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amount of crops produced. Premium to be paid in 1895 and 



1896, $10 



For best experiment do., on not less than ten rods of laud, 



premium, $7 



STRAWBERRIES AND OTHER SMALL FRUITS. 



For best crop of Strawberries, on not less than twenty rods 

 of land, expense of planting, culture, crop, etc., slated in 

 writing, premium, $7 



For best crop of Currants, Raspberries and Blackberries, 

 with statement as above, premiums, each, $7 



NEW WINTER APPLES. 



For a new variety of: Winter Apple, originated in this 

 County, equal or superior to the Baldwin, premium, $50 



For a new variety of like character originating elsewhere, 

 provided it has been cultivated in the County sufficiently to 

 prove it equal or superior to the Baldwin for general purposes, 

 premium, $20 



For a successful experiment in destroying the codling moth 

 and other worms destructive to the apple, premium, $20 



Note.— Persons who consider themselves eompetitors will semi Post Office 

 address to Secretary, and others in the County wishing to compete for above, 

 must notify Secretary, and furnish a full statement of their apple, and also scions 

 when called for under his directions, to be tested by the Society. 



SEEDLING POTATOES AND EXPERIMENTS. 



For best Seedling Potato, originating in Essex County, to 

 equal in yield, earliness and quality, the Early Rose, and to 

 surpass it in one or more of these particulars, premium paid 

 after three years' trial, $20 



In testing the value of a Seedling Potato, the committee 

 are instructed to take sworn testimony of the cultivator with 

 regard to the yield, after having inspected the crop. 



For the most satisfactory experiments to extend through 

 five consecutive years, to settle the following facts relative 

 to raising potatoes : — premium, $25 



1st. Will whole, medium sized potatoes yield better re- 

 sults than pieces cut to two eyes ? 



2nd. What will be the result of continuously planting 

 small-sized potatoes of the same strain a series of years ? 



3d. Difference between hilling and flat cultivation. 



4th. Effect, if any, of cutting off seed ends before planting. 



5th. Effects of deep and shallow planting. 



6th. Raising from sprouts alone from same strain. 



