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their neighborhood, even the tops of the corn ; tc 

 ripening and were very good. 



November 5th. We made our third visit; most of the 

 vegetables had been gathered. We found a man harvesting 

 the carrots which looked so finely in August. They were 

 small though not thick; this we believe is the general 

 character of carrots and beets this year in this region. Your 

 Committee think this is caused by the great amount of wet 

 weather during the season. This is the first attempt at 

 gardening by Mr. Sawtelle, and we think, considering that 

 circumstance, he has been quite successful. He has made 

 some mistakes, but they are such as are made by many much 

 more experienced cultivators. The most glaring was the ar- 

 rangement of his vines; we found in the same compartment, 

 squashes, cucumbers and melons, each too thick among 

 themselves and too near each other. This is a very common 

 mistake with many trho consider themselves experienced 

 gardeners. 



The Committee are unanimous in awarding to John M. 

 Sawtelle, of Fitchburg, the second premium of $3,00. 



JONAS A. MARSHALL, Chairman, 



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ORCHARDS. 



The Apple Orchards entered for premium were the fol- 

 lowing : Joshua T. Everett, of Princeton, entered one ; John 

 Brooks, Jr., of Princeton, two; and Ephraim Graham, of 

 Lunenburg, three. One Pear Orchard was entered by Jabez 

 Fisher, of Fitchburg. These orchards your Committee 

 have examined with that care and thoroughness, necessary 

 to enable them to come to a just and satisfactory decision 

 as to their respective merits; and in the trip which they 

 made for this purpose, the pleasure of the journey was much 



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