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esteem plaster upon my farm for clover and potatoes ; for other 

 crops, I have not had sufficient experience. 



Middleborough, Sept. 15, 1846. 



Fruits and Vegetables. 



The quantity and variety are not so great this year as here- 

 tofore ; but the quality was never superior. We are happy to 

 perceive that attention to fruit-raising is gaining ground in the 

 county, and that various towns have more or less exhibitions of 

 their own, at home, every year. This is as it should be ; but 

 we hope they will not fail to encourage our annual jubilee by 

 contributing a portion of their good fruits. 



Eleazer Carver, of Bridgewater, presented a specimen of very 

 large and very palatable peaches, declining any premium there- 

 for : and, although the market and the country are now full of 

 this kind of fruit, and it is said to be very easily raised, still we 

 think merit is due to Mr. Carver, and we present him a premi- 

 um thanks, at least, for his fair specimen. 



Ansel Perkins's (of North Bridgewater,) potatoes are of a 

 red cast, and obtained by himself, as he informs us, from the 

 balls, about eleven years ago. "The quality," he says, "for 

 the table, is decidedly superior to that of any other kind. They 

 ripen earlier than the lo?ig reds, and retain all their good quali- 

 ties till the summer after their growth. The potato disease 

 they have, as yet. entirely escaped." 



Abiezer Alger, of West Bridgewater, gathered, as appears by 

 a certificate of a disinterested person, two hundred and ninety- 

 six bushels and seventeen quarts of cranberries, from two acres 

 of ground. This may be thought not a great crop ; but, when 

 we take into consideration the superior quality of Mr. Al- 

 ger's fruit, we must believe it to be a very fair exhibition. The 

 farmer who owns a cranberry meadow may consider himself 

 very fortunate, as little or no labor is required in their cultiva- 

 tion, and there is no want of a ready market. 



B. BROWN, Chairman. 



