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a team can work without miring on four or six feet of meadow 

 mud, if it is drained that depth. A. W. Cheever. 



Sheldonville, Nov. 20, 1865. 



REPORT ON VEGETABLES AND ROOT CULTURE. 



The show of vegetables this year was better both in quantity and 

 quality than we have seen for several years previous, notwithstand- 

 ing the severe drought. Twenty entries were made in this de- 

 partment, and the Committee award the following premiums : — 



For the largest and best collection of vegetables, first premium 

 to John Sias, of Milton, $10. 



Second to J. S. Eldridge, of Canton, $5. 



Third to C. E. C. Breck, of Milton, $4. 



Fourth to W. S. Ware, of Grantville, $3. 



Fifth to J. Cartwright, of Wellesley, $2. 



Sixth to J. P. Bush, of Milton, $1. 



For the largest and best collection of potatoes, first premium, 

 to John Sias, of Milton, $3. 



Second to J. P. Bush, of Milton, $2. 



The thanks of the Society are due to C. C. Sewall, of Medficld ; 

 C. G. Upham, of Needham ; Eliphalet Stone, of Dedham ; John 

 Tims, of Dedham ; Patrick Wall, of Dover, and others, for collec- 

 tions of vegetables. 



The Committee subsequently examined a crop of onions enter- 

 ed for premium by A. P. Knapp, of Wellesley, to whom they 

 awarded the first premium. Burr's vegetables. 



A. T. MESERVE, Chairman. 



West Roxhury, Dec. 1, 1865. 



REPORT ON FRUIT. 



The Committee award the following premiums : — 



Apples. 



For the best collection, Frederick Clapp, of Dorchester, first 

 premium, Harris's Treatise on Insects. 

 T. Harding, Medway, second do., $4. 

 Henry Goulding, Dover, third do., $3. 



Pears. 

 For the best collection, Frederick Clapp, Dorchester, first pre- 

 mium, silver cup. 



