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el of improved rye, nice for seed. Several other specimens were 

 exhibited of less note, still, aiding to complete the show. 



Your committee would close by recommending more atten- 

 tion to the growing of Indian corn, which is a native of this 

 country and well adapted to develope both brain and muscle, as 

 well as furnishing forage for cattle, when it is properly cured. 

 Also the culture of rye, which coalesces so well and improves 

 the Brown Loaf, and the straw is worth as much as the grain, 

 which makes it a valuable crop. 



Respectfully submitted. 



Cyrus Kilburn, for the Co7nmittee. 



APPLES, PEACHES, PLUMS AND QUINCES. 



The committee make the following award : 



APPLES. 

 TWELVE VARIETIES. 



C. C. Boyden, ist premium, $3 oq 

 S. N. Bascom, 2d prem., 2 00 



SIX VARIETIES. 



D. S. Eaton, ist prem., 2 00 



E. H. Choate, 2d prem., i 50 



THREE VARIETIES. 



Jabez Fisher, ist prem., i 50 



D. Pratt, 2d prem., i 00 



BALDWINS. 



W. B. Hosmer, ist prem., i 00 



C. C. Boyden, 2d prem., 50 



HUBBARDSTON NONESUCH. 



C. C. Boyden, ist prem., i 00 



D. S. Eaton, 2d prem., 50 



