September 30, 1»11 



HORT1CULTU RE. 



467 



EXHIBITION GROUP OF VEGETABLES, FRUIT AND FLOWERS. 

 By Messrs. Webb, si Shrewsbury Show, England. 



VEGETABLE GROWERS' ASSOCIA- 

 TION OF AMERICA. 



The concluding session of this As- 

 si i iation at Boston last week main- 

 tained the interest evidenced in the 

 opening meetings and the visitors 

 were especially enthusiastic over the 

 great vegetable show put up by the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



That present railroad rates discrimi- 

 nate unfairly between fruit and vege- 

 table growers to the advantage of the 

 former, and against the short as op- 

 posed ti> the long haul was contended 

 in the discussion on this topic. 

 .Much evidence on the point has been 

 contributed to the secretary, and it 

 will appear in a report shortly to be 

 presented to the interstate commerce 

 commission, with a petition that con- 

 ditions be amended. 



Another matter that occupied the at- 

 tention of the association was the 

 standardization of packages. There is 

 S mowing tendency among vegetable 

 men to forward their goods in free 

 non-returnable packages. 



VEGETABLE SHOW AT BOSTON. 



The vegetable growers of Boston and 

 contiguous territory certainly put up 

 a magnificent exhibition, under the 

 auspices of the Massachusetts Horti- 

 cultural Society at Horticultural Hall. 

 Boston, last week. Every available cor- 

 ner in the big building was utilized and 

 in the majority of classes, all three 

 prizes were awarded and in many class- 

 es there were a large number of entries 

 besides. Ed. Jenkins of Lenox, Mass., 

 took the big prize for best collection, 

 Frederick Mason winning second place 

 and Allen Jenkins third. The list of 

 winners in the regular classes was le- 

 gion and space will not permit our re- 

 cording them here. Honorable men- 

 tion was given to the Johnson Seed 

 Potato Co. for new potato Brunswick. 



J. E. Murphy for new potato Canasota; 

 V. Buitta for collection of unusual 

 vegetables and Bayard Thayer for 

 Rnbus innominatus, a picture of which 

 appears elsewhere in this issue. Da- 

 vid Lumsden was given a certificate 

 of merit for new seedling orange- 

 fleshed melon. On account of the great 

 interest shown by the public in this 

 exhibition it was kept open until 10 

 o'clock Sunday night. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



.Mrs. Burke-Roche of Newport, R. 

 I., authorizes the offering of a prize 

 of $50 for a new yellow rose — to be 

 competed for any time after June, 

 1912. The said new rose to resemble 

 as nearly as possible in color the Mar- 

 shal Niel but with a strong upright 

 stem. Another prize which will be 

 coming along soon is the Mrs. Ger- 

 trude M. Hubbard Gold Medal to be 

 awarded once in five years. This 

 medal is to be given to the originator 

 of the best rose of American origin 

 introduced within five years — the year 

 will be 1!U1. 



An executive meeting will be held 

 in New York City, Sept. 28th, to con- 

 sider arrangements for the Detroit ex- 

 hibition. This meeting will be fol- 

 lowed by a conference in Detroit to de- 

 termine upon the detail work. The 

 Rose Society will ask its friends to 

 subscribe a guarantee fund so that the 

 Society may be able to offer an ex- 

 cellent list of prizes, and be assured 

 of financial support. The Rose Society 

 has passed the $3000 permanent in- 

 vestment fund from its life member- 

 ship fees, this fund is invested in 

 guaranteed mortgages of New York, 

 tne securities are those in which th< 

 State Savings Banks are authorized to 

 invest. 



BENJAMIN HAMMOND, 

 Secretary. 



Fishkill-on-Hudson, N. Y. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 

 The executive committee of the 

 American Sweet Pea Society will hold 

 a meeting in Boston, Mass., on Octo- 

 ber 18 to 22. 



On account of the lateness of 

 dahlias this year the Dahlia Show of 

 the Nassau County Horticultural So- 

 ciety is postponed to Oct. 11th. 



The Tenth Annual Convention of the 

 National Nut Growers' Association will 

 be held at Mobile, Ala., on October 5. 

 6, 7. 1911. with headquarters at Battle 

 House. 



The Florists' Club of Philadelphia 

 will celebrate its 25th anniversary next 

 Tuesday evening, October 3, with a 

 dinner. It will be election night, too. 

 Verb. sup. 



Growers who propose to compete for 

 prizes at the 1912 spring shows should 

 take a look at the fancy grade hya- 

 cinths and other bulbs at A. T. Bod- 

 dington's specially selected for the 

 purpose of exhibition forcing. 



John J. Butler, a wellknown gar- 

 dener of Newport, and for many years 

 an active worker and former secretary 

 of the Newport Horticulture Society, 

 has been appointed a member of the 

 Newport Park Commission by Mayor 

 Boyle. Commissioner Butler succeeds 

 11 W. H. Powell who declined a re- 

 appointment. It has been the custom 

 of Mayor Boyle to appoint a gar- 

 dener on the park commission when- 

 ever a vacancy occurs and the selec- 

 tion of Mr. Butler is in keeping with 

 his estblished policy. Mr. Butler at- 

 tended the first meeting of the com- 

 mission and was placed on two com- 

 mittees. 



