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LIMA BEANS. 



2d prem. to B. F. Proctor, Fitchburg, 25 



SEED CORN. 



1st prcQi. to F. B. Harrington, Leominster, 1 00 



2d " L. Stockwell, Fitchburg, 75 



3d " F. Nourse, Sterling, 50 



Also, the following gratuities : 



Geo. Miles, for Potatoes, 25 



J. M. Sawtell, " 50 



Turban Squashes, 50 



C. E. Sawtell, Pop Corn, 50 



A. P. Goodrich, Potatoes, 25 



Cyrus Kilbupi, Melons, 50 



Geo. Allen, Potatoes, 25 



WM. BAKER, Chairman. 



GARDENS, 



The Committee on Gardens submit the following as their report : 



Three Gardens were duly entered for premiums, but one was with- 

 drawn on account of a blight that came upon a portion of it before the 

 Committee viewed it. 



Your Committee viewed the others about the middle of July ; one 

 by Mr. Benjamin F. Proctor, of Fitchburg, the other by Mr. Cyrus 

 Kilburn, of Lunenburg. The condition of Mr. Proctor's Garden, as 

 it regards culture, and the arrangement of the different varieties of 

 vegetables, was such that your Committee did not think him entitled 

 to a premium for a first class Garden, and as he received the Society's 

 second premium last year, the Committee felt bound, by the rules of 

 the Society, to withhold any award. 



The Committee called upon Mr. Cyrus Kilburn, and viewed what 

 he entered as a Kitchen Garden, and found it to consist of detached 

 pieces, planted with vegetables, varying in size from J to | of an acre 

 each, and located at different points on his farm. 



After due consideration, your Committee were unanimous in the 



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