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but ofmosl excellent quality, making altogether a collection 

 of which Mr. Gregory may well be proud. 



11. F. Broderick exhibited Mammoth pumpkins. Porter's 

 Market of Salem was represented by a largo horn of plenty, 

 well filled with flowers, fruits and vegetables, ('has. B. 

 Haven's ancient Egyptian corn proved quite a novelty. 

 This corn was the growth of three years, from seed obtained 

 from an Egyptian mummy ante-dating four thousand years. 



S. \V. Spaulding brought thirteen large marrow squashes 

 which were raised on a single vine. These squashes would 

 easily have filled two barrels, which is of course a most 

 remarkable yield. Having mentioned the leading features 

 of this department and referring to the list of premiums and 

 gratuities attached for the details, your committee would 

 call the attention of our exhibitors to the following rule 

 which in many cases seems to have been forgotten : " No 

 competitor for premium to exhibit more or less number of 

 specimens of any vegetables than the premiums are offered 

 for.'' In several cases fourteen and fifteen specimens were 

 shown where the schedule called for twelve, and sometimes 

 as low as nine or ten were exhibited when twelve was the 

 required number. As a result your committee were 

 obliged to debar these exhibitors from competition. But 

 as a whole the display in this department was very satis- 

 factory. 



Respectfully submitted, 



M. B. Faxon. Chairman. 



GRAIN AND SEED. 



The Committee on Grain and Seed have attended to their 

 duty, and respectfully n p >rt to the Secretary that they 

 have made the following awards : 

 #8. First premium, to Aaron Low, Essex, for 285 varieties 



Field and Garden seeds. 

 - i. Second premium, to J. J. II. Gregory, Marblchcad, 

 for '2'>1 varieties Field and Garden seeds. 



