62 VEGETABLES. 



To D.'Buxton, jr., South Danvers, corn and squashes, gratuity, 1.00 



" Wm. Mack, Salem, tomatoes and kaoli, " 1.00 



" Wm. M. Kimball, Lawrence, potatoes and squashes, " 1.00 



" Henry H. & Ed. H. Proctor, S. Danvers, potatoes, " 1.00 



" Joseph Hall, Bradford, squashes, " 1.00 



" Wm. R. Putnam, Danvers, potatoes, " 1.00 



" Henry Shoof, Newburyport, squash, weight 153 lbs. " 1.00 



" Charles Newell, West Newbury, squashes, &c., " 1.00 



" John Morse, Haverhill, melons, " 1.00 



" James J. H. Gregory, Marblehead, squash raised from 

 seed received from California, planted June 7, very 



large, gratuity, 1.00 



" A. E. Goodwin, West Amesbury, squashes, gratuity, 1.00 



" William Messer, Methuen, pumpkins, " 1.00 



" Josiah Newhall, Lynnfield, Egyptian corn, wheat, 



gourds, Japan peas, gratuity, 1.00 



" Matthew Messer, Methuen, potatoes, gratuity, 1.00 



" G. Kenniston, Haverhill, tomatoes, "^ 1.00 



" Eastman Sanborn, South Andover, egg squashes, gratuity, 1.00 



" Edwin Webster, Haverhill, turnips, " 1.00 



" H. B. Spofford, Georgetown, varieties of corn, " 1.00 



" John Welch, Methuen, corn, " 1.00 



" Benjamin C. Putnam, Wenham, beets, " 1.00 



« David Webster 3d, Haverhill, corn, " 1.00 



" A. L. Messer, , pea nuts, " 1.00 



" Warren Ord way, Bradford, potatoes, " 1.00 



Last year twelve towns or cities of the county were represented 

 in this department, by sixty-eight contributors. The present season 

 sixteen towns, by ninety-eight contributors. The display of vege- 

 tables was uncommonly good ; that of the squash and of the potato 

 was particularly fine. It was highly gratifying to perceive this 

 latter vegetable in so great a variety, and in so healthy a condition. 

 For many years this crop has suffered so much by the rot, that the 

 success of its cultivation was very precarious. It is considered one 

 of the most valuable vegetables that is grown on the farm, and may 

 many years elapse ere this disease shall commit such fearful ravages 

 among our crops. 



A growing interest in exhibitions of this character is very per- 



