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ilEPORT OF COMMITTEE ON STRAWBERRIES 

 AND OTHER SMALL FRUITS. 



The Committee on Strawberries and other small fruits 

 have attended to their duty, and respectfully report to the 

 Secretary that they have made the following awards : 



The first visit was made to the crop of B. W. Farnum, 

 of No. Andover, which gave evidence of good manage- 

 ment. The crop was large and the vines were in a very 

 healthy condition. The varieties were Charles Downing 

 and Crescent. 



The next visit was made to the farm of J. W. Barton, of 

 Danvers, near Hospital. This crop was not so large in 

 proportion to the land cultivated, as that of Mr. Farnum, 

 but the berries were very fine in appearance and excellent 

 in quality. Here we saw for the first time the Beverly in 

 full bearing, a new variety of great promise, of fine form, of 

 large size, good flavor and eminently worthy of cultivation. 



The crop of Strawberries on the farm of Fred Stultz, of 

 West Newbury was very good for the season and much 

 skill was manifested, not only in the cultivation and ar- 

 rangement of the rows, but good judgment also in the se- 

 lection of the varieties. 



The Committee after discussing all the points in rela- 

 tion to the crops visited, agree that the berries of Mr. 

 Barton were larger and finer than any which we saw and 

 his vines were healthy. While duty compels us to award 

 the premium of Ten Dollars to Mr. Barton, still as there 

 is no second premium offered for Strawberries, the Com- 

 mittee recommend that a gratuity of Five Dollars be 

 awarded to Mr. Farnum. 



The crop of blackberries entered for premium by Mr. 

 Stultz of West Newbury were very fine and considering 

 the age of the plants, the, crop was a very good one. 



As there was no competition, the Committee awarded 

 the premium of Ten Dollars to Mr. Stultz. 



Chas. B. Emerson, Andrew Lackey, William Hilton — 

 Committee. 



