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154. For the best exhibition of pickles, domestic manu- 

 facture. Mrs. P. DeRocher, $2; Mrs. W. E. Drummond, 

 Winslow. 



155. For the best exhibition of terra cotta ware made in 

 this State, Portland Stone Ware Company, $10. 



156. For the best exhibition of ornamental earthern ware 

 (vases, flower pots, &c.,) made in this State. Portland 

 Stone Ware Company, $5. 



157. For the best oil painting of fruits or flowers. R. 

 Sanderson, Waterville, $2. 



158. For the best drawing or other picture of same. (No 

 entry.) 



Special Premium. For the best collection of stufled birds, 

 native of Maine. Albert M. Varney, No. Vassalboro', $5. 



Sundries. 



Ward's Fertilizer Company, Boston, sample of "Insecti- 

 cide"; B. Blair, Waterville, pair of antique chandeliers; 

 Sampson & Pike, Norway, patent reversible flower-pot stand 

 — an article claimed to be simple, durable and ornamental, 

 and which was awarded a "complimentary mention" by the 

 committee. Miss Caroline Matthews, Waterville, charcoal 

 sketches, gratuity, $1 ; also a sketch in oil color, gratuity, 

 $1. Miss Louise Ingalls, Waterville, charcoal sketch; Miss 

 M. Varney, No. Vassalboro', ornamental Albert ware ; Miss 

 Mary Matthews, Waterville, landscape in oil; Mrs. W. E. 

 Drummond, Winslow, canned fruits and jellies ; E. K. Whit- 

 ney, Harrison, barberries ; T. T. Martin, Waterville, speci- 

 mens of penmanship ; F. E. Nowell, tree pruner ; Mrs. 

 Charlotte Jones, Winslow, mineral water. Frank Bowman 

 & Bro., No. Sidney, apple trees from nursery, gratuity, $2. 



Exhibitors' Statements on Cranberry Culture. 



I. By E. K. Whitney, Harrison. 



"•The cranberries which I offer for exliibition were grown on common 

 swamp muck. The meadow was prepared, by removing about two feet of 

 the top soil, which was used as compost with animal manures. The vines 

 were set about three feet apart each way on the soil or muck thus pre- 

 pared. A dam was constructed by which the vines are kept covered with 

 water, from about the first of November to the twentieth of May. They 

 have received no other care as yet, although I think some further atten- 

 tion will be required in the future to prevent the various grasses and 



