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Plantains were of medium quality and size, and the 
prizes were awarded to the best varieties. 
Roots were generally inferior, there being more diffi- 
culty in deciding what was worthy of an award than 
what was not. 
Pumpkins were without exception inferior to the two 
previous Exhibitions, both in quality and number. 
Corn; most of the exhibits were badly grown, and 
some not ripe; the basket awarded the first prize was 
well grown and ripe, 
Herbs should be represented by a bunch of each herb, 
and not a bunch of one sprig of each herb. 
Ochroes were fairly well represented ; awards were 
given to those in best condition for culinary purposes. 
Papaws, for preserving, were really good, two exhibits 
being fine and superb. 
Peppers were well represented. 
The exhikits of Beans were the poorest possible. Cab- 
bage and Lettuce were equally so, We must here em- 
phasize the want of care and manure evidenced by eacb 
sample. We may here observe that it is necessary for 
the purpose of obtaining good heads of Cabbage and 
Lettuce to place an awning of Palm leaves, 3 feet above 
the plants, from 9g a.m. till 4 p.m., the plants will then 
get the benefit of the dew during the night and be pro- 
te€ted from the scorching sun by day. 
With the exception of the Tomatoes that obtained 
first prize, the samples evidently were deteriorated by 
having grown from bad seed. It is well known that 
seeds reaped and sown in the same soil year after year 
become deteriorated in size and quality and deformed 
in shape, Cucumbers and Indian Corn suffer from the 
