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for the table on the 4th of March, radishes on the 15th of April, cucum- 

 bers May 4th, and potatoes on the 4th of July. 



The number of varieties of vegetables through the season, of which he 

 gave us a list, was Jifty-elght, comprising numerous varieties of the 

 more common garden productions as well as many kinds classed with 

 the luxuries of their season, and which are too seldom cultivated by the 

 farmer. We have awarded him the first premium of Six Dollars. 



Mr. Johnson was a member of the Committee, and attended well to 

 his duties until we came to make our final awards, and, being withal a 

 modest gentleman, he then withdrew. He raises large quantities of the 

 more common garden vegetables for the market, and his garden is con- 

 ducted with a view to profit (and successfully, as we should infer,) as 

 well as a means of supply to his own table. So far as quantity was 

 concerned he has no competitor, we believe, in Worcester North, and 

 the quality of his productions is well known to many of our citizens, and 

 besides he annually grows large quantities of garden seeds for other sec- 

 tions of the country, and we decided that he was entitled to the second 

 premium of Four Dollars. 



Mr. Bird's garden was better than the average of kitchen gardens, 

 and we have awarded him the third premium of Two Dollars. 



L. H. BRADFORD, ) />,^^,v,,, 

 •B. F. WALLIS, f ^^^^''^''' 



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The committee on Root crops submit the following Report and award 

 the following premiums. 



ONIONS. 



We regret to say that only one field of onions was entered in due sea- 

 son to compete for the society's premium ; and that, by Mr, Lawrin 

 Pratt, South Fitchburg, to whom we award the first premium, Harris 

 on Insects. 



The product on the average rod selected weighed 277 J lbs. = 4^^^^^^ 

 bushels, or 792 4-5 bushels per acre. 



The field on which Mr. Pratt grew his onions is alluvial soil on the 

 bank of a branch of the Nashua river ; the surface soil is quite sandy 

 or such as has been made from the surrounding hills for centuries, 

 caused by the overflowing of the stream ; consequently a great variety 

 of soil. The mode of cultivation may be found on another page of the 

 Transactions. 



The crop was a very excellent one ; never have we witnessed a field of 



