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II ORTICULTU It E 



February 8, 191? 



VEGETABLE SHOW AT BOSTON. 



In connection with the First Annual 

 Public Meeting of the State Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture to be held at Bos- 

 ton in Horticulture Hall on February 

 11, 12, 13 and 14, 1919, the Department 

 offers the following prizes for exhibits 

 of vegetables, to be competed for under 

 the following regulations: 



CLASS I. 



Limited Collection Exhibit from Mar- 

 ket Gardeners' Association of 

 Massachusetts. 



Collection of ten vegetables to in- 

 clude at least two greenhouse crops, to 

 he selected from the following list: 

 Beets, carrots, parsnips, turnips, win- 

 ter radishes, salsify, horse radish, 

 cabbage, celery, leeks, onions, squash, 

 lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, radishes, 

 spinach, parsley, mint, cress, forced 

 rhubarb. These to be exhibited by es- 

 tablished associations of Massachu- 

 setts vegetable growers; all products 

 to have been grown during 1918-1919, 

 by members of the respective associa- 

 tions. 



Not less than six (6) specimens of 

 each kind to be included in the com- 

 petitive exhibit. A free use of decora- 

 tive vegetables allowed in so far as the 

 6 x 10 space allowed for each exhibit 

 will permit. 



Quality, 80 per cent, and display, 20 

 per cent., to be the basis for judging 

 the exhibits. All exhibits muet he in 

 place by 12 o'clock noon, February 

 10th. Each vegetable must be marked 

 with the variety name, and the collec- 

 tion by a card, 8 inches by 12 inches, 

 giving the name of the association 

 making the exhibit. First, $50; sec- 

 ond, $30; third, $15; fourth, $5; total, 

 $100. 



CLASS II. 



Exhibit of vegetables selected for 

 seed production by individuals in 1919 

 — Parent seed stock of carrots, beets, 

 parsnips, squash, one class for each, 

 12 specimens required, excepting 

 squash, of which 4 specimens re- 

 quired; uniformity, trueness to type, 

 market quality, table quality, freedom 

 from disease, to be basis for judg- 

 ment. First, each class, $5; second, 

 $3; third, $1. 



i LASS 111. 



Exhibit of vegetable seed grown in 

 1918— Section A to consist of not less 

 than one pound of cleaned seed, 

 grown in 1918 by a Massachusetts 

 vegetable grower for his own use. To 

 be judged according to color, plump- 

 ness, freedom from impurities, uni- 

 formity. Seed must be of one of the 

 following kinds: beet, carrot, onion, 

 parsnip, radish, spinach. First, $5; 

 second, $3. 



Section B to consist of not less 

 than one ounce of cleaned seed, 

 grown in 1918 by a Massachusetts 

 vegetable grower for his own use. 

 To be judged as for Class A. Seed 

 must be one of the following kinds: 

 cabbage, celery, dandelion, lettuce, 

 pepper, tomato, turnip. First, $5; sec- 

 ond, $3; third, $1. 



All seed to be the property of the 

 respective exhibitor on request, other- 

 wise to become the property of the 

 State Department of Agriculture. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The Newport Horticultural Society 

 has voted to have a flower show in the 

 Convention Hall at Newport Beach on 

 June 25 and 26. 



The State Florists' Association of 

 Indiana held a meeting on Feb. 4th 

 at the establishment of Smith & 

 Young Co., Indianapolis. 



The eleventh annual exhibition and 

 convention of the American Sweet Pea 

 Society will be held in co-operation 

 with The Horticultural Society of New 

 York at the Musuem of Natural His- 

 tory, New York City. 



The officers of the New Orleans 

 Gardeners' Club were unanimously re- 

 elected for the coming year at the 

 meeting of the club held January 2. 

 A pleasant social gathering and sup- 

 per followed the business meeting. 



The following officers have been 

 elected by the New Bedford (Mass.) 

 Horticultural Society: L. J. Hathaway, 

 Jr., president; Joseph A. Nolet, vice- 

 president; Walter K. Smith, financial 

 secretary; J. M. Taber, secretary; 

 Walter A. Luce, treasurer. 



The Western Association of Nur- 

 serymen, who held their annual con- 

 vention at Kansas City, elected offi- 

 cers as follows: president. Earl D. 

 Needham, Des Moines, la.; vice-presi- 

 dent, E. P. Bernardin, Parsons, Kan.; 

 secretary-treasurer, Geo. \V. Holsin- 

 ger, Rosedale, Kan.; executive com- 

 mittee, C. G. Marshall, Arlington, 

 Neb.; C. C. Mayhew, Sherman. Tex.; 

 E. E. May, Shenandoah, la.; J. H. 

 Skinner, Topeka, Kan.; H. D. Simp- 

 son, Vincennes, Ind. 





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Providence, R. I. — Many contemplat- 

 ed improvements in the parks of 

 Providence by Supt. F. C. Green will 

 have to be abandoned if the Federal 

 Horticultural Board's embargo on im- 

 ported decorative plants is sustained. 

 Mr. Green filed a protest against this 

 governmental action some weeks ago, 

 since when he has placed the matter 

 in the hands of Congressman Stiness. 



Providence, R. I.— Charles S. Mac- 

 nair has been elected a member of the 

 Providence Chamber of Commerce. 



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