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acres of very handsome onions. He did not enter them 

 for premium, but considering the size of the field, it is 

 worthy of notice as a very remarkable crop. 



Mr. Nathan Longfellow of Groveland next entered a 

 crop of potatoes for premium, which was very excellent, 

 and proved to be the largest crop brought to the notice of 

 the committee. 



We were next called upon to visit the farm of Mr. David 

 Warren of Swampscott, well known to the farmers of this 

 county as the producer of pure and reliable seed, to view 

 his field of cabbage. They were very uniform in size, the 

 yield heavy, and the quality of the heads could hardly be 

 excelled. As they were intended for seed, they could not 

 be measured or weighed, and it was not easy to decide 

 whether he or Mr. Russell had the largest crop. 



Mr. Charles C. Blunt of Andover entered a crop of 

 parsnips and a crop of carrots for premium. Both crops 

 were fine, and the parsnips especially good, Mr. Blunt, 

 who has a reputation as a successful producer of that vege- 

 table, saying it was the best crop he ever raised. 



The committee next visited the farm of Mr. Daniel A. 

 Carleton of North Andover, to see his crop of cabbages. 

 They were the Brunswick variet3% and evidently planted 

 later than the crcfps of either of his competitors. The 

 committee thought his crop, though a good one, not quite 

 equal to either of the others. 



Mr. M. H. Connors of West Newbury entered a crop of 

 cabbages for premium, which was a very fine one indeed, 

 but not quite equal to the exceptional crops of Mr. Rus- 

 sell and Mr. Warren. It is remarkable that in such an un- 

 favorable year so mau}^ crops of the different kinds should 

 have been entered for premium, which were almost all 

 exceptionally large. Of course, while visiting these 

 farms the committee had an opportunity to see other crops 

 besides those offered for premium, and obtain an idea of 

 their general management, and one or two points suggested 

 themselves which are worth noting. The first is the prime 



