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recommended to be paid him. Gratuities of twenty-five 

 cents are also recommended respectively, to Heman 

 Phelps, of Andover, Matthew Putnam, Danvers, Rufus 

 Slocomb, Haverhill, Charles B. Lander, Danvers, Arte- 

 mas Brown, Andover, John Marland, Andover, Joseph 

 How, Osgood Barnard, Melhuen, Jacob Shed, Andover, 

 John M. Ives, Salem, and E. G. Kelly, Newbury port, 

 for their specimens of squashes, comprising the Marrow, 

 the Crook-neck, the Valparaiso, three squashes of an 

 unknown variety, and a pair of united squashes which 

 may be called the Siamese twins of vegetables. The 

 Committee think it not good husbandry to raise squash- 

 es of so great size as were those exhibited, that by 

 E. G. Kelly, weighing nearly 90 lbs. The number and 

 quality of squashes from a particular vine, should be ob- 

 jects of greater attention, than their size. 



The show of potatoes was very good — and a gratuity 

 of ;^1,00 is recommended to George Peasle, Boxford, 

 for H bushels ot large chenangoes, the product of only 

 two potatoes, planted on reclaimed meadow land, well 

 exemplifying what such soils are capable of yielding. 

 They also recommend a gratuity of $1, to Andrew 

 Dodge, of Wenham, tor specimens of three kinds of 

 seedling potatoes — to Josiah Lovett, of Beverly, 50 

 cents, for seedling potatoes, and the same sum to Peter 

 French, of Andover, for half bushel of long blue potatoes, 

 the product of a single potatoe — also 50 cents to J. G. 

 Wolcott, Danvers, lor a string of very large and hand- 

 some onions, 25 cents to John M. Ives, Levi Davis, and 

 John Marland, each, for melons, water-melons, cucum- 

 bers, tomatoes, and the same sum to N. B. Abbot, for 

 20 citron-melons, the product of a single vine. Also to 

 Benjamin Boynton, for a specimen of white beans in the 

 pod. 



The Committee have only to say in conclusion, that 

 they did not feel justified in recommending larger gra- 

 tuities, as their limits were apparently set by the Socie- 

 ty, to the amount they have reached. 

 For the Committee, 



ALLEN VV. DODGE. 



