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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
f visitors who have thronged our 
r respect, in the number and va- 
3ns shown, and in the mammoth 
es, covering an area of 150 square 
r ded with the golden globes, and 
ancy gourds of every variety of 
-, the whole making a display 
3ach! It is a matter of 
t in this, as in many 
invited England and the rest of 
rly in the 
invitee 
;e in a 
moth specimen, which stands 3 feet high, girts 
8 feet 7 inches, and weighed when picked 289 
lbs! Its weight has since been reduced by 
drying out. Pour of our specimens each 
weigh over 200 lbs. So we can now put anoth¬ 
er feather in the cap of Yankee Doodle, and may 
claim the fastest yacht, the best reaper, the most 
:, and the BIGGEST PUMP- 
No. 19.—Henry W. Ca^yfN.’^Cify.^Mock Orange 
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™ odst6ck; Conn ' 
who were appointed by the Fruit 
W. S. C 
Judge Waterman and S. B. 
from the well known it 
Brown, K Y. City. The 
maryndyck, Laitingtown, L.' I., $10^* ' 
9d Prize : for Heavy Pumpkin, 221 lbs., to Wm. D. Hall, 
5TH iSS 
con "- 1 
No. 9.—No name. 1 Pumpkin, 105 lbs. 
No. 10.—Richard Wisner, Warwick, N. Y. 1 Pumpkin. 
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Tiie object of the E 
y of yield fc 
by high culture. The contributions of Mr. Hall, 
ing is'. his account of how he obtained his great 
yield: The soil was a light sandy loam, that 
was well worked to 7 the depth of ten inches and 
manured with a liberal application offish guano, 
composted with soil. Only one vine was al¬ 
lowed to grow in a hill, and ample room was 
set from the root, and was the only one 
l to remain on the vine. On another vine 
in the same manner, only three purnp- 
to grow, which v 
allowed to grow, which weighed re- 
193, 217 and 237 lbs. Another vine 
similarly cultivated, but with all the fruit al- 
ing when first gathered 1317 lbs 1 The vine with 
It will be seen from the above that while large 
mmpkins may be easily grown, the practice is 
lot economical. There was a loss of over 600 
