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visited him, of a gravelly loarny nature, but the rocks and stumps 

 had all disappeared and a fine crop of potatoes planted in hills, 

 three feet apart each way, of good even size, smooth, and free 

 from rot. 



On Sept. 5 we visited Mr. Carlton's crop of cabbage, tbey 

 were Brunswick's planted on good, strong, dark, loamy soil. 

 The cabbage was planted in rows three feet apart and set eigh- 

 teen iuches apart in the row, and at the time of our visit every 

 cabbage had a head of large size for that season of the year, so 

 large that most of them touched and crowded each other. On 

 Sept. 21 we went to Newbury to see the crop of Ruta Baga 

 turnips entered by Mr. Moynihan ; they were planted quite 

 early in the season for turnips, on a side hill sloping to the north, 

 of a dark yellow loam. The crop was a good one, but the 

 quality of it was so large and coarse, that very few of them would 

 be marketable, and your Committee did not feel justified in 

 giving him the first premium. 



On Sept. 27, we went to Swampscott to see Mr. Warren's 

 crop of Bay state squashes, which we found to be of good qual- 

 ity, evep in size, and well ripened. Mr. Warren showed us one 

 side of the piece that was planted with seed taken from squash 

 weighing eight or nine pounds, and the product was the same, 

 while the balance of the piece, seed were taken from squash 

 weighing from twelve to sixteen pounds and the product the 

 same. 



Oct. 8 we went to Topsfield to see a crop of Ruta Baga tur- 

 nips entered by Mr. Manning ; they were planted so late that 

 very few of them grew large enough to be of a marketable size, 

 but the}' were even, set well in the rows, and if they had one 

 month more to grow, would undoubtedly have been a fine crop, 

 but under the circumstances the Committee thought they could 

 not award him a premium, and do justice by the society. 



The Committee award the following premiums : 



$10. First premium, to John H. George, Methuen, for crop 

 ouions. 



