with this bearing of the subject before them, 

 in reference to the general character of the Vegetables presented 

 on the tables assigned to this department of industry and culture. 

 From the superior character of several specimens exhibited, they 

 anticipate at future exhibitions a greater and more diffusive display. 

 In order to this, there should be some new motive to stimulate the 

 effort, or some plan suggested to secure the end. 



Flowers and orchard-fruits, though they adorn and enrich the 

 farm on which they grow, yet belong rather to horticulture than to 

 agriculture. Would the farmer produce a good crop of Baldwin 

 apples, he must not content himself with stocking his orchard with 

 trees, but must watch them carefully and tend them assiduously. 

 Would he extend his area of fruit-growing operations, and attempt 

 the pear for marketing, he Avill require still further careful labor. 

 Or suppose he seeks to add the peach, a new care comes with this 

 crop. In either of these instances is it to be presumed that these; 



