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Forty-seven persons, from different parts of the county, 

 entered the products of their gardens and fields, — nearly all 

 of which show good cultivation and a good selection of seed. 



The largest and best collection entered by any one person 

 was by Samuel A Merrill, of Salem, to whom the Committee 

 award the first premium of $6.00. 



The next best collection was by Joseph S. Howe, of Me- 

 thuen, to whom is awarded one of the copies of Harris' Work 

 on Insects placed at the disposal of the Committee. The other 

 copy they award to George L. Davis, of North Andover. 



To Luther Cunningham, of Andover, for a large and choice 

 variety of potatoes and other vegetables, they award $3.00. 



To Joseph F. Ingalls, of Methuen, $2.00. 



To G. S. Phippin, of Methuen, $2.00. 



To George B. Loring, of Salem, for very choice and excel- 

 lent specimens of Corn, $1.00. 



To J. Pickering Putnam, of North Andover; Andrew Cur- 

 tis, of South Danvers ; William Merrill, of Andover; Charles 

 Abbott, of Andover; E. Francis Holt, of Andover ; $1.00 

 each. 



To Moses B. Abbott, of Andover, for a Crook Neck Squash 

 of good weight and in a perfect state of preservation, grown 

 by him in 1861, $1.00. 



Nearly all the vegetables presented were worthy of notice, 

 especially a basket of Garner Chilian Potatoes, grown by 

 Charles Smith, of Methuen, yielding at the rate of a bushel 

 to eight hills, and said to be of excellent quality for table 

 use. 



There was a large and fine collection of garden and farm 

 seeds entered by John S. Ives, of Salem, for which the Com- 

 mittee would have awarded a gratuity had they felt authorized 

 so to do ; but feeling that seeds merelv did not come under 

 the head of vegetables, they merely suggest whether, in 

 future, it may not be desirable that this Committee award 



